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Diet quality among mothers and children in India: Roles of social and behavior change communication and nutrition-sensitive social protection programs
2024Nguyen, Phuong; Neupane, Sumanta S.; Pant, Anjali; Avula, Rasmi; Herforth, AnnaJournal Article
Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition through community health volunteers is a cost-effective intervention: Evidence from a resource-limited setting
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Schofield, Lilly; Maina, Lucy; Kutondo, Edward; Agutu, Olivia; Okoth, Peter; Raburu, Judith; Kavoo, Daniel; Karimurio, Lydia; Matanda, Charles; Mutua, Alex; Gichohi, Grace; Kimani-Murage, ElizabethJournal Article
Transformation of the rural nonfarm economy during rapid urbanization and structural transformation in developing regions
2024Hazell, Peter; Haggblade, Steven; Reardon, ThomasExplore Our Latest Publications
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Making complementary agricultural resources, technologies, and services more gender-responsive
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Spatial typology for food system analysis: Taking stock and setting a research agenda
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Irrigation technologies and management and their environmental consequences: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
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Diet quality and associations with motivation and ability to consume a healthy diet among adolescents from urban low-income households in Bangladesh
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Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2024
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Can farmer collectives empower women and improve their welfare? Mixed methods evidence from India
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The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh
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The agrifood system in PNG: Structure and drivers of transformation
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Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference
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Gender and age gaps in voice & agency in community governance: The value of female local political representation in India and Africa South of the Sahara under intensifying conflicts and climate uncertainty
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Sustainable livestock development in Sudan: Challenges, opportunities, and policy priorities
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IFPRI Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report, July 2024
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2017/18 Social Accounting Matrix for Indian State Bihar
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2017/18 Social Accounting Matrix for Indian State Uttar Pradesh
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South Asia Nutrition Knowledge Initiative: Abstract Digest August 2024
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Conflict, inclusivity, and transformation of the rice value chain in Myanmar
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Assessing the development impacts of bio-innovations: The case of genetically modified maize and cassava in Tanzania
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Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: the case of maize in Myanmar
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Climate shocks and fertilizer responses: Field-level evidence for rice production in Bangladesh
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Remoteness, farm production, and dietary diversity in Nepal
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Nutrition and diet profile: Sri Lanka
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Educational impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program in Mali
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Special issue opening editorial: Designing, assessing and scaling approaches for integrated seed sector development
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The paper of how: Estimating treatment effects using the front-door criterion
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From streets to tables: Bottom-up cocreation case studies for healthier food environments in Vietnam and Nigeria
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Brouwer, Inge D.; Béné, ChristopheJournal Article
School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up?
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Can participation in agricultural programmes improve youth agribusiness performance? Insights from the Enable Programme in East Africa
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The causal effect of early marriage on women’s bargaining power: Evidence from Bangladesh
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Papua New Guinea rural household survey (2023): Synopsis of selected results
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Feeding minds, fueling futures: How School Feeding Programs (SFP) drive development in low-Income nations like Ethiopia
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From bargaining power to empowerment: Measuring the unmeasurable
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Rural electrification and the changing energy irrigation nexus in Bihar
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: July 2024
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Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policy Support Program
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Addressing food system transformation, food security, and deforestation in Indonesia: Challenges and opportunities
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Quality upgrading in dairy value chains: Mixed methods evidence from southwestern Uganda
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Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Governance (WEAGov) technical workshop: India pilot study
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IFPRI Malawi monthly maize market report, June 2024
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Sustained underweight in rural areas and emergence of overweight in urban Ethiopian women: A multivariate analysis of EDHS data 2000–2016
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The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Biofortification: Conventional plant breeding to increase the nutrient density of commonly consumed staple foods
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Geospatial variation in dietary patterns and their association with heart disease in Bangladeshi population: Evidence from a nationwide survey
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Climate smart agriculture and food systems that reduce poverty and hunger
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Nature-Positive Solutions initiative baseline evaluation survey report: Kenya
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Nature-Positive Solutions initiative baseline evaluation survey report: Vietnam
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Foresight for food markets: Developing and implementing market forecasting methods/models
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Implementation of paddy drying technology: Introducing small/medium paddy dryers in remote areas
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Feasibility of nationwide warehouse receipt system: An assessment of the potential for a nationwide warehouse receipt system and recommendation for the requisite legal and regulatory framework
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Diagnostic study of DG Food: An assessment of DG Food’s current mandates, performance, and capacity gaps, and a remedial program to strengthen the agency
Opinion Piece
Introduction and executive summary for the supplement micronutrients in Latin America: Current state and research
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Private investments in modern food storage: An economic feasibility analysis for private investments in modern food storage and potential public sector roles in promoting such investments
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Effectiveness of current and alternative procurement modalities: An evaluation of the effectiveness of current and potential alternative grain procurement modalities, and development of a framework for stock turnover
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Gender disparities in food shopping patterns: Evidence from rural Bangladesh, India, and Nepal
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Veettil, Prakashan ChellattanAbstract
An assessment of dietary patterns and micronutrient intake among farming adults in Rural Sri Lanka
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Innovation process tracing assessment: Methodological approach and guiding principles
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Uganda coffee agronomy training: Impact evaluation report
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Involving influential men’s groups to promote maternal and child nutrition practices increased diet diversity and egg consumption despite rising insecurity in the Sahel
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Strengthening delivery platforms of national nutrition programs in subnational geographies in India improved coverage of interventions and child growth
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Synopsis: Assessing agricultural extension agent digital readiness in Rwanda
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Understanding patterns of receipt and consumption of IFA supplements during pregnancy: Empirical considerations for measuring coverage
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Preconception micronutrient supplementation positively affects offspring cognition at 10–11 years of age: A randomized controlled trial in Vietnam
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The relationship between preterm and small for gestational age on child cognition during school-age years
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Enhanced quality of nutrition services during antenatal care through interventions to improve maternal nutrition in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India
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Addressing parent-adolescent roles and interactions to improve adolescents’ diets in Ethiopia
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Revisiting the demand and profitability of chemical fertilizers amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
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The International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT): Model documentation for version 3.6
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Pitois, Gauthier; Wiebe, Keith D.; Rosegrant, Mark W.Blog Post
Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Taddese Zerfu
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Synopsis: Enhancing smallholder farmers’ profitability through increased crop commercialization in Rwanda
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The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Understanding differential reductions in undernutrition among districts in Rwanda through the perspectives of mid‐level and community actors on policy commitment and policy coherence
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A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal
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Effects of a large-scale alcohol ban on population-level alcohol intake, weight, blood pressure, blood glucose, and domestic violence in India: A quasi-experimental population-based study
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Civil conflict, cash transfers, and child nutrition in Yemen
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Can Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) improve child growth and development? A critical review of the epidemiological foundations
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Utilization of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and its linkages with undernutrition in India
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Puri, Parul; Chakrabarti, SumanJournal Article
Predictors of prediabetes/diabetes and hypertension in Ethiopia: Reanalysis of the 2015 NCD STEPS survey using causal path diagrams
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Drivers of change in weight-for-height among children under 5 years of age in Ethiopia: Risk factors and data gaps to identify risk factors
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Child growth faltering dynamics in food insecure districts in rural Ethiopia
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The relationships between optimal infant feeding practices and child development and attained height at age 2 years and 6–7 years
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Understanding delays in the introduction of complementary foods in rural Ethiopia
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Nutrient intake and diet quality impacts of a nutrition-sensitive resilience program in Sri Lanka
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It’s all in the stars: The Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring’s cognitive and noncognitive skill development
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From promises to action: Strengthening global commitments to fight hunger and food insecurity
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Fritschel, HeidiBook Chapter
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Consumption, sources, and perceptions of unhealthy foods Among adults and adolescents in rural South Asia
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The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali
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Diet quality among mothers and children in India: Roles of social and behavior change communication and nutrition-sensitive social protection programs
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Achieving sustainability and scalability of a large-scale prenatal cash and food transfer intervention in Bangladesh
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Changes in norms about infant and young child feeding in rural Bangladesh during the Alive & Thrive Initiative
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Utilization of maternal nutrition services during antenatal care and its association with nutrition practices in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India
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The impact of large-scale agricultural investments in low-income economies
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Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of biofortified food and food products: Current evidence
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Mehta, SaurabhJournal Article
Progress in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) coverage and potential contribution to the decline in diarrhea and stunting in Ethiopia
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Farmer groups as ICT Hubs: Findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Malawi
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Two decades after Maputo, What’s in the CAADP ten percent? Determinants and effects of the composition of government agriculture expenditure in Africa
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We need to know the economic impacts of Sudan’s ongoing conflict
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The impact of excluding adverse neonatal outcomes on the creation of gestational weight gain charts among women from low- and middle-income countries with normal and overweight BMI
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The true costs of food in Kenya and Vietnam: A conceptual framework
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Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey Round Four: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting
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