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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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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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