The 2018 Global Nutrition Report reveals that malnutrition is unacceptably high and affects every country in the world, but that there is also an unprecedented opportunity to end it.
The potential of so-called underutilised crops for human nutrition and as a source of income for poor farmers in the Global South was discussed at the Elsevier International Conference on Global Food Security in Cape…
This book provides an overview on how India’s pulses sector has evolved over time. The authors take a look at the pulse value chain and consumption as well as government interventions.
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have developed a new rice variety that has not only increased levels of the micronutrients iron and zinc in the grains, but also produces beta-carotene as a precursor of vitamin…
Participants at the 3rd Hidden Hunger Conference, held in Stuttgart/Germany in March, called on politicians to at last assume responsibility. The event focused on food diversity and an improved nutrition status for the…
The pulication brings together the most intriguing stories from the past five decades to show what works in nutrition, what does not, and the factors that contribute to success.
Malnutrition and diet are by far the biggest risk factors for the global burden of disease: every country is facing a serious public health challenge from malnutrition, notes the Global Nutrition Report 2016.
The previous issue of Rural 21 addressed the concept of nutrition-sensitive agriculture, which our author believes is a valuable and worthwhile approach – only that it is often difficult to put into practice.
That agriculture can play a crucial role in the fight against malnutrition is no new insight. But what has to be done for agriculture to adequately fulfil this vital role? Our author reports on the state of debate and…
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