Can Collective Action and Capacity Building Reduce Vulnerability Among Settled Pastoralists?

Abstract: In 2001 PARIMA and her partners began to create collective-action groups among illiterate, settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. These groups–dominated by women–focused on savings-led microfinance, […]

• Date of Publication: December 2007
• Author(s): D. Layne Coppock; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru; Seyoum Tezera
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Capacity Building, Markets

Enhanced Watershed Management and Sustainability through Gender Analyses And Interventions FY07-08 (resumbittal)

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• Date of Publication: 4/26/2007
• Author(s): Scott Miller
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Duncan, Kamau

• Start Date: 2007
• End Date: N.D.
• University: Egerton University
• Degree: BSc

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

Jepyegon, Emily

• Start Date: 2007
• End Date: 2008
• University: Moi University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

An integrated economic and education intervention (the ENAM project) decreased household food insecurity in rural Ghana

Abstract: Interventions that enhance women’s incomes and nutrition knowledge are likely to improve household food security through increased economic contribution to food expenditures and better nutrition […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Kimberly B Harding; Grace S Marquis; Esi K Colecraft; Anna Lartey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; B K Ahunu; Manju B Reddy; Helen H Jensen; Lorna M Butler; Elisabeth Lonergan
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

Integrating economic and educational intervention activities in the ENAM project leads to improved child nutritional status in rural Ghana

Abstract: Animal source foods (ASF) are excellent sources of micronutrients that are essential for growth and development of young children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children’s typical diets […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Grace S Marquis; Kimberly B Harding; Esi K Colecraft; Anna Lartey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; B K Ahunu; Manju B Reddy; Helen H Jensen; Lorna M Butler; Elisabeth Lonergan
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

Increases in caregivers’ contributions to household food and non-food expenditures did not affect child outcomes in the ENAM project

Abstract: Interventions that enhance women’s incomes are likely to improve child nutrition outcomes. This association may be reduced if women increase their economic contribution primarily to […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Esi K Colecraft; Grace S Marquis; Anna Lartey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; B K Ahunu; Lorna M Butler; Manju B Reddy; Helen H Jensen; Elisabeth Lonergan
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

Caregivers’ Income Generation Activities and Diversity of Animal Source Foods in Children’s Diets in Ghana

Abstract: Engagement in income generation activities (IGA) that involve animal source foods (ASF) may influence children’s intake of animal products through increased availability of ASF in […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Aaron Christian; Anna Lartey; Esi K Colecraft; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Benjamin Ahunu; Grace S Marquis
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

The magnitude and pattern of purchased ready-to-eat foods in the diets of rural Ghanaian children

Abstract: Purchase of ready-to-eat foods (RTEF) for children is common in urban Ghana but little is known about this practice in rural areas. We collected data […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Esi K Colecraft; Grace S Marquis; Anna A Lartey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Benjamin Ahunu; Lorna M Butler; Helen H Jensen; Manju B Reddy; Elisabeth Lonergan
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

Contribution of animal source foods to total iron intake of children in coastal Ghana

Abstract: The poor micronutrient status of children in developing countries has been attributed partially to a heavy reliance on plant-based diets. 66 Ghanaian children aged 2 […]

• Date of Publication: 2007
• Author(s): Esi K Colecraft; Gladys A Adjei; Anna A Lartey; Grace S Marquis
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition