Value chains and nutrition: Recent submissions
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Improving income and livelihood of poor farming household in Bangladesh through adoption of improved aquaculture technologies and varieties
(2015)Type: ReportFish are an important part of Bangladeshi culture and diet. Bangladesh ranks among the top five freshwater fish producers in the world. Fish are abundant in the thousands of rivers, ponds, lakes and seasonal floodplains ... -
Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: Findings from the global burden of disease 2013 study
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThe literature focuses on mortality among children younger than 5 years. Comparable information on nonfatal health outcomes among these children and the fatal and nonfatal burden of diseases and injuries among older children ... -
Value chain analysis of Lake Nasser fisheries in Aswan, Upper Egypt
(2016)Type: ReportThis report documents the outputs of the Aswan fisheries value chain study that took place in January and February 2015. This value chain analysis forms part of the Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate (YEAG) project ... -
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 ... -
Feed the Future Sierra Leone Agriculture Project
(2016)Type: BriefThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed the Future Sierra Leone Agriculture Project supports the development of rice and fish farming systems to increase productivity and improve food and ... -
Engaging the private sector to address conflict in natural resource management
(2014)Type: BriefInternational investments in agroindustry present a growing source of tension for local populations who rely on land, forests, water and fisheries for their livelihoods, particularly where local tenure security is put at ... -
The prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency is more common in breastfed infants than their mothers in Bhaktapur, Nepal
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleIron deficiency anemia is a widespread public health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Maternal iron status around and during pregnancy may influence infant iron status. The authors examined multiple ... -
Food and nutrition security in the Barotse floodplain system
(2016)Type: ReportThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is being implemented in ten communities in the Barotse floodplain of Zambia's Western Province. With a focus on the rural poor and vulnerable, the AAS program ... -
Seasonal food availability: Barotse floodplain system
(2015)Type: Working PaperThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is being implemented in ten communities in the Barotse floodplain in Zambia's Western Province. The objective of the AAS program is to reduce poverty and ... -
Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to improve nutrition and livelihoods in rural Myanmar (MYNutrition)
(2016)Type: BriefThe Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Rural Myanmar (MYNutrition) project intends to adapt and scale up the successful innovative integrated aquaculture and fisheries/agricultu ... -
Inclusion of small indigenous fish improves nutritional quality during the first 1000 days
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleKey contributing factors to undernutrition in low-income countries, including Bangladesh, are low dietary diversity in the diets of women and low nutrient density of traditional complementary foods (CFs) for infants and ... -
Vitamin status among breastfed Infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleVitamin deficiencies are known to be common among infants residing in low- and middle-income countries but relatively few studies have assessed several biochemical parameters simultaneously.The purpose of this study was ... -
Planning a nutrition-sensitive approach to aquatic agricultural systems research in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: BriefAquatic agricultural systems are places where fishing and farming in freshwater and/or coastal systems contribute significantly to household nutrition, food security and income. In Solomon Islands, where aquatic agricultural ... -
Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to improve nutrition and livelihoods in rural Myanmar (MYNutrition) [Burmese version]
(2016)Type: BriefThe Managing Aquatic Agricultural Systems to Improve Nutrition and Livelihoods in Rural Myanmar (MYNutrition) project intends to adapt and scale up the successful innovative integrated aquaculture and fisheries/agricultu ... -
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleUp-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden ... -
Low dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy among lactating women in a peri-urban area of Nepal
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThe main objectives of the paper were to assess the adequacy of the micronutrient intakes of lactating women in a peri-urban area in Nepal and to describe the relationships between micronutrient intake adequacy, dietary ... -
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture feed industry
(2014)Type: ReportThe commercial aquaculture feed industry in Egypt is growing at a rapid rate. As a result, the number of fish feed mills has increased from just 5 mills producing about 20,000 t per year in 1999, to over 60 mills with a ... -
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 ... -
Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and cultivated biodiversity in all forms is ...