Food security and nutrition outcomes of farmer field schools in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

S Doocy, S Cohen, J Emerson… - … Health: Science and …, 2017 - ghspjournal.org
Background: Food and nutrition security in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are
threatened by political instability and chronic poverty. The Jenga Jamaa II project …

Improving household food security in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a comparative analysis of four interventions

S Doocy, J Emerson, E Colantouni, J Strong… - Food Security, 2018 - Springer
Food insecurity contributes to poor nutritional status of many populations, but long-term
approaches to improving household food insecurity have not been widely evaluated. This …

Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda

V Nsabuwera, B Hedt-Gauthier, M Khogali… - Public Health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveDetermining interventions to address food insecurity and poverty, as well as setting
targets to be achieved in a specific time period have been a persistent challenge for …

[HTML][HTML] Household food security and adequacy of child diet in the food insecure region north in Ghana

P Agbadi, HB Urke, MB Mittelmark - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background and objectives Adequate diet is of crucial importance for healthy child
development. In food insecure areas of the world, the provision of adequate child diet is …

Food and nutritional security of children of urban farmers in Kampala, Uganda

F Yeudall, R Sebastian, DC Cole… - Food and nutrition …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Urban agriculture is an important livelihood strategy to increase access to and
availability of food in urban settings. Objective We examined the impact of …

Evaluating interventions to improve child nutrition in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

S Doocy, J Emerson, E Colantouni, J Strong… - Public health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe prevention of malnutrition in children under two approach (PM2A), women's
empowerment and agricultural interventions have not been widely evaluated in relation to …

[HTML][HTML] School feeding programs: what happens globally?

A Cupertino, V Ginani, AP Cupertino… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
School feeding programs (SFPs) are an important effort to address food insecurity, improve
nutritional education, and ultimately improve health outcomes. The objective of this research …

Household food insecurity is associated with heterogeneous patterns of diet quality across urban and rural regions of Malawi

AD Jones - World Medical & Health Policy, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The nutritional consequences of food insecurity in rural as compared to urban regions of low‐
and middle‐income countries (LMICs) have not been well differentiated. We aimed to …

Food security in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a household level assessment

S Fraval, SJ Oosting, IJM de Boer… - WIAS Science Day …, 2019 - research.wur.nl
Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are both vulnerable to the health burdens
that stem from food insecurity and central to improving the availability and affordability of …

Food security indicators after humanitarian interventions including food aid in Zimbabwe

S Gandure, S Drimie, M Faber - Food and nutrition bulletin, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Rural households in contemporary Zimbabwe experience various levels of food
insecurity and vulnerability. Worsening macroeconomic conditions, a fragile political …