Nutrition

The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture: Synthesis of the Existing Evidence
Authors
Tewodaj Mogues, Bingxin Yu, Shenggen Fan, Linden McBride
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
yuan 22 Oct, 2012 12:54
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/impacts-public-investment-and-agriculture-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence

In light of a reinvigorated policy orientation toward agriculture in developing countries following recent dramatic developments affecting food prices and agricultural land use, public resource allocation decisionmakers ought to have access to the existing evidence from academic research on the impact of public investments related to and in support of agriculture.

Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia: A literature review and institutional analysis

Authors
Jody Harris and Scott Drimie
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01200.pdf
Country
Zambia

Due to the predominance of direct, specific interventions in nutrition for development, the health sector tends to own nutrition, with interventions customarily implemented through health programs. The premise that the agriculture sector should also be a vehicle for improved nutrition is intuitive, but this sector often delivers neither good nutrition nor food security to the most vulnerable in the population. The complex and multisectoral nature of malnutrition may explain why it has not been effectively addressed.

Assessing Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems in African Villages

Authors
Roseline Remans, Dan F. B. Flynn, Fabrice DeClerck, Willy Diru, Jessica Fanzo,
Kaitlyn Gaynor, Isabel Lambrecht, Joseph Mudiope, Patrick K. Mutuo, Phelire Nkhoma,
David Siriri, Clare Sullivan, Cheryl A. Palm
Publisher
PLoS ONE
Publication date
Location
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0021235

 

Background

Early Childhood Nutrition, Schooling, and Sibling Inequality in a Dynamic Context: Evidence from South Africa

Authors
Yamauchi, Futoshi
Publication date
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Location
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/fcndp203.pdf
Source / Citation
Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2006. "Early Childhood Nutrition, Schooling, and Sibling Inequality in a Dynamic Context: Evidence from South Africa." Food Consumption and Nutrition Division FCND Discussion Paper 203, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Country
South Africa
Related Data Set
South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS), 2004

This paper examines the effects of early childhood nutrition on schooling inputs and outcomes to assess the dynamic nature of human capital production, using panel data from South Africa. Height-for-age Z-score is used as a measure of health and nutritional status in early childhood. Based on a comparison of siblings, this analysis concludes that improving children’s health significantly lowers the age when they start school, increases grade attainment, and decreases grade repetition in the early stage of schooling. However, this positive effect diminishes at later stages.

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