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Can multiple forms of undernutrition among children and women be tackled efficiently? A case of shared determinants (P11-124-19) by Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Pramanik, Priyanjana, Tran, Lan Mai, Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima

“…Therefore, using data from India, we aimed to: 1) estimate the co-occurrence of undernutrition among children (stunting and anemia) and women (underweight and anemia); and 2) identify their shared determinants.…”
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Diets in eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Brief assessment of sources and a comparison with the EAT-Lancet recommendations by Choudhary, Vishruta, Kishore, Avinash

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Stories of change in nutrition: An overview by Gillespie, Stuart, van den Bold, Mara

“…The goal of the Stories of Change (SoC) initiative is to foster and support such experiential learning by systematically assessing and analyzing drivers of change in six high-burden contexts (Ethiopia, Zambia, Senegal, Bangladesh, Nepal and Odisha, India) that have had some success in accelerating improvements in nutrition. …”
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What works in the real world? Synthesis brief by Gillespie, Stuart

“…The goal was to systematically assess and analyse drivers of change in six high-burden countries – Bangladesh, India (Odisha), Ethiopia, Nepal, Senegal, and Zambia – that have had some success in accelerating improvements in nutrition. …”
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Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh by Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha

“…India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) employs about 50 million men and women every year and offers an important opportunity for in-vestigating the link between public works spending and the politi-cal allocation of funds. …”
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Sharing untold insights on nutrition for public health: Knowledge forums on nutrition (Poshan Samvad) in Madhya Pradesh by Jain, Sachin Kumar, Dubey, Prashant, Agarwal, Meenakshi

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Strategies for improving complementary feeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai by Jayaraman, Anuja, Chanani, Sheila, Waingankar, Anagha, More, Neena Shah, Huestis, Arja, Banthia, Jayant, Pantvaidya, Shanti

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Women’s individual and joint property ownership: Effects on household decisionmaking by Doss, Cheryl, Kim, Sung Mi, Njuki, Jemimah, Hillenbrand, Emily, Miruka, Maureen

“…In this paper, the relationship of women’s individual and joint property ownership and the level of women’s input into household decisionmaking is explored with data from India, Mali, Malawi, and Tanzania. In the three African countries, women with individual landownership have greater input into household decisionmaking than women whose landownership is joint; both have more input than women who are not landowners.…”
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Collaboration for impact by Yerramareddy, Indira, Alvare, Luz Marina, Taylor, Katarlah

“…In February 10–12, 2011, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organized a high level 2020 global conference titled "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health" in New Delhi, India (http://2020conference.ifpri.info). To support the conference, IFPRI's Knowledge Management team organized a collaborative bibliography of research publications relevant to the conference topics in an online public group "Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health" using Mendeley, a reference manager and academic social network. …”
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Combating mixed messages: Promoting complementary feeding in Mumbai’s slums by Zahorsky, Meeghan, Dalal, Rupal, Athavale, Priyanka

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The role of emerging countries in global food security by Fan, Shenggen, Brzeska, Joanna

“…Emerging countries such as Brazil, China, and India, which have experienced rapid growth and increased integration with the global economy in recent years, have significant potential to contribute to global food security-not only by alleviating hunger among their own citizens, but also by increasing trade and financial linkages as well as technology and knowledge exchanges with developing countries.…”
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Agricultural trade in Bhutan: Patterns, trends; and economic impact by Dem, Phub, Minot, Nicholas

“…Taking advantage of the cooler climate, Bhutan exports oranges, potatoes, vegetables, and apples to India and Bangladesh. At the same time, agricultural imports have been growing at 10% per year. …”
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The politics of electricity supply to Agriculture: Analysis of political actors, discourses, and strategies by Birner, Regina, Sharma, Neeru

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The politics of fertilizer supply to agriculture: Analysis of political actors, discourses, and strategies by Gupta, Surupa

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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 43 by Avula, Rasmi

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History of public food interventions in Bangladesh by Haggblade, Steven

“…During World War II the government in British India laid the foundation for large-scale public marketing by arrogating large powers for itself: monopolies on foodgrain imports and tight control of procurement, movement, stockholding, and distribution. …”
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Coping with drought in Tamil Nadu: The role of reservoir management by Rajagopalan, V., Swaminathan, P.

“…These extreme weather events have retarded the otherwise impressive progress India has made in agricultural production, particularly during the past two decades. …”
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Agriculture, trade and regionalism in South Asia by DeRosa, Dean A., Govindan, Kumaresan

“…Like many other regional groups, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)--Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka--have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area. …”
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Agriculture, commerce et régionalisme en Asie du Sud by DeRosa, Dean A., Govindan, Kumaresan

“…Like many other regional groups, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)--Bangladesh , Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka--have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area. …”
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Food safety and GM crops -- implications for developing-country research: food safety in food security and food trade by Cohen, Joel I., Quemada, Hector, Frederick, Robert J.

“…In the developing world the approval and cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops is largely limited to the commercial production of insect-resistant cotton in Argentina, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa.... Approvals of GM crops used for food or feed lag far behind cotton... …”
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