BY JENNIFER JOHNSON OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The global prevalence of overweight and obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, and these conditions now affect more than 340 million children and adolescents ages 5-19 and nearly 39 million children under 5. These conditions are linked to rising rates of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This has become
Finding more effective ways to deliver vital information and innovation to farmers. DLEC’s Impact Carrying out these three types of activities in various settings allowed DLEC to develop and deliver evidence-based recommendations to improve extension service delivery. Ultimately, monitoring efforts showed that DLEC was able to provide improved EAS practices for 1.3 million farming households, primarily in Ethiopia, Rwanda,
BY BRIAN MCNAMARA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Recent events such as the war in Ukraine and the El Niño weather cycle have demonstrated how shocks triggering changes in production and distribution of food in one country or region can reverberate around the world, eroding food security for millions if not billions. Efficient, agile, and diverse trade networks can help countries and
The food insecurity situation in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly dire. A recent blog of just 10 days ago and based on an assessment by the World Food Programme pointed out that during October and November, 80 percent of the population in Gaza was displaced and more than 80 percent suffered food deficiencies. A new assessment by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) for
BY JORDAN KYLE, KATRINA KOSEC, SUDHA NARAYANAN, AND KALYANI RAGHUNATHAN OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Tusu lives in the village of Saradha in Mayurbhanj district of the eastern coastal state of Odisha in India, and recently constructed a farm pond on her land through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This important personal achievement might have gone
BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT AND LEOCARDIA NABWIRE OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 In developing countries, haggling over prices of goods and services is common practice. A range of personal, economic, social and cultural factors influence strategies used during the bargaining process—and ultimately its outcome. For example, bargaining between a government official who pulls up in an expensive SUV and a poor woman
The collaboration between research and policymaking must be a two-way street. Effective policy needs to be evidence-based and data-driven. At the same time, impactful research must be dynamic and relevant to address the ever-changing country context. The Republic of Rwanda is in the process of developing their six-year strategic plan for agricultural transformation (PSTA5) aimed to boost food security, nutrition
BY JESSICA LEIGHT OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Households living in extreme poverty face a complex set of constraints that are difficult to escape. Existing resources often must go to meet immediate needs, leaving little or no money for investments with longer-term benefits; households may not own assets that could be used to generate a sustainable income stream, or have