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The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India by Kachwaha, Shivani, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Pant, Anjali, Tran, Lan Mai, Ghosh, Sebanti, Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Shashtri, Vishal Dev, Escobar-Alegria, Jessica, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima

“…We measured HFI by using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and examined the changes in HFI during the pandemic using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank tests. …”
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Assessing community health information systems: Evidence from child health records in food insecure areas of the Ethiopian highlands by Hirvonen, Kalle, Berhane, Guush, Assefa, Thomas

“…Methods: A household listing was carried out in 221 enumeration areas in food insecure areas of Ethiopia to determine the presence of a child less than 24-months. …”
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Myanmar's poverty and food insecurity crisis: Support to agriculture and food assistance is urgently needed to preserve a foundation for recovery by Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity

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Household food insecurity is associated with higher child undernutrition in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam, but the effect is not mediated by child dietary diversity by Ali, Disha, Saha, Kuntal K., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Diressie, Michael T., Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima, Rawat, Rahul

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Multiple stressors in Southern Africa: The link between HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, poverty and children's vulnerability now and in the future by Drimie, Scott, Casale, Marisa

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Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events. by Alpízar, Francisco, Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro, Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth, Viguera, Bárbara, Vignola, Raffaele, Capitán, Tabaré, Harvey, Celia A.

“…To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to cope with food insecurity. …”
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Spatial differences in diet quality and economic vulnerability to food insecurity in Bangladesh: Results from the 2016 household income and expenditure survey by Mitu, Mst. Maxim Parvin, Islam, Khaleda, Sarwar, Sneha, Ali, Masum, Amin, Md. Ruhul

“…The study explored the spatial differences in diet quality and economic vulnerability to food insecurity with the association of sociodemographic characteristics at the household level in Bangladesh. …”
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Better Potato for a Better Life: Reducing Food Insecurity and Dependence on Cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia by International Potato Center

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Food insecurity among university students at a German university: Impact on health, academic performance, and lifestyle during COVID-19 by Kötzsche, Maike, Arroyo-Izaga, Marta, Heil, Eleonore, Jordan, Irmgard, Teuber, Ramona, Torheim, Liv E.

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Associations between diet quality, nutrition knowledge and household food insecurity among adolescents in urban and rural food environments in Kenya by Odongo, Nicanor

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Better potato for a better life: Reducing food insecurity and dependence on cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia by Miethbauer, Thomas, Aragaw, A., Woldegiorgis, G.

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Poverty and poor education are key determinants of high household food insecurity among populations adjoining forest concessions in the Congo Basin by Donn, P., Ngondi, J.L., Chupezi Tieguhong, J., Midoko Iponga, D., Tchingsabe, O., Fungo, R., Tchatat, M., Kahindo, J.M.

“…Food consumption pattern data was collected using a validated food-frequency questionnaire in 2012. Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence (HFIAP) was assessed using the HFIAP indicator and households were categorized into four levels of household food insecurity status as follows: Food secure (HFIAS = 0); mildly food insecure (HFIAS 1–8); moderately food insecure (HFIAS 9–13); and severely food insecure (HFIAS 14–27). …”
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Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower- and middle-income countries by Hammond, James, Siegal, Kim, Milner, D., Elimu, E., Vail, T., Cathala, P., Gatera, A., Karim, A., Lee, Ja-Eun, Douxchamps, Sabine, Thanh Tu, Mai, Ouma, Emily A., Lukuyu, Ben A., Lutakome, Pius, Leitner, Sonja, Wanyama, Ibrahim, Pham Thi, Trang, Thi Hong Phuc, Phan, Herrero, Mario, Wijk, Mark T. van

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Is climate exacerbating the root causes of conflict in Mali? A climate security analysis through a structural equation modeling approach by Pacillo, Grazia, Kangogo, Daniel, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio M., Villa, Victor, Belli, Anna, Läderach, Peter R.D.

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The double burden of food and water insecurity: Implications for health, equality, and policy by Chakrabarti, Suman

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Is subjective wellbeing too subjective? The (large) impact of randomized placement of happiness and worry questions in a national survey of crisis-affected Myanmar by Tauseef, Salauddin, Headey, Derek D., Lambrecht, Isabel B.

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New insights into the measurement of household well-being for vulnerable economies: Evidence from Pakistan's labor and diet data by Kouser, Robina, Abbas, Faisal, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Bhattacharjee, Mousumi

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HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa by Lee, Donghoon, Anderson, Weston, Chen, Xuan, Davenport, Frank, Shukla, Shraddhanand, Sahajpal, Ritvik, Budde, Michael, Rowland, James, Verdin, Jim, You, Liangzhi, Ahouangbenon, Matthieu, Davis, Kyle Frankel, Kebede, Endalkachew, Ehrmann, Steffen, Justice, Christina, Meyer, Carsten

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Grouping of early maturing quality protein maize inbreds based on SNP markers and combining ability under multiple environments by Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Annor, B., Oyekunle, M., Akinwale, R., Fakorede, M.A.B., Talabi, A.O., Akaogu, I.C., Melaku, G., Fasanmade, Y.

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Home food availability, food insecurity and nutrition knowledge are key factors influencing dietary diversity among adolescent girls in Southern Ethiopia by Kim, Sunny S., Sununtnasuk, Celeste, Tadesse, Amare W., Oumer, Abdulaziz, Walissa, Tamirrat, Sanghvi, Tina, Menon, Purnima

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