by Joseph Glauber, Soonho Kim, Elsa Olivetti, and Rob Vos OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Russia’s July 17 withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), has sparked fears of reduced exports of wheat and other key commodities to developing countries, along with other market disruptions. The grain deal, in place for almost a year, had clear benefits for global markets and food
by Kaleab Baye and Claudia Ringler OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Poor nutrition threatens health, exacerbates inequalities, affects economic productivity, and traps countries like Ethiopia in a vicious cycle of poverty. About 38% of children below the age of 5 in the country are too short for their age (stunted). This means that these children live in an environment that impairs
by Taddese Zerfu, Fantu Bachewe, Tirsit Genye, Meron Girma, Aregash Samuel, James Warmer, and Cornelia Van Zyl OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Hidden hunger—the silent epidemic of micronutrient deficiencies—is driven by poverty and continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world. More than 3 billion people worldwide, primarily in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, simply cannot
by Emanuel Obuobie, Claudia Ringler, Hager El Didi, and Wei Zhang OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Thousands of farmers living in the Keta and Anloga districts of Ghana (Figure 1) depend on groundwater from the Keta strip for producing vegetables and other food crops for consumption and income generation. The Keta strip lies between a salty lagoon (the Keta lagoon)
BY SUMAN CHAKRABARTI AND LEIGH HAMLET Globally, childhood chronic undernutrition is a major public health concern and can lead to low height-for-age, also known as stunting or linear growth faltering. When children’s growth falls short for their age, it can have profound implications on their development and future contributions to society. During the 20th century, strategies to improve water and sanitation
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 September 5, 2023, Washington, DC: A comprehensive package of nutrition education interventions delivered through public primary schools can significantly improve dietary practices among adolescents, according to a new study published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. The research, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the FHI 360 Alive & Thrive initiative, is among the very few to evaluate a
Tropentag 2023 conference highlights equitable food systems transformation SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 Washington, DC, USA – The annual Tropentag conference, a premier interdisciplinary event focusing on tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development, will take place from September 20 to September 22, 2023, in Berlin, Germany. Co-organized by The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and Humboldt-Universität
BY ABUL KAMAR, DEVESH ROY, AND SHAHIDUR RASHID OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 India’s import demand for edible oils has been significant over the past decade, with imports averaging $11.6 billion annually. In 2021, prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India imported a staggering $17.1 billion of edible oils (Figure 1), dominated by palm oil ($9.6 billion), soybean oil ($4.8 billion),