While obesity across rural India has doubled in the last decade, research explaining such an
unprecedented change is sparse. This paper shows that the rise in the incidence of rural …

In tropical regions, widespread loss of native forest and savanna vegetation is increasing
extreme heat, particularly in agricultural regions. Using the case of rising extreme heat from …

Child dietary diversity is poor in much of rural Africa and develo** Asia, prompting
significant efforts to leverage agriculture to improve diets. However, growing recognition that …

Rural populations face a much higher burden of child undernutrition than urban populations,
especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, a continent where many households still live in remote …

Reduction of wasting, or low weight-for-height, is a critical target for the Zero Hunger
Sustainable Development Goal, yet robust evidence establishing continuous seasonal …

Background Nutrition-sensitive interventions supporting enhanced household food
production have potential to improve child dietary quality. However, heterogeneity in market …

Lokshin and Radyakin (2012) present evidence that month of birth affects child physical
growth in India. We replicate these correlations using the same data and demonstrate that …

With the increasing likelihood of agricultural production failures under a warmer global
climate, the importance of markets in providing access to nutrient-dense foods (NDFs) …

For most of modern history, agricultural development has focused on reducing poverty and
food insecurity, typically by attempting to provide sufficient dietary energy for survival and …

This paper examines the effect of terrain ruggedness on child stunting in Burundi,
Cameroon, Ethiopia and Nigeria. Using a cross‐section analysis with data from the …