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According to the United Nations, enough food is produced every day to feed 10 billion people. Yet, we are unable to feed the global population of 7.9 billion, and over 821 million people are chronically undernourished. At first glance, doesn’t it seem fairly simple? Channel the food being wasted to...

I would like to invite you to a webinar on Social and Behavioural Data in Action: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia that is taking place on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Included is a flyer with Zoom access details and also at the end of this message is a URL to join the Zoom. This webinar...

This article examined the prevalence of malnutrition alongside stunting, anemia, being overweight or being underweight among women and children at both the state and district levels in India. The authors found a prevalence of dual burdens between malnutrition and anemia, stunting, and being...

As a combination of findings from oral history interviews and archival sources, this article links the ocharchilik (famine in 1933) and its consequences in the communities. Access the document here.

This article describes the challenges that conventional, commodity agriculture poses to resource security in Turkmenistan, and suggests agricultural reforms for water efficient, diverse cereal-crops held by smallholder farms. Click for the journal here. Highlights Future water–food security was...

A study conducted in Tajikistan with groups of pregnant women, mothers of young children, fathers, and mothers-in-law during the spring of 2016 conveys the challenges of dietary diversity. The barriers found include poverty, food scarcity, gradual introduction of household diet components, expenses...

This brief documents the work of the State Nutrition Missions in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, identifying lessons learned and policy recommendations moving forward. Results for Development partnered with Amaltas Consulting and UNICEF-India to deliver this brief. Background India is home to about a...

This article assesses the overall burden of child and maternal malnutrition in every state of India from 1990 through 2017. Summary Background Malnutrition is a major contributor to disease burden in India. To inform subnational action, we aimed to assess the disease burden due to malnutrition and...