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April 17, 2013
How agricultural policies have an impact on nutrition
According to Howarth Bouis, director of HarvestPlus of IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), India’s malnutrition crisis has not enough to do with rice and wheat, the prices of which have only increased over the past two years, but more to do with the steadily increasing […]
April 17, 2013
Nepal: A lot of hungry mouths
This post traces the history of nutrition being on the international agenda, in context of the current malnutrition status in Nepal. The synonymous lack of food and nutrition was first addressed through the first International Conference on Nutrition which was held in Rome in 1992, when […]
April 17, 2013
Social enterprises help bring light to millions
A number of social enterprises across the world are helping the poor, rural people of the world who live without electric lights access lighting through solar lamps and solar home systems. Two of these listed in this post are Bangalore, India based SELCO, and d.light. While both help the poor […]
April 17, 2013
Retired HP engineer helps Nepal harness solar energy
Allart Ligtenberg is a retired engineer from Hewlett-Packard. His Silicon Valley garage workshop is full of shiny parabolic and box shaped solar cookers, which make the garage look like a modern art installation. He is passionate about making the use of solar cookers easier and more adaptable for rural residents […]
April 17, 2013
Ghana: The Toyola moneybox – the BoP marketing tactic that got results
BoP marketing has often been a challenge, especially when it comes to making the business profitable. Moreover, clean cookstove marketing has been even worse, because customers are not sold on the product until they use it, which cannot happen on the day of purchase. Toyola stoves have overcome this barrier […]
April 17, 2013
Air quality in an app
A new app has been developed which lets people choose their mode of commute based on air quality level en route. This app, called “Mobile Observatory” lets users check pollution levels in the vicinity with just one click of an app. This is not available to the public yet, and […]
April 17, 2013
Ghana: Women need protection from indoor air pollution
This post innovatively likens the victimization of women through exposure to indoor air pollution, with the bush-rat hunting techniques popular with young boys in Ghana. Rats are chased out of their holes because of smoke filling their holes, at which point it is caught. However, women voluntarily put themselves through […]
April 17, 2013
Ambient particulate air pollution and acute lower respiratory infections: a systematic review and implications for estimating the global burden of disease
It is estimated that acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) accounts for as much as 20 per cent of mortality in young children worldwide. This study examines the relationship between exposure to PM2.5 (fine particles in the ambient air 2.5 micrometres or less in size) and the occurrence of ALRI. Read […]
April 17, 2013
India’s villages reap benefits of solar electricity access schemes
It was in 2007 that TERI, India’s leading energy research institute launched its ‘Lighting One Billion Lives’ initiative. Since then, they have distributed a number of lamps across several villages across the country. TERI does not sell lamps, but instead works with its researchers to help manufacturers improve efficiency. Read […]
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