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Changes in the policy environment for infant and young child feeding in Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia, and the role of targeted advocacy

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background There is limited literature examining shifts in policy environments for nutrition and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) over time, and on the potential contribution of targeted advocacy to improved policy environments in low- and middle ...
Jody Harris   +4 more
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Improving diets and nutrition through an integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention (SELEVER) in Burkina Faso: study protocol for a randomized trial

open access: yesTrials, 2017
Background The SELEVER study is designed to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture–nutrition package of interventions (including poultry value chain development, women’s empowerment activities, and a behavior change communications strategy to ...
Aulo Gelli   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of food ethics in food policy [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2000
Certain developments in the agricultural and food sciences have far-reaching implications for society and the environment, which suggest the need to examine their ethical acceptability as a standard component of technology assessment. Such considerations have led to the emergence of a new academic discipline, food ethics.
openaire   +2 more sources

Toward a Food Policy "First Step" in Oakland, California: A Food Policy Council's Efforts To Promote Urban Agriculture Zoning

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
Urban agriculture (UA) is cropping up in backyards, vacant lots, rooftops, and city parks across North America. Despite popular interest, zoning often serves as an obstacle to UA's expansion.
Nathan McClintock   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Is COVID-19 Shaping Families’ Relationships With Food and the Food Environment in England? A Qualitative Research Protocol

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021
Rates of childhood overweight and obesity continue to rise in England, along with a growing gap in obesity prevalence between children in the most and least deprived areas.
Anna Isaacs   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulatory compliance index of traditional medicine and health supplement companies in Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
The traditional medicine and health supplement sectors are growing in Indonesia, driven by public interest in natural and preventive health solutions. Regulatory compliance is essential to ensure the safety, quality, and efficacy of these products.
Astuti Sri   +5 more
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Food Poverty and Food Policy [PDF]

open access: yesIDS Bulletin, 1998
Summary Until recently the consequences of poverty for food, and the food element in social exclusion, have been sidelined in post‐war Britain, both by those working on food and nutrition and by those in social policy. The article draws on ideas about entitlement and access to food elaborated in the South to illuminate the problems faced by the poor ...
openaire   +1 more source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

open access: yesNature Communications, 2022
Economic shocks may lead to food insecurity and therefore acute child malnutrition (wasting). Here, the authors use data from Demographic Health Surveys to estimate impacts of past economic shocks on wasting and project possible effects of shocks related
Derek D. Headey, Marie T. Ruel
doaj   +1 more source

Soil health and gender: why and how to identify the linkages

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021
Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mitigation and resilience, and a range of ecosystem services.
Wei Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

2013 Global food policy report

open access: yes, 2021
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly ...
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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