This engine-powered double-cob maize sheller can be used for shelling of maize cobs. It drastically reduces human , time and cost compared to tradition hand shelling. The low-cost small scale sheller can be commercially used by machinery service prov...
Food unites the world, and powers us forward. Today a powerful and unified global effort is needed to equip food systems to advance human and planetary health to their full potential. The climate crisis is at the forefront of threats to our ability t...
“Many Nigerians still regard nutritious food as a luxury so we set out to find a cost-effective solution for families to have access to healthy, safe and affordable food, particularly those at the base of the pyramid,” says Pelumi Aribisala, the CEO...
This paper reports on the effects of a training-based intervention seeking to increase household engagement in poultry production in Burkina Faso, analyzing data from a large-scale cluster randomized trial in which 1798 households in 60 communes were...
Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development
Nourishing our Future: the Lancet Series on Adolescent Nutrition
Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Zinc and Iron Retention in Biofortified and Non-Biofortified Milled Rice
Does Rainfall Variability Explain Low Uptake of Agricultural Credit? Evidence from Ethiopia
During the past several years, we have been working intently on a field experiment with smallholder farmers in Uganda randomly assigned to get access to information in the form of short engaging videos. Because women and men are both involved in farm...
Obesity and overweight are major public health problems strongly linked to high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which are projected to have an overall cost of almost $7 trillion in the next...
In this article we use experimental (spectral soil analysis) data from Ethiopia to examine farmers’ response to soil nutrient deficiencies and its implications for yield responses. We find that farmers’ response to macronutrient (nitrogen and phospho...
As an unobservable attribute, food safety is likely to be under-provided by markets where regulatory enforcement is weak. In such settings, stimulating consumer demand for safer food can potentially encourage market actors to invest in food safety.