Browsing Value chains and nutrition by Issue Date
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Value chain transformation: Taking stock of WorldFish research on value chains and markets
(2016)Type: Working PaperThe goal of WorldFish's research on markets and value chains is to increase the benefits to resource-poor people from fisheries and aquaculture value chains by researching (1) key barriers to resource-poor men, women and ... -
Do fish scales matter? Diversification and differentiation in seafood commodity chains
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleRecent studies in the literature on fisheries trade have contrasted the challenges and opportunities associated with domestic and internationally oriented fish trade. We examine forms of domestic and international fish ... -
SAVE_SUCHANA: Ending the Cycle of Under-nutrition in Bangladesh. Quarterly Progress Report February to March 2016
(2016)Type: Donor ReportFinalized Technical strategies: we have finalized the technical strategies for Fisheries and Horticulture for increased production, consumption and income from household & communal resources by the Suchana BHH. ... -
Pre-calculated LCI systems with uncertainties cannot be used in comparative LCA
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleLetter to the editor: A recent paper by Qin and Suh (2016) provides an interesting test of the assumption of lognormally distributed life cycle inventory (LCI) results. We appreciate the importance of this work, and ... -
Nutrition-sensitive landscapes: Approach and methods to assess food availability and diversification of diets
(2017)Type: Book ChapterSustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and ... -
Discovery and biological relevance of 3,4-didehydroretinol (vitamin A2) in small indigenous fish species and its potential as a dietary source for addressing vitamin A deficiency
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleDiscovered in the late 1920s, 3,4-didehydroretinol (DROL, vitamin A2) plays a significant biological role in freshwater fish. The functions of this vitamin have been investigated but to a far lesser extent than those of ... -
Price setting in markets for Egyptian farmed fish
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis article investigates the relation between fish supply volumes and sales values in El-Obour wholesale market. The study also examines market cointegration between farmed tilapia and imported wild frozen fish (tilapia, ... -
Measuring nutritional quality of agricultural production systems: Application to fish production
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleReorienting food systems towards improving nutrition outcomes is vital if the global goal of ending all forms of malnutrition is to be achieved. Crucial to transitioning to nutrition-sensitive agriculture is valuing and ... -
Dietary change in Bangladesh from 1985 to 2010
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleIn many countries, dietary change is tracked using food supply data from the Food and Agriculture Organizations food balance sheets. It is difficult to draw conclusions on individual or sub-national food consumption from ... -
Children and wild foods in the context of deforestation in rural Malawi
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere is growing recognition of the contribution of wild foods to local diets, nutrition, and culture. Yet disaggregation of understanding of wild food use by gender and age is limited. We used a mixed methods approach to ... -
Labour, identity and wellbeing in Bangladesh's dried fish value chains
(2017)Type: Book ChapterDried fish products play an important role in the diets of fish consumers and in the livelihoods of actors in fisheries value chains throughout Africa and Asia. In Bangladesh, a large proportion of marine and freshwater ... -
Fish and meat are often withheld from the diets of infants 6 to 12 months in fish-farming households in rural Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFish is a widely available animal-source food in Bangladesh and a rich source of nutrients, yet little is known about practices related to incorporating fish into the diets of infants and young children. Our study makes ... -
Sierra Leone fish value chain with special emphasis on Tonkolili District
(2017)Type: ReportThe USAID-funded Sierra Leone Feed the Future (FtF) Agriculture Project implemented by WorldFish has completed its initial pilot phase (July 2015 to September 2016). During this phase, the project identified and tested ... -
Homestead pond polyculture can improve access to nutritious small fish
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleIn Bangladesh, homestead pond aquaculture currently comprises a polyculture of large fish species but provides an ideal environment to integrate a range of small fish species. Small fish consumed whole, with bones, head ... -
Vitamin B-12 status in infancy is positively associated with development and cognitive functioning 5 y later in Nepalese children
(2017)Type: Journal ArticlePoor vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) status is widespread in South Asia. Insufficient vitamin B-12 status has been linked to poor neurodevelopment in young children. The objective of this paper is to measure the associations ... -
Estimates of average energy requirements in Bangladesh: Adult Male Equivalent values for use in analyzing household consumption and expenditure surveys
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis dataset contains Adult Male Equivalent (AME) values for use in Bangladesh. These were constructed using prescriptive nutritional constructs adapted to the actual growth and weight pattern seen in Bangladesh. This ... -
The seafood gap in the food-water nexus literature--issues surrounding freshwater use in seafood production chains
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFreshwater use for food production is projected to increase substantially in the coming decades with population growth, changing demographics, and shifting diets. Ensuring joint food-water security has prompted efforts to ... -
Making sense of the market: Assessing the participatory market chain approach to aquaculture value chain development in Nepal and Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe participatory market chain approach (PMCA) is a methodology for improving the performance of poorly-coordinated value chains. This study uses a mixed methods approach to assess the effectiveness of PMCA for promoting ... -
Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Cambodia
(2017)Type: BriefThe EU and IFAD-funded Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods project ("Small Fish for Nutrition" for short) uses an integrated aquaculture/agriculture nutrition linkages approach to ... -
Fish availability and marketing system at local markets of a coastal district, Southern Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFish biodiversity is important for the future sustainability of aquatic resources in Bangladesh. However, stresses due to overfishing, climate change, habitat loss, eutrophication and pollution pose threats to fish ...
