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Can the Private Sector Tackle Undernutrition Amongst the Poorest People?
Published by: IDS
Undernutrition is the biggest worldwide health risk and accounts for roughly 45% of child deaths globally. Additionally, “hidden hunger” or deficiency in vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) affects to 2 billion people in the world.
How Can We Use Markets to Reach the Poor With Nutritious Foods?
Published by: IDS
To effectively reach poor people, nutritious food must be affordable, available in the market, safe, and must contain the nutrients which it claims to have. Ensuring that nutritious food can reach the most vulnerable cannot be addressed by an individual business or value chain, but rather must be addressed through influencing the market system more broadly.
Business and its Role in Improving Nutrition: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions for Ghana. Case Studies and Key Messages from the Workshop
Published by: IDS
This Evidence Report presents the findings from a workshop held by the Institute of Development Studies in partnership with the Ghana School of Public Health held in Accra on 11 and 12 November.
Business and its Role in Improving Nutrition: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions for Nigeria. Case Studies and Key Messages from the Workshop
Published by: IDS
This workshop report presents the findings from a workshop held by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in partnership with the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network in Abuja, Nigeria, 14 October 2015.
Markets for Nutrition: What Role for Business?
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article examines how this might be achieved, drawing lessons from three intervention types: ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs), mandatory fortification and voluntarily fortified products.
Food, Markets and Nutrition: Maximizing the Impacts of Private Sector Engagement in Tanzania
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report summarizes the findings of a workshop for representatives of Tanzanian government, development partners, civil society and private sector organisations, hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) on 30 March 2015.
Promoting Biofortified Crops for Nutrition: Lessons from Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) in Tanzania
Published by: IDS
This case study examines the outcomes of interventions in Tanzania that have promoted the production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) – a biofortified crop – with the objective of reducing vitamin A deficiencies.
Ensuring that Food Fortification will Reach the Poor in Tanzania
Published by: IDS
Tanzania has introduced a mandatory food fortification programme to tackle the country’s high rates of undernutrition. Experience from other countries shows that fortification can add vital micronutrients into commonly eaten foods at a low cost.
Policy Options to Enhance Markets for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Tanzania
Published by: IDS
There is an urgent need to reduce alarming rates of undernutrition in Tanzania. This report analyses options for policies and interventions to improve the functioning of markets that deliver nutrient-dense foods.