RESOURCES
NUTRITION
IFPRI’s mission is to provide research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. Recent publications and websites provide critical data and analysis on improving nutrition.
BOOKS
Nourishing Millions:
Stories of Change in Nutrition
Stuart Gillespie, Judith Hodge, Sivan Yosef,
and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, editors
DATE: 2016
ISBN: 978-0-89629-588-9
Nourishing Millions brings together the most intriguing stories about improving nutrition from the past five decades to provide insight into what drives success.
Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Patterns from Farm to Fork
Devesh Roy, Pramod Kumar Joshi,
and Raj Chandra, editors
DATE: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-89629-256-7
The economic, environmental, and nutritional benefits of pulses are explored to understand how pulses can help India fight hunger and malnutrition.
REPORTS
Trends in Nutrition Outcomes, Determinants, and Interventions
in India (2006–2016)
Purnima Menon, Phuong H. Nguyen, Sneha Mani, Neha Kohli, Rasmi Avula, and Lan M.Tran
DATE: 2017
This overview of India’s national nutrition trends and state-level variability from POSHAN helps to identify areas of progress and areas where more investment is needed.
2016 Global Nutrition Report:
From Promise to Impact:
Ending Malnutrition by 2030
IFPRI
DATE: 2016
ISBN: 978-0-89629-584-1
This stocktaking of global nutrition focuses
on making SMART commitments to end
malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
2017 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI
IFPRI’s 2017 flagship report explores the
impact of rapid urbanization on hunger
and malnutrition.
DATE: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-89629-252-9
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: What Have We Learned So Far?
Marie T. Ruel, Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Mysbah Balagamwala
DATE: 2018
JOURNAL: Global Food Security
Reviewing recent evidence on nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs, the authors find that including nutrition and health behavior change communication and women’s empowerment interventions makes these programs more effective.
The Politics of Reducing Malnutrition: Building Commitment and Accelerating Progress
Stuart Gillespie, Lawrence Haddad, Venkatesh Mannar, Purnima Menon, and Nicholas Nisbett
DATE: 2013
JOURNAL: Lancet
The pivotal roles of knowledge and evidence, politics and governance, and capacity and resources in creating and sustaining political momentum for reducing malnutrition are examined in this article.
Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions and Programmes: How Can They Help to Accelerate Progress in Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition?
Marie T. Ruel, Harold Alderman, and the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group
DATE: 2013
JOURNAL: Lancet
This article reviews the evidence of nutritional effects of nutrition-sensitive programs in four sectors—
agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling.
WEBSITES
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
A4NH, led by IFPRI, helps realize the potential of agricultural development to deliver gender-equitable health and nutritional benefits to the poor.
HarvestPlus
HarvestPlus develops and promotes biofortified staple crops to improve human health and nutrition, and provides global leadership on biofortification evidence and technology.
Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN)
POSHAN aims to improve nutrition in India by synthesizing, generating, and mobilizing nutrition evidence.
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