Undernourishment and Public Policy in India
Scientists, donors, and Indian policymakers are puzzled why India has the highest percentage of undernourished children in the world.
Scientists, donors, and Indian policymakers are puzzled why India has the highest percentage of undernourished children in the world.
Because roots, tubers, and bananas are food crops primarily traded in local markets, their prices are not subject to the volatility that affects global markets for staple grains such as wheat and maize.
A large part of sub-Saharan Africa's population is chronically food insecure, while more than 30% of the food produced is wasted due to post-harvest losses.
Guatemala experiences significant food security problems and has one of the highest levels of chronic infant under-nutrition in the Western hemisphere.
In the Philippines, an estimated 14 percent of school children experience severe malnutrition. Schools provide strategic, targeted pathways for delivering nutrition to children and, indirectly, to their families and communities.
Over the past 20 years, numerous innovations to improve food crop yields have been developed in agronomic research centres in West Africa by researchers from the international community.
The Knowledge Economy Foundation (KEF) is a non-governmental organization founded by private sector partners that strives to strengthen supply chains and the Egyptian economy.
Over the past few decades, different types of contract arrangements between farmers and food processors have become popular. This project will explore the effects of contract agriculture on small- and medium-sized farmers in Algeria.
This project aims to support policies and programs that create greater opportunities and improve the well-being of 900,000 people living in poverty in the rural-urban territories of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
This project aims to reduce maternal, newborn, and child deaths in Tanzania. The Government of Tanzania has placed a high priority on this issue.