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A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal por Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra

“…Relatively less is known about the impact of poor diet on the growth of school-age children compared to children <5 years of age, especially in low/middle-income countries. A better understanding of delivery strategies for effective interventions to improve diet and hence growth in school-age children is needed. …”
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A community edutainment intervention for gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health in rural Senegal: A process evaluation por Le Port, Agnes, Seye, Moustapha, Heckert, Jessica, Peterman, Amber, Tchamwa, Annick Nganya, Dione, Malick, Fall, Abdou Salam, Hidrobo, Melissa

“…This article presents results from a process evaluation of a community-based edutainment intervention designed to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices on gender-based violence (GBV), sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and maternal and child health. …”
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Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data por Keats, Emily C., Thurairajah, Pravheen, Cousens, Simon N., Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators’ Group, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Pregnant adolescents constitute a nutritionally vulnerable group that could benefit from intervention to mitigate the mortality and adverse birth outcomes associated with adolescent pregnancy.…”
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Measuring progress toward the Malabo Declaration goals in the midst of COVID-19: A measurement approach for a health systems-sensitive resilience score por Constas, Mark A., Wohlgemuth, Max, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…As an outgrowth of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (AUC 2014) established both a clear strategic direction and a well-articulated set of agriculture-focused strategic priorities for Africa. …”
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Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program, reduces child wasting in Burundi: A cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial por Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Nduwabike, Noé, Ruel, Marie T.

“…We assessed the impact of Tubaramure, a FA-MCHN program in Burundi, on child (0 to 24 months) wasting and the differential impacts by socio-economic characteristics and age. …”
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The short-run economic costs of COVID-19 in developing countries in 2020: A synthesis of results from a multi-country modeling exercise por Pauw, Karl, Smart, Jenny, Thurlow, James

“…With developing country governments already heavily indebted before the pandemic (Onyekwena and Ekeruche 2019), and with further anticipated losses in tax revenues due to COVID-related economic restrictions, their ability to finance palliative measures without sacrificing much-needed, longer-term public investments has remained a major concern.…”
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Replication Data for "Malnutrition and Climate Patterns in the Arid and Semi-arid Lowlands of Kenya: A Resilience Analysis Based on a Pseudo-panel Dataset" por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Since measurements over time on the same units of analysis are not available, synthetic cohorts of individuals (children and women) having similar characteristics have been reconstructed, resulted in a pseudo-panel dataset. The dataset is used to observe resilience to agro-climatic shocks, including temperature increases, drought, and changes in vegetation cover.…”
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Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program, reduces child stunting in Burundi: A cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial por Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T.

“…The program targeted women and their children during the first 1000 d and included 1) food rations, 2) strengthening of health services and promotion of their use, and 3) behavior change communication (BCC). A second objective was to assess the differential effect when varying the timing and duration of receiving food rations.…”
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A decade of progress on scaling up health and nutrition interventions in India: A countdown to 2030 case study (P04-115-19) por Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Avula, Rasmi, Mani, Sneha, Tran, Lan Mai, Victora, Cesar G.

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Constraints for small-scale private irrigation systems in the North Central zone of Nigeria: Insights from a typology analysis and a case study por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Edeh, Hyacinth O.

“…This paper aims to provide various qualitative indicators which can shed light on irrigation system diversity and its recent evolution in Nigeria, as well as key economic characteristics of a selected private irrigation system as a case study.…”
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Social franchising and a nationwide mass media campaign increased the prevalence of adequate complementary feeding in Vietnam: A cluster-randomized program evaluation por Rawat, Rahul, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Hajeebhoy, Nemat, Nguyen, Huan Van, Baker, Jean, Frongillo, Edward A., Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima

“…Alive & Thrive applied principles of social franchising within the government health system in Vietnam to improve the quality of interpersonal counseling (IPC) for infant and young child feeding combined with a national mass media (MM) campaign and community mobilization (CM). …”
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Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition through community health volunteers is a cost-effective intervention: Evidence from a resource-limited setting por Ilboudo, Patrick G., Donfouet, Hermann Pythagore Pierre, Wilunda, Calistus, Cichon, Bernardette, Tewoldeberhan, Daniel, Njiru, James, Keane, Emily, Mwangi, Bonventure, Mwaniki, Elizabeth, Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Schofield, Lilly, Maina, Lucy, Kutondo, Edward, Agutu, Olivia, Okoth, Peter, Raburu, Judith, Kavoo, Daniel, Karimurio, Lydia, Matanda, Charles, Mutua, Alex, Gichohi, Grace, Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth

“…MAM treatment by CHVs plus health facilities was estimated to yield a cost per death and DALY averted of US$ 8743 and US$ 397, respectively, as opposed to US$ 13,846 and US$ 637 in the control group. …”
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Challenges of Land Governance in Nigeria: Insights from a Case Study in Ondo State: Insights from a case study in Ondo state por Birner, Regina, Okumo, Austen

“…This paper presents the findings of a case study on land governance in the Ondo State of Nigeria. …”
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A case study of the commercialization of agriculture in the Southern Philippines : the income, consumption, and nutrition effects of a switch from corn to sugar production in Bukidnon por Bouis, Howarth E., Haddad, Lawrence James

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A latent class approach to investigating consumer demand for genetically modified staple food in a developing country: The case of GM bananas in Uganda por Kikulwe, Enoch, Birol, Ekin, Wesseler, Justus, Falck-Zepeda, José B.

“…This study explores consumer acceptance and valuation of a genetically modified (GM) staple food crop in a developing country prior to its commercialization. …”
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A transaction-cost approach to enterprise modeling and coordination between small growers and a large firm: The case of mussel mariculture in South Africa por Karaan, A.S. Mohammad

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Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa: A review of the institutional context and methodological approach for undertaking a quantitative, subregional assessment por Wood, Stanley, Anderson, Jock R.

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Site-specific feasibility of alternate wetting and drying as a greenhouse gas mitigation option in irrigated rice fields in Southeast Asia: a synthesis por Tirol-Padre, Agnes, Minamikawa, Kazunori, Tokida, Takeshi, Wassmann, Reiner, Yagi, Kazuyuki

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A germin-like protein gene family functions as a complex quantitative trait locus conferring broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice por Manosalva, Patricia M., Davidson, Rebecca M., Liu, Bin, Zhu, Xiaoyuan, Hulbert, Scot H., Leung, Hei, Leach, Jan E.

“…Plant disease resistance governed by quantitative trait loci (QTL) is predicted to be effective against a broad spectrum of pathogens and long lasting. …”
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QTL mapping of root traits in a doubled haploid population from a cross between upland and lowland japonica rice in three environments por Li, Zichao, Mu, Ping, Li, Chunping, Zhang, Hongliang, Li, Zhikang, Gao, Yong-Ming, Wang, Xiangkun

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