Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture

O Westermann, W Förch, P Thornton, J Körner… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
If climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is meaningfully to address the development challenges
posed by climate change, effective approaches will be needed to scale up research findings …

Potential role of neglected and underutilized plant species in improving women's empowerment and nutrition in areas of sub-Saharan Africa

MV Conti, A Campanaro, P Coccetti… - Nutrition …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In the context of the nutrition transition, women in sub-Sahara Africa are a critical target
group from a nutrition standpoint, and they experience significant discrimination in food …

Factors affecting food security among households in Nigeria: the role of crop diversity

IO Amao, AI Ogunniyi, G Mavrotas, AO Omotayo - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is central in order to achieve nutrition goals through the provision of food, energy
and essential micronutrients for the physical and mental development of humans. Dietary …

Can China's agricultural FDI in developing countries achieve a win-win goal?—enlightenment from the literature

X Jiang, Y Chen, L Wang - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Since 2014, there have been increasing numbers of undernourished people in the world,
mainly distributed in developing countries. At the same time, the rapid growth of China's …

[HTML][HTML] Gender and occupation of household head as major determinants of malnutrition among children in Nigeria

WM Ashagidigbi, TM Ishola, AO Omotayo - Scientific African, 2022 - Elsevier
Gender inequality and malnutrition are regarded as inseparable parts of the vicious cycle of
poverty, being considered a cause and an effect of hunger and poverty. The majority of rural …

Behaviour change communication for child feeding in social assistance: A scoping review and expert consultation

I Barnett, J Meeker, K Roelen… - Maternal & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To increase the effectiveness of social assistance on child nutrition, programmes are
increasingly combined with behaviour change communication for improved infant and …

The potential of absorbing foreign agricultural investment to improve food security in developing countries

X Jiang, Y Chen - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Global food security has been in a severe condition in recent years, especially in developing
countries. These countries need sufficient investment to promote their agricultural …

How Chinese agricultural immigrants affect farmers in the Russian Far East

F Yi, RT Gudaj, V Arefieva, S Mishchuk… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
China's international position as a net creditor nation provides it with foreign exchange that it
has invested in Asian and African countries. One example is China's investment in the …

Combatting Vitamin A deficiency: overcoming obstacles to optimize the food-based approach

T Greiner - World Nutrition, 2017 - worldnutritionjournal.org
Food-based approaches to combat vitamin A deficiency (VAD) continue to be largely
ignored by governments and donor agencies. This review deals with common …

Improving breastfeeding in rural Tanzania using eight-step policy analysis methodology

K Skiff, M deValpine, A Knopp - Policy, Politics, & Nursing …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Appropriate breastfeeding has the potential to have the broadest impact on childhood
survival in children under 5 years compared with all other preventive interventions. The …