The aim of the study was to identify a set of evidence-based, population-specific, food-based recommendations that can be promoted to improve the nutritional status of infants and young children in farming communities of Ghana.
This report describes a randomized controlled trial among groundnut farmers in northern Ghana designed to test the impact of two approaches to encouraging adoption of post-harvest practices for the reduction of aflatoxins. Results indicate that simply training farmers and making tools for aflatoxin prevention available has a significant impact on post-harvest practices.
This report presents the findings and discussion of a Focused Ethnographic Study in Gomoa East District, Central Region. The study yielded important insights about current infant and young child feeding behaviours and practices and enabled the identification of appropriate interventions to address infant and young child diet inadequacies and malnutrition.
This report presents the findings and discussion of a Focused Ethnographic Study in Karaga District, Northern Region. This study yields important insights about current infant and young child feeding behaviours and practices and enabled the identification of appropriate interventions to address infant and young child diet inadequacies and malnutrition.
This report analyses the cost of fortification of wheat flour in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, using both Afghan and regional harmonized standards; assesses its impact on market prices of wheat flour for a sustainable fortification program in Afghanistan; and makes recommendations on policy and pricing strategies for domestic and cross-border trade.
This report examines previous large-scale fortification efforts in the Central Asian Republics to ascertain the lessons that can be learned from their successes and failures. The results of the report can help new initiatives ensure better coverage of fortified foods throughout the region including Afghanistan.
This report underlines that in order to move the food fortification agenda forward in Afghanistan and create a supportive environment for action, stakeholders need to understand the impact of fortification, both in terms of health benefits and economic costs.
Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Kazakhstan. This Cost Benefit Analysis study looked at the cost-effectiveness of a single intervention, wheat flour fortification, in addressing micronutrient malnutrition.
This monograph is devoted to presentation of the results from ethnographic studies of infant and young child feeding that were undertaken in five counties in Kenya – Vihiga, Kitui, Isiolo, Marsabit and Turkana – as part of a large project aimed at improving nutrition in these communities.
This policy brief summarises key results from a study designed to identify potential interventions to improve nutrition in infants and young children in Kitui County, Kenya. The study was commissioned to provide information necessary for the design of appropriate high-impact nutrition interventions in Kitui to improve nutritional outcomes at the household level.
