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August 24, 2012
One in five Americans cannot afford food
According to a report by Gallup, as many as one in every 5 Americans did not have enough money to pay for food this past year. Read more here and here.
August 24, 2012
Analysis on Food Security and Vulnerability in Rural China
This report is based on the first Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis carried out in rural China and analyzes the food and vulnerability status in six pilot poverty counties with Food Consumption Score as a proxy. Read it here.
August 24, 2012
Role of European Commission to eradicate malnutrition, Global Hunger Summit
This post provides insight into the activities undertaken by the European Commission to tackle global malnutrition, as presented at the Global Hunger Summit in London recently. Read more here, and read more here of the facts here.
August 24, 2012
UK: IDS welcomes commitment to fight malnutrition, is instrumental in research presented
IDS (Institute of Development Studies) has led the way in researching the background information presented to the attendees of the Global Hunger Summit in London, to tackle the scourge of malnutrition in the children of the world. IDS research shows that undernutrition leads to low immunity, […]
August 24, 2012
Firms in US help tackle malnutrition in Africa
A unique nutritional snack has been introduced with the support of US firms Mycell Technologies and VMP Nutrition Foundation, in collaboration with US charity Paradise 4 Kids, and Australian charity Paradise Kids. Read more here.
August 24, 2012
Recreating the global food system
World food production, despite being sufficient to provide the entire population in the world with adequate food, falls short of doing so due to the global food systems in their current forms. Hunger and consequent malnutrition – both under and over-nutrition has thus become an international […]
August 24, 2012
Young women in Kenya promote nutrition
A USAID youth progrmme that works in close collaboration with Feed the Future has helped bring together a dedicated group of young women in Kenya who are collectively putting to good use their knowledge on nutrition and food security. Their knowledge regarding nutritious food comes from […]
August 24, 2012
Early life malnutrition affects skill-levels
Experts in Bangladesh, after an analysis of different studies suggest that malnutrition during pregnancy and in early life is damaging to the country’s level of human capital development, and most likely the damages are permanent, holding entire generations back. This reinforces afresh the importance of the […]
August 24, 2012
Pakistan: Malnutrition in children
According to the world health assembly act and Pakistan breastfeeding ordinance October 2002, breastfeeding is to be the only way to feed an infant, yet only 50 per cent of mothers in Pakistan take breastfeeding seriously, while only a few of them are aware of the concept […]
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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