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Using participatory learning and action to empower women’s groups to improve feeding practices in Madhya Pradesh

2015Kanani, Shubhada; Singh, Rachna; Baqar, Syed; Mahajan, Uma; Belwal, L.M.

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Using participatory learning and action to empower women’s groups to improve feeding practices in Madhya Pradesh

Participatory learning and action (PLA) is a promising approach to promote infant and young children feeding (IYCF) and other health, nutrition, water sanitation, and hygiene (HNWASH) practices. Since February 2014, PLA has been implemented in 14 blocks in eight districts of Madhya Pradesh through the Sanjhi Sehat program, which is led by the Government of Madhya Pradesh’s State Rural Livelihood Mission (SLRM). The mission implements Sanjhi Sehat in five districts, and district- level nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) implement it in three additional districts. Technical assistance is provided by the Madhya Pradesh Technical Assistance and Support Team (MPTAST) under the Department for International Development (DIFD)-supported Madhya Pradesh Health Systems Reforms program. Other partners include the Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Women & Child Development, whose staff ensure that all services of the program are accessible and accountable to the community. The Public Health Engineering Department is responsible for the safe water and sanitation (toilet construction) infrastructure and services, which forms an important component of the HNWASH interventions.

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2015

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Kanani, Shubhada; Singh, Rachna; Baqar, Syed; Mahajan, Uma; Belwal, L.M.

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Kanani, Shubhada; Singh, Rachna; Baqar, Syed; Mahajan, Uma; and Belwal, L.M. 2015. Using participatory learning and action to empower women’s groups to improve feeding practices in Madhya Pradesh. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 18. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150535

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Building the capacity of frontline workers to improve IYCF practices among marginalized communities in Odisha

2015Bhattacharjee, Sourav; Tripathy, Lopamudra; Choudhury, Prajna

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Building the capacity of frontline workers to improve IYCF practices among marginalized communities in Odisha

Evidence shows that consistent and systematic interpersonal communication (IPC) is critical to changing infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices (UNICEF 2013). Using this evidence, UNICEF designed videos to enhance the capacity of frontline workers to provide correct information and appropriate counseling on IYCF. The assumption is that building the capacity of frontline workers will lead to increased counseling, improved knowledge, and changes in practices among mothers and caregivers.

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2015

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Bhattacharjee, Sourav; Tripathy, Lopamudra; Choudhury, Prajna

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Bhattacharjee, Sourav; Tripathy, Lopamudra; and Choudhury, Prajna. 2015. Building the capacity of frontline workers to improve IYCF practices among marginalized communities in Odisha. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 10. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151143

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Strategies for improving complementary feeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai

2015Jayaraman, Anuja; Chanani, Sheila; Waingankar, Anagha; More, Neena Shah; Huestis, Arja; Banthia, Jayant; Pantvaidya, Shanti

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Strategies for improving complementary feeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai

In 2014, a baseline survey sampled 2,582 children under the age of three from a population of 150,000 within the informal settlement of Dharavi, Mumbai, one of the largest slums in Asia. The survey found alarming levels of malnutrition among children—18 percent of the children under three were wasted, 25 percent were stunted, and 28 percent were underweight (Aahar 2014).

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2015

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Jayaraman, Anuja; Chanani, Sheila; Waingankar, Anagha; More, Neena Shah; Huestis, Arja; Banthia, Jayant; Pantvaidya, Shanti

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Jayaraman, Anuja; Chanani, Sheila; Waingankar, Anagha; More, Neena Shah; Huestis, Arja; Banthia, Jayant; and Pantvaidya, Shanti. 2015. Strategies for improving complementary feeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 16. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150212

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Complementary feeding in community-based rehabilitation centers in Madhya Pradesh

2015Kanani, Shubhada; Ramnani, Naresh

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Complementary feeding in community-based rehabilitation centers in Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, significant improvements have been made in reducing undernutrition in the last several years. Between 2010 and 2014, the percentage of zero- to five-year-old children who were underweight decreased from 52 percent to 36 percent. However, 41 percent of children in the state were stunted. Poor child-feeding practices are associated with growth faltering. The most recent data show that 74 percent of zero- to five-montholds are exclusively breastfed, but only 48 percent of six- to eight-month-olds receive complementary foods (NIN 2011; MWDC 2014).

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2015

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Kanani, Shubhada; Ramnani, Naresh

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Kanani, Shubhada; and Ramnani, Naresh. 2015. Complementary feeding in community-based rehabilitation centers in Madhya Pradesh. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 13. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151258

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar

2015Dar, Shivani; Jha, Rakesh; Sinha, Sudhir; Singh, Banke Bihari; Kumar, Gourav

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Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar

Bihar is greatly challenged by a low rate of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. For example, only 30 percent of newborns are breastfed within one hour, and only 29 percent of children are exclusively breastfed for the first six months in Bihar (Government of India 2014). Poor breastfeeding practices alone lead to 800,000 child deaths each year in Bihar— almost 12 percent of all child deaths in the state (Aga Khan 2015). Optimal IYCF practices are urgently needed in the health facilities and at the community level.

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2015

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Dar, Shivani; Jha, Rakesh; Sinha, Sudhir; Singh, Banke Bihari; Kumar, Gourav

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Dar, Shivani; Jha, Rakesh; Sinha, Sudhir; Singh, Banke Bihari; and Kumar, Gourav. 2015. Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 11. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149576

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child

2015Singh, Abhishek

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Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child

In October 2012, a baseline survey conducted in 20 blocks in the districts of Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, and Sitamarh in Bihar found significant gaps in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, such as a low rate of breastfeeding immediately following delivery and the absence of any feeding schedule for children (Aga Khan Foundation 2012).

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2015

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Singh, Abhishek

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Singh, Abhishek. 2015. Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 15. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151145

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Improving infant and young child feeding practices through self-help groups in Bihar: The experience of the Parivartan initiative

2015Das, Rajshree; Sarangi, Biraj; Rao, Brijesh; Schooley, Janine

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Improving infant and young child feeding practices through self-help groups in Bihar: The experience of the Parivartan initiative

Based on global standards for nutrition, the National Rural Health Mission of India recommends complementary feeding to infants at six months to ensure optimum growth and development (NRHM 2012). However, in much of India, that target is not being reached. In an assessment of complementary feeding practices in Bihar, researchers found that only 58 percent children received any complementary foods at six months (Khan et al 2013).

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2015

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Das, Rajshree; Sarangi, Biraj; Rao, Brijesh; Schooley, Janine

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Das, Rajshree; Sarangi, Biraj; Rao, Brijesh; Schooley, Janine. 2015. Improving infant and young child feeding practices through self-help groups in Bihar: The experience of the Parivartan initiative. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 12. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149593

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Combating mixed messages: Promoting complementary feeding in Mumbai’s slums

2015Zahorsky, Meeghan; Dalal, Rupal; Athavale, Priyanka

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Combating mixed messages: Promoting complementary feeding in Mumbai’s slums

The Foundation for Mother & Child Health (FMCH) promotes effective complementary feeding practices through its First Thousand Days program, which aims to provide clear messaging through one-on-one counseling, courses, and home visits with pregnant and lactating mothers on complementary feeding practices. The objective of this program is to support proper growth and good health during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, avoiding the common plague of undernutrition and malnutrition. This program was launched in 2006 by the foundation’s trustees and volunteers, and now has 25 full-time staff working at four clinics in Mumbai’s slums.

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2015

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Zahorsky, Meeghan; Dalal, Rupal; Athavale, Priyanka

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Zahorsky, Meeghan; Dalal, Rupal; and Athavale, Priyanka. 2015. Combating mixed messages: Promoting complementary feeding in Mumbai’s slums. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 17. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151239

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Improving complementary feeding through community-based management of malnutrition in Rural India

2015Murugan, Ganapathy; Gope, Rajkumar; Dhingra, Nidhi

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Improving complementary feeding through community-based management of malnutrition in Rural India

A baseline survey conducted during 2012 among selected districts with extremely marginalized populations in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Odisha revealed high rates of malnutrition and poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. Among 3,489 children surveyed, 60.2 percent were stunted, 55.1 percent were underweight, and 24.4 percent were wasted. Only 23.9 percent of the children age 6–36 months received appropriate feeding from diverse food groups (AAM Unpublished).

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2015

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Murugan, Ganapathy; Gope, Rajkumar; Dhingra, Nidhi

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Murugan, Ganapathy; Gope, Rajkumar; and Dhingra, Nidhi. 2015. Improving complementary feeding through community-based management of malnutrition in Rural India. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 14. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149589

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security; Capacity Building

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Toward improved nutrition: The Atal Bal Arogya Evam Poshan Mission

2014Das, Pragna; Dwivedi, Mahendra; Sharma, Sanjay; Ramnani, Naresh; Arora, Ranu

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Toward improved nutrition: The Atal Bal Arogya Evam Poshan Mission

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2014

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Das, Pragna; Dwivedi, Mahendra; Sharma, Sanjay; Ramnani, Naresh; Arora, Ranu

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Das, P., M. Dwivedi, S. Sharma, N. Ramnani, and A. Ranu. 2014. Toward Improved Nutrition: The Atal Bal Arogya Evam Poshan Mission. POSHAN Implementation Note 7. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150478

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Multisectoral initiative to address the issue of nutrition among children residing in the remote and trial, conflict-affected zones of Odisha

2014Chakravary, Nayan; Bhattacharjee, Sourav; Ahuja, Arti; S., Aswathi; Prasad Mohapatra, Bishnu; Nanda, Lipika; Sultana, Farida; Chowdhury, Prajna; Nallala, Srinivas

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Multisectoral initiative to address the issue of nutrition among children residing in the remote and trial, conflict-affected zones of Odisha

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2014

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Chakravary, Nayan; Bhattacharjee, Sourav; Ahuja, Arti; S., Aswathi; Prasad Mohapatra, Bishnu; Nanda, Lipika; Sultana, Farida; Chowdhury, Prajna; Nallala, Srinivas

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Chakravarty, N., S. Bhattacharjee, A. Ahuja, A. S, B. Prasad Mohapatra, L. Nanda, F. Sultana, P. Choudury, and S. Nallala. 2014. Multisectoral Initiative to Address the Issue of Nutrition among Children Residing in the Remote and Trial, Conflict-Affected Zones of Odisha. POSHAN Implementation Note 6. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149901

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Writing about nutrition in Indian newspapers: Lessons learned from the OneWorld POSHAN Media Fellowship

2014Kumar, Rahul; Knebel, Elisa

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Writing about nutrition in Indian newspapers: Lessons learned from the OneWorld POSHAN Media Fellowship

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2014

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Kumar, Rahul; Knebel, Elisa

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Kumar, R., and E. Knebel. 2014. Writing Nutrition Articles in Indian Newspapers: Lessons Learned from the OneWorld POSHAN Media Fellowship. POSHAN Implementation Note 1. New Delhi: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150604

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Panchayat-led nutrition and daycare centres—The Fulwari scheme of Chhattisgarh

2014Garg, Samir

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Panchayat-led nutrition and daycare centres—The Fulwari scheme of Chhattisgarh

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2014

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Garg, Samir

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Garg, S. 2014. Panchayat-Led Nutrition and Daycare Centres—The Fulwari Scheme of Chhattisgarh. POSHAN Implementation Note 9. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149949

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Leveraging the power of women’s groups and financial services to improve knowledge and behaviors for improved child and maternal nutrition.

2014Rao, Saraswathi; Gray, Bobbi; Metcalf, Marcia; Dutta, Soumitra

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Leveraging the power of women’s groups and financial services to improve knowledge and behaviors for improved child and maternal nutrition.

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2014

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Rao, Saraswathi; Gray, Bobbi; Metcalf, Marcia; Dutta, Soumitra

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Rao, S., B. Gray, M. Metcalfe, and S. Dutta. 2014. Leveraging the Power of Women’s Groups and Financial Services to Improve Knowledge and Behaviors for Improved Child and Maternal Nutrition. POSHAN Implementation Note 4. New Delhi: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149752

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Gender; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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English

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The Bhavishya Alliance: A multisectoral initiative to address undernutrition in Maharashtra

2014Bhagwat, Ishaprasad; Sandosham, Surita; Ramani, V.

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The Bhavishya Alliance: A multisectoral initiative to address undernutrition in Maharashtra

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2014

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Bhagwat, Ishaprasad; Sandosham, Surita; Ramani, V.

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Bhagwat, I., S. Sandosham, and V. Ramani. 2014. The Bhavishya Alliance: A Multisectoral Initiative to Address Undernutrition in Maharashtra. POSHAN Implementation Note 2. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150298

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Pustikar Diwas: Convergent action to reduce child undernutrition in Odisha

2014Narayan Parhi, Rabi; Saxton, Jenny

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Pustikar Diwas: Convergent action to reduce child undernutrition in Odisha

This paper demonstrates a robust maximum entropy approach to estimating flexible-form farm-level multi-input/multi-output production functions using minimally specified disaggregated data. Since our goal is to address policy questions, we emphasize the model’s ability to reproduce characteristics of the existing production system and predict outcomes of policy changes at a disaggregate level. Measurement of distributional impacts of policy changes requires use of farm-level models estimated across a wide spectrum of sizes and types, which is often difficult with traditional econometric methods due to data limitations. We use a two-stage approach to generate observation-specific shadow values for incompletely priced inputs. We then use the shadow values and nominal input prices to estimate crop-specific production functions using generalized maximum entropy (GME) to capture individual heterogeneity of the production environment while replicating observed inputs and outputs to production. The two-stage GME approach can be implemented with small data sets. We demonstrate this methodology in an empirical application to a small cross-section data set for Northern Rio Bravo, Mexico and estimate production functions for small family farms and moderate commercial farms. The estimates show considerable distributional differences resulting from policies that change water subsidies in the region or shift price supports to direct payments.

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2014

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Narayan Parhi, Rabi; Saxton, Jenny

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Narayan Parhi, R., and J. Saxton. 2014. Pustikar Diwas: Convergent Action to Reduce Child Undernutrition in Odisha. POSHAN Implementation Note 3. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150056

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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Collaboration of integrated child development services with self-help groups to decentralize the supply of supplementary feeding at Anganwadi Centers

2014Babu, Sunil; Nidadavolu, Nalini

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Collaboration of integrated child development services with self-help groups to decentralize the supply of supplementary feeding at Anganwadi Centers

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program provides supplementary food to millions of women and young children in India for approximately 300 days a year at ICDS-run anganwadi centers (AWCs). In the mid-1970s, ICDS began supplying centrally procured raw commodities or processed foods to AWCs.

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2014

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Babu, Sunil; Nidadavolu, Nalini

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Babu, S., and N. Nidadavolu. 2014. Collaboration of Integrated Child Development Services with Self-Help Groups to Decentralize the Supply of Supplementary Feeding at Anganwadi Centers. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 8. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151235

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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The health subcenter as an effective platform for coordinated capacity building and supportive supervision of frontline workers.

2014Babu, Sunil; Srikantiah, Sridhar

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The health subcenter as an effective platform for coordinated capacity building and supportive supervision of frontline workers.

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2014

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Babu, Sunil; Srikantiah, Sridhar

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Babu, S., and S. Srikantiah. 2014. The Health Subcenter as an Effective Platform for Coordinated Capacity Building and Supportive Supervision of Frontline Workers. POSHAN Implementation Note 5. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150353

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Undernutrition; Nutrition Policies; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Children; Food Security

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