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Publications
Journal Article
Seasonal variation in maternal dietary diversity is reduced by small-scale irrigation practices: A longitudinal study
Journal Article
Global dietary convergence from 1970 to 2010 altered inequality in agriculture, nutrition and health
Journal Article
First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries
Events
Are healthy diets affordable? Using new data on retail prices and diet costs to guide agricultural and food policy
Virtual Event: July 15, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT. This Policy Seminar will feature Food Prices for Nutrition project leaders and participants around the world, who will discuss how policy analysts and researchers can use the new methods and data in their own work.
Food Markets and Nutrition in the Developing World: Results from ARENA II
Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify […]
US Presentation of “Nutrition and food systems—A report by The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE)”
Opening Remarks Report Overview Commentators Moderator Worldwide, one person in three is malnourished today and one in two could be malnourished by 2030 if nothing is done. While hunger remains a critical concern, overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing all over the world, including in low-income countries. Therefore malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, […]
Blogs
Policy seminars: As global food prices rise, important new data addresses the affordability of healthy diets
The Food Prices for Nutrition project provides new food security indicators.