The study aimed to develop a simple hand operated, table-top millet dehuller to reduce processing drudgery at household levels.
Millions of subsistence farmers cultivate crops on terraces. These farmers face unique challenges including severe shortages of arable land and remoteness leading to poor access to inputs including nitrogen fertilizer.
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a staple food crop grown by subsistence farmers in the semi-arid tropics of South Asia and Africa.
Efforts to prevent further rises in diabetes prevalence require examination of cultural and sociopolitical factors in diabetes onset and management, including structural inequalities.
Women are still at a disadvantage, whether they are academics or farmers, as participants in a recent workshop at the University of Toronto discovered.
Background: Thiamin deficiency in infancy is the underlying cause of beriberi, which can be fatal without rapid treatment. Reports of thiamin deficiency are common in Cambodia; however, population representative data are unavailable.
Background: Anemia is common in Cambodian women. Potential causes include micronutrient deficiencies, genetic hemoglobin disorders, inflammation, and disease.
OBJECTIVES: To assess household food insecurity and dietary diversity as correlates of maternal and child anthropometric status and anemia in rural Cambodia.
Background: Genetic hemoglobin (Hb) E variants are common in Cambodia and result in an altered and unstable Hb molecule. There are no known studies on the accuracy of Hb measurement among individuals with Hb E or other Hb variants.
Gender-analysis frameworks and tools provide a pre-designed methodology which can be used for the purposes of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), as well as for research undertaken for other reasons by planners, practitioners, and academic