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Whole maize flour could enhance food and nutrition security in Malawi
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Front-of-pack labels and young consumers: An experimental investigation of nutrition and sustainability claims in Chile
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Potential decarbonization for balancing local and non-local perishable food supply in megacities
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Rural institutions and the technical efficiency of teff production in Ethiopia
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Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: A new method with an application to school meals
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Storage management practices and mycotoxin contamination of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in northwest Ethiopia
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Global shocks to fertilizer markets: Impacts on prices, demand and farm profitability
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Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
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Fertilizer and conflicts: Evidence from Myanmar
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Fertilizer demand and profitability amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Estimating the direct and indirect effects of improved seed adoption on yields: Evidence from DNA-fingerprinting, crop cuts, and self-reporting in Ethiopia
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Fertilizer policy reforms in the midst of crisis: Evidence from Rwanda
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Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications
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The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid
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Evolution of intimate partner violence impacts from cash transfers, food transfers, and behaviour change communication: Mixed-method experimental evidence from a nine-year post-programme follow-up in Bangladesh
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Adapting the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index: Lessons from Kenya
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Dataset on the patterns of livelihood diversification in farming systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia
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Karki, Emma; Thapa, Kali Rattan; Rana, Gunjan; Kishore, AvinashJournal Article
Adoption or placement in foster care and catch-up in linear growth and development: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
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The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh
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Farmers’ pesticide use, disposal behavior, and pre-harvest interval: A case study from Nigeria
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Imperfect competition and asymmetric welfare effects of global price and productivity shocks: a CGE model analysis for Senegal
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Co-occurrence of stunting and off-track early child development in low- and middle-income countries
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Quality of routine health and nutrition data in Ethiopia: A systematic review
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Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries
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Building Ethiopia’s food security resilience to climate and hydrological change
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Perspective: Can growth monitoring and promotion accurately diagnose or screen for inadequate growth of individual children? A critical review of the epidemiological foundations
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A band selection method for consumer-grade camera modification for UAV-based rapeseed growth monitoring
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Wen, PingJournal Article
Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence
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Understanding pastoralist adaptations to drought via games and choice experiments: Field testing among Borana communities
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Risk-appropriate, science-based innovation regulations are important
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Protocol: Food environment, food choice, diets, and nutrition outcomes of pastoralists in Africa: Scoping review protocol
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Maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation reshapes the maternal gut microbiome and enhances carbohydrate metabolism in infants: A randomized controlled trial
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Hanley-Cook, Giles T.; Ouédraogo, Moctar; Ganaba, Rasmané; Criekinge, Wim Van; Huybregts, Lieven; Stock, Michiel; Kolsteren, Patrick; Sonnenburg, Justin L.; Lachat, Carl; Dailey-Chwalibóg, TrentonJournal Article
Seed certification, certified seeds use and yield outcomes in Nigeria: Insights from nationally-representative farm panel data and seed company location data
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Kumar, P. Lava; Wossen, TesfamichealJournal Article
Global analysis reveals persistent shortfalls and regional differences in availability of foods needed for health
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Comparison of gestational age assessment methods in the second and third trimesters: Evaluating alternative approaches against ultrasound in urban Burkina Faso
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Huybregts, Lieven; Hadush, Kokeb Tesfamariam; Lachat, Carl; Toe, Laeticia Celine; Dailey-Chwalibóg, TrentonJournal Article
Trends and associated factors of animal source foods consumption among children aged 6–23 months in Bangladesh: Evidence from four consecutive national surveys
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Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children and adolescents: A narrative review
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The long-run and intergenerational impact of early exposure to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–61 on mental health
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The effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low-income and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of individual participant data
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Ashorn, Ulla; Mridha, Malay Kanti; Arifeen, Shams; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Cheng, Yue; Christian, Parul; Costello, Anthony M.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Friis, Henrik; Gomo, Exnevia; Grais, Rebecca; Guindo, Ousmane; Krebs, Nancy F.; Huybregts, Lieven; Isanaka, Sheila; Lachat, Carl; Lartey, Anna; LeClerq, Steven C.; Maleta, Kenneth; Manandhar, Dharma S.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Matias, Susana L.; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Moore, Sophie E.; Osrin, David; Urassa, Willy; Pembe, Andrea B.; Prentice, Andrew M.; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Rivera, Juan; Rizvi, Arjumand; Roberfroid, Dominique; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Soofi, Sajid; Schulze, Kerry; West Jr., Keith P.; Wu, Lee; Zeng, Lingxia; Zhu, ZhonghaiJournal Article
Association between wasting and inadequate breastfeeding practices among infants under six months in SNNPR and Somali regions of Ethiopia: A multilevel cross-sectional study
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How helpful are the “hidden costs of food systems” numbers?
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Does rural non-farm employment relieve or exacerbate the agricultural diversification-farm efficiency tradeoff: The case of aquaculture in Bangladesh
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Polycentric governance of commons through multi-stakeholder platforms: Insights from two case studies in India
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Levelling the field: A review of the ICT revolution and agricultural extension in the Global South
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Biofortification as a food-based strategy to improve nutrition in high-income countries: A scoping review
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Designing and implementing experiments within local bureaucratic systems: A cautionary tale from an educator incentive program
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Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2017.
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Baqui, Abdullah H; Saha, Samir K; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Roy, Arunangshu Dutta; Silveira, Mariângela F; Buffarini, Romina; Shapiro, Roger; Zash, Rebecca; Kolsteren, Patrick; Lachat, Carl; Huybregts, Lieven; Roberfroid, Dominique; Zhu, Zhonghai; Zeng, Lingxia; Gebreyesus, Seifu H; Tesfamariam, Kokeb; Adu-Afarwuah, Seth; Dewey, Kathryn G; Gyaase, Stephaney; Poku-Asante, Kwaku; Boamah Kaali, Ellen; Jack, Darby; Ravilla, Thulasiraj; Tielsch, James; Taneja, Sunita; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Ashorn, Per; Maleta, Kenneth; Ashorn, Ulla; Mangani, Charles; Mullany, Luke C; Khatry, Subarna K; Ramokolo, Vundli; Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Fawzi, Wafaie W; Wang, Dongqing; Schmiegelow, Christentze; Minja, Daniel; Msemo, Omari Abdul; Lusingu, John P A; Smith, Emily R; Masanja, Honorati; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Keentupthai, Paniya; Kakuru, Abel; Kajubi, Richard; Semrau, Katherine; Hamer, Davidson H; Manasyan, Albert; Pry, Jake M; Chasekwa, Bernard; Humphrey, Jean; Black, Robert EJournal Article
Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia
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Prospects of crop insurance for sustenance of farmers’ livelihood during GM cotton crop failure in Indian Punjab
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The role of industrial clustering: From layoff to self-employment after the Chinese state-owned enterprise reform
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Does aid induce foreign direct investment: Updated evidence from a quasi-experiment
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Caste, religion and the labor force participation of women: Evidence from India
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The minimum dietary diversity for women indicator can be extended to children and adolescents aged 4-15 years as a proxy population indicator for good micronutrient adequacy of diets in low- and middle-income countries
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Olney, Deanna K.; Becquey, ElodieJournal Article
Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh
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Resilience in technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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Information framing effects on diet choices among Chinese urban residents
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What do urban consumers want? Findings from a discrete choice experiment on the preference for locally produced staple food in Central Africa: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries
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Argaw, Alemayehu; Ariff, Shabina; Bhandari, Nita; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Erchick, Daniel; García-Guerra, Armando; Ghaffarpour, Masoumah; Hanley-Cook, Giles; Huybregts, Lieven; Jehan, Fyezah; Kaseb, Fatemeh; Krebs, Nancy F.; Lachat, Carl; Lama, Tsering Pema; Manandhar, Dharma S.; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Moore, Sophie E.; Muhammad, Ameer; Neufeld, Lynnette M.; Prentice, Andrew M.; Quezada-Sánchez, Amado D.; Roberfroid, Dominique; Saville, Naomi M.; Shafiq, Yasir; Shrestha, Bhim P.; Sonko, Bakary; Soofi, Sajid; Taneja, Sunita; Tielsch, James M.; Toe, Laéticia Céline; Valaei, Naser; Fawzi, Wafaie W.Journal Article
In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health: The continuous rise in adoption of labour-saving agricultural technologies in Myanmar
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Rural underemployment and urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year panel from Malawi
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Methods for estimating beneficiary populations targeted by health and nutrition interventions for women, pregnant women, infants, and young children
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Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
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Diet quality and micronutrient intakes in nutritional value chains: A synthesis and suggestions for further research
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Using best-worst scaling to inform agroecological interventions in Western Kenya
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Technology intensification and farmers’ welfare: A case study from Karnataka, a semi-arid state of India
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A missing link: The interdependence between sugar-sweetened beverage and cigarette consumption from China
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Households with special dietary needs experienced higher food access challenges and worries during COVID-19
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Identification, characterization, and determinants of dietary patterns of low-income urban adults in Vietnam and Nigeria
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Mai, Truong Tuyet; Lundy, Mark; Bakk, Zsuzsa; Brouwer, Inge D.Journal Article
Interventions on fruit and vegetable intake in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: A scoping review of evidence and knowledge gaps
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Kinabo, Joyce; Mitchodigni, Irene Medeme; Silva, Renuka; Sitisekara, Hasara; Olney, Deanna K.; Hess, Sonja Y.Journal Article
Trends and inequities in adequacy of micronutrient intakes in rural Bangladesh
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The influence of environmental cues on behavioral response: An assessment of the Protective Action Decision Model in the context of COVID-19
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To defer or to differ: Experimental evidence on the role of cash transfers in Nigerian couples’ decision–making
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Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia
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Educational responses to local and migration destination shocks: Evidence from China
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Disruptions and adaptations of an urban nutrition intervention delivering essential services for women and children during a major health system crisis in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Frongillo, Edward A.Journal Article
Farm size and agricultural productivity of nutritious foods: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Unpacking power dynamics and women’s economic empowerment in polygynous households in Burkina Faso
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Conflicts, crop choice, and agricultural investments: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
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Do youth work in agriculture? Short-term dynamics of on-farm rural youth employment in Tanzania and Malawi
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The political economy of agroecological transitions: Key analytical dimensions
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Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises
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Robin, Libby; Talbot-Jones, Julia; Wheeler, Sarah Ann; Avarado, Fabiola; Hope, Robert; Biswas, Asit K.; Borgomeo, Edoardo; Brouwer, Roy; Costanza, Robert; Kubiszewski, Ida; Kompas, Tom; McDonnell, Rachael; Martins, Rita; Nikolakis, William; Rollason, Russell; Samnakay, Nadeem; Scanlon, Bridget R.; Svensson, Jesper; Thiam, Djiby; Tortajada, Cecilia; Wang, YahuaJournal Article
Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in South Asian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Adoption and impact of hybrid rice in India: Evidence from a large-scale field survey
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Determinants and impacts of contract farming: Evidence from cultivation of onion, okra and pomegranate in Maharashtra, India
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Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030
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Masuda, Yuta J.; McLaren, Rebecca; Saisana, Michaela; Aburto, Nancy; Ambikapathi, Ramya; Rodriguez, Mariana Arellano; Barquera, Simon; Battersby, Jane; Beal, Ty; Béné, Christophe; Cafiero, Carlo; Campeau, Christine; Caron, Patrick; Cattaneo, Cattaneo; Candel, Jeroen; Covic, Namukolo; del Pino Alvarez, Inmaculada; Barreto, Ana Paula Dominguez; Elouafi, Ismahane; Frazier, Tyler J.; Fremier, Alexander; Foley, Pat; Golden, Christopher D.; Fischer, Carlos Gonzalez; Guarin, Alejandro; Hendriks, Sheryl; Herforth, Anna; Honorati, Maddalena; Huang, Jikun; Getaneh, Yonas; Kennedy, Gina; Laar, Amos; Lal, Rattan; Lidder, Preetmoninder; Feye, Getachew Legese; Loken, Brent; Malapit, Hazel J.; Marshall, Quinn; Mulatu, Kalkidan A.; Munguia, Ana; Nordhagen, Stella; Resnick, Danielle; Suhardiman, Diana; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Sun, Bangyao; Mengesha, Belay Terefe; Cullen, Maximo Torero; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Dooren, Corné van; Morales, Isabel Valero; Vivero-Pol, Jose-Luis; Webb, Patrick; Wiebe, Keith D.; Haddad, Lawrence; Herrero, Mario; Moncayo, Jose Rosero; Fanzo, JessicaJournal Article
The costs of a multisectoral nutrition program implemented through a poultry value chain platform in Burkina Faso
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Evaluating the gendered credit constraints and uptake of an insurance-linked credit product among smallholder farmers in Kenya
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Economic impacts of large dams on downstream brickmaking in developing countries
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Assessing global price shocks and mitigation policies on welfare and food security in Nigeria
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The power of the anticorruption campaign: Evidence from cigarette and alcohol consumption in China
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Wholesalers and the transformation of Myanmar’s maize value chains
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Menarche and pubertal progression: A cross-sectional analysis of timing and influencing factors in North-Eastern Ghana
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Confidence and information usage: Evidence from soil testing in India
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Intensive and extensive margins of India’s agricultural trade: implications for export diversification and development
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Dietary intake and micronutrient adequacy among adults engaged in agriculture in rural Sri Lanka: Findings from a cross-sectional baseline survey
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Olney, Deanna K.Journal Article
Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
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Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
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Dietary intake and micronutrient adequacy among adults in rural Sri Lanka: Findings from a cross-sectional baseline survey
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Olney, Deanna K.Journal Article
Adapting to extreme weather conditions in a developing country: An economywide policy assessment from Malawi
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