Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

D Hargreaves, E Mates, P Menon, H Alderman… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Adolescence is a pivotal point in the life course, characterised by transformative physical,
cognitive, and emotional growth, an openness to change, and a drive to reshape the social …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation and scale-up of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of what works, what doesn't work and …

S Di Prima, EP Wright, IK Sharma, E Syurina… - Global Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evidence is rapidly growing on the impact pathways through which nutrition-sensitive
agriculture (NSA) contributes to improving nutritional outcomes. However, to harness NSA's …

[HTML][HTML] Agri-nutrition research: revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health

N Poole, J Donovan, O Erenstein - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Research linking agriculture and nutrition has evolved since the mid-20th century. The
current focus is on child-stunting, dietary diversity and 'nutrient-rich'foods in recognition of …

Agricultural productivity growth and its determinants in south and southeast asian countries

J Liu, M Wang, L Yang, S Rahman, S Sriboonchitta - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Improving agricultural productivity is a priority concern in promoting the sustainable
development of agriculture in developing countries. In this study, we first apply stochastic …

Multiple agricultural cropland products of South Asia developed using Landsat-8 30 m and MODIS 250 m data using machine learning on the Google Earth Engine …

MK Gumma, PS Thenkabail, P Panjala… - GIScience & Remote …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cropland products are of great importance in water and food security assessments,
especially in South Asia, which is home to nearly 2 billion people and 230 million hectares …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring women's empowerment in agriculture, food production, and child and maternal dietary diversity in Timor-Leste

G Bonis-Profumo, N Stacey, J Brimblecombe - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Women's empowerment is essential to improve nutrition in low and middle-income
countries. We investigated the empowerment of women in agriculture in association with …

Rural women's empowerment and children's food and nutrition security in Bangladesh

C Holland, A Rammohan - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Women's empowerment and child stunting remain key development challenges in
Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of female empowerment …

Yield gap analysis of major food crops in Pakistan: prospects for food security

I Khan, H Lei, A Khan, I Muhammad, T Javeed… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The concept of yield gap analysis can be used to meet the growing demands for agricultural
products. Sustainable development goals (eg SDG1 and SDG2) to end poverty and hunger …

Feminization of farming, food security and female empowerment

MN Asadullah, U Kambhampati - Global Food Security, 2021 - Elsevier
While female labour force participation is on the decline in many parts of the developing
world, female participation in agriculture is increasing worldwide. Our review of the literature …

Increasing production diversity and diet quality: Evidence from Bangladesh

A Ahmed, F Coleman, J Ghostlaw… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of rural Bangladesh, we assess whether agriculture training alone, nutrition
behavior communication change (BCC) alone, combined agriculture training and nutrition …