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1 Keatinge, J. D. H.; Waliyar, F.; Jamnadas, R. H.; Moustafa, A.; Andrade, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Hughes, J. d’A.; Kardirvel, P.; Luther, K. 2010. Relearning old lessons for the future of food - by bread alone no longer: diversifying diets with fruit and vegetables. Crop Science, 50:S-51-S-62. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0528]
Malnutrition ; Human nutrition ; Diets ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Pest management ; Cropping systems ; Climate ; Adaptation ; Marketing ; Pollutants ; Health hazards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042650)
http://crop.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/Supplement_1/S-51
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042650.mht
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042650.mht
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Diversifying diets and agricultural enterprises with fruit and vegetables is a potent weapon in the current global battle against malnutrition and poverty. Agricultural science can contribute substantially to enhance the development prospects and health of not only disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals at one end of the spectrum but also the growth and equity of national economies at the other. Moreover, with relatively simple applied research, new crop species and technologies can rapidly enter the development pathway to benefit even the poorest people or nations. More upstream research can help to guard fruit and vegetable production against the vagaries of potential climatic uncertainty, which is projected to become more prominent over future decades. However, historical and continuing widespread underinvestment in fruit and vegetable research and development from the national to the global level may severely compromise the world’s ability to use such highvalue species for crop diversification and as a major engine of development growth to ensure global food and nutritional security.
2 Beintema, N.; Bossio, Deborah A.; Dreyfus, F.; Fernandez, M.; Gurib-Fakim, A.; Hurni, H.; Izac, A. M.; Jiggins, J.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Leakey, R.; Ochola, W.; Osman-Elasha, B.; Plencovich, C.; Roling, N.; Rosegrant, M.; Rosenthal, E.; Smith, L. 2009. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global summary for decision makers. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. 36p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042936)
http://www.agassessment.org/reports/IAASTD/EN/Agriculture%20at%20a%20Crossroads_Global%20Summary%20for%20Decision%20Makers%20(English).pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042936.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042936.pdf
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3 Ortiz, R.; Jarvis, A.; Fox, P.; Aggarwal, Pramod; Campbell, B. M. 2014. Plant genetic engineering, climate change and food security. 27p. (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Working Paper 72)
Plant genetics ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Food security ; Emission reduction ; Agriculture ; Drought ; Salinity ; Heat ; Public health ; Human nutrition ; Crops ; Environmental effects ; Farming systems ; Living standards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046809)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/41934/CCAFS%20WP%2072.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046809.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046809.pdf
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This paper explores whether crop genetic engineering can contribute to addressing food security, as well as enhancing human nutrition and farming under a changing climate. The review is based on peer-refereed literature, using results to determine the potential of this gene technology. It also provides a brief summary of issues surrounding this genetic enhancement approach to plant breeding, and the impacts on farming, livelihoods, and the environment achieved so far. The genetic engineering pipeline looks promising, particularly for adapting more nutritious, input-efficient crops in the development of the world’s farming systems.
4 Hagos, Fitsum; Mulugeta, A.; Erkossa, Teklu; Lefore, Nicole; Langan, Simon. 2014. Diversion of flashy floods for agricultural use and its effect on nutrition in Ethiopia. In Erkossa, Teklu; Hagos, Fitsum; Lefore, Nicole. (Eds.). 2014. Proceedings of the Workshop on Flood-based Farming for Food Security and Adaption to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Potential and Challenges, Adama, Ethiopia, 30-31 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.53-66.
Flood irrigation ; Spate irrigation ; Agriculture ; Human nutrition ; Children ; Gender ; Body weight ; Height ; Households ; Malnutrition ; Food security / Ethiopia / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046927)
The study examined whether access to spate irrigation leads to better nutrition outcomes. The results showed that there is an overall improvement in the study sites compared to the 2011 DHS study. As far as households with access to spate irrigation are concerned, weight-for-height z-scores indicated that 8.2% of the children had prevalence of global acute malnutrition; 8.2% of them had moderate acute malnutrition. None of the children had severe acute malnutrition. The weight-for-age results indicated that 27.5, 17.6 and 9.8% of the children showed prevalence of underweight, moderate underweight and severe underweight, respectively. The height-for-age z-scores showed 56.5, 30.8 and 21.7% of the children had prevalence of stunting, moderate stunting and severe stunting, respectively. On the other hand, households without access to spate irrigation indicated that as far as the weight-for-height z-scores of children are concerned, there were no children (boys and girls) with prevalence of global acute malnutrition; weight for-age z-score showed that 13.6, 10.2 and 3.4% of the children had prevalence of underweight, moderate underweight and severe underweight, respectively. The height-for-age z-scores showed that 45.5, 25.5 and 20.0% of the children had prevalence of stunting, moderate stunting and severe stunting, respectively. The anthropometric measures, thus, showed the nutritional outcomes of users were worse-off than of nonusers of spate irrigation. This happens in the face of better income and consumption expenditures, mainly nonfood, for users compared to nonusers. This underlines the importance of nutrition education alongside efforts to improve access to irrigation. Moreover, multisectoral collaborations are needed between the health, agriculture, water, social protection, education, gender and other sectors to improve the nutrition outcome of children.
5 Tesfai, M.; Adugna, A.; Nagothu, U. S. 2015. Status and trends of food security in Ethiopia. In Nagothu, U. S. (Ed.). Food security and development: country case studies. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.147-173.
Food security ; Land degradation ; Climate change ; Land acquisitions ; Settlement ; Policy ; Development projects ; Food production ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Indicators ; Socioeconomic environment ; Human nutrition / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G000 NAG Record No: H046982)
6 UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme. 2015. Facing the challenges: case studies and indicators. UNESCO’s contribution to The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015. Paris, France: UNESCO. 75p.
Groundwater ; Water management ; Water resources ; Sustainable development ; Case studies ; River basins ; Development projects ; Participatory approaches ; Recycling ; Freshwater ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Salt water intrusion ; Indicators ; Demography ; Urban areas ; Households ; Human nutrition ; Hunger ; Electricity ; Land use ; Environmental effects ; Natural disasters / Asia / Pacific Islands / Brazil / Saudi Arabia / Kuwait / United Arab Emirates / Qatar / Bahrain / Oman / Italy / Samoa / Singapore / Vietnam / Parana River basin / Mekong Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047013)
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7 Jayatissa, R. L. N.; Wickramasinghe, W. D.; Piyasena, C. 2014. Food consumption patterns in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 97p. (HARTI Research Report 172)
Food consumption ; Feeding preferences ; Food intake ; Food supply ; Food production ; Rice ; Cereals ; Crops ; Communities ; Socioeconomic environment ; Human nutrition ; Children ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Polonnaruwa / Anuradhapura / Kurunegala / Monaragala / Colombo / Nuwara Eliya / Kandy / Hatamuna / Manewa / Kelegama / Wattegama / Malabe / Hunupitiya / Illawathura / Ruwan Eliya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G744 JAY Record No: H047185)
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8 Gerster-Bentaya, M. 2015. Urban agriculture’s contributions to urban food security and nutrition. In de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.139-161.
Urban agriculture ; Food security ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Human nutrition ; Public health ; Feeding preferences ; Households ; Income
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047259)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Books/PDF/cities_and_agriculture-developing_resilient_urban_food_systems.pdf
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/6.%20Urban%20food%20security-min.pdf
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/6.%20Urban%20food%20security-min.pdf
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9 Fernando, Sudarshana; Semasinghe, Christina; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Wijayamunie, R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Dissanayake, S. 2016. City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Rome, Italy: FAO; Accra, Ghana: Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). 251p.
Food consumption ; Food supply ; Food safety ; Food policies ; Food production ; Food chains ; Food security ; Stakeholders ; Corporate culture ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Municipal authorities ; Private sector ; International organizations ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Regulations ; Policy making ; Decision making ; Human nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Sociocultural environment ; Poverty ; Natural resources management ; Climate change ; Land use ; Economic aspects ; Small scale systems ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Livestock ; Milk production ; Crops ; Market prices ; Waste disposal ; Waste management ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Sanitation / Sri Lanka / Colombo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047774)
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10 Rao, N. (Ed.) 2016. M. S. Swaminathan in conversation with Nitya Rao: a farmer-led approach to achieving a malnutrition-free India. Chennai, India: M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 44p.
Food security ; Human nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Protein deficiencies ; Micronutrients ; Farmer participation ; Agricultural development ; Green revolution ; Food quality ; Food safety ; Government agencies ; Policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.8 G635 RAO Record No: H047918)
11 Wilhelm, L. P. 2017. Sanitation, female literacy and child stunting: lessons for Swachh Bharat Mission. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 3. 8p.
Sanitation ; Gender ; Womans status ; Literacy ; Child development ; Human nutrition ; Maternity ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Defaecation ; Drinking water ; Water quality / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048387)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_03_2017.pdf
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12 Dey, A.; Singh, G.; Gupta, A. K. 2018. Women and climate stress: role reversal from beneficiaries to expert participants. World Development, 103:336-359. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.026]
Climate change adaptation ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Food supply ; Human nutrition ; Sustainability ; Energy conservation ; Crops ; Varieties ; Villages ; Indigenous knowledge ; Models / India / Uttar Pradesh / Isoulibhari / Shivnathpur / Kharella
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048594)
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Women, especially in the marginalized communities of the high-risk regions prone to flood and drought are considered most vulnerable to climate change risks. They play a very important role in household nutrition management and resource management in terms of labor, off-farm products, and small savings. In the absence of help from formal and informal R and D and technology institutions, their knowledge and resources’ exchange system has to be very robust to cope with the seasonal shortages arising due to climate fluctuations. The study found that these exchanges, spilling over caste or class boundaries, serve as valuable informal safety nets and contribute to household resilience. Researchers seeking to strengthen community coping strategies should pursue such polices and institutional interventions which strengthen women’s resource exchange and exploitation mechanisms. We offer in the end a 4-E model involving exchange, expertise, ethics, and environmental consciousness which describes how these empower women and help in articulation of their unique coping strength at intra- and inert-community levels. Lateral learning among community members sustains and enhances over time collective and household coping strategies with climate risks.
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