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Kate Ambler

Kate Amber is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Kate’s research broadly focuses on interventions that can increase incomes for smallholders and other microenterprises in agrifood value chains, with a specific focus on the inclusion of women. This includes work on programming in fragile settings, innovations in agricultural finance, and regulatory solutions for food safety. 

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Malnutrition Burden in India Remains High, Nutrition Profiles of 640 Districts Reveal (Mint)

December 15, 2017


India’s leading business daily, Mint, published a report on state-wise nutritional profiles recently released by IFPRI. The report mentioned how there is tremendous inter-state and inter-district variability. The article quoted IFPRI-SAO’s Purnima Menon who explained child wasting is extremely widespread across India, with 487 districts where more than 15% of children suffer from it. Child wasting under five slightly increased over time at the national level, Menon added. 

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