Many of today's food crises are linked to war and violent conflicts. This paper elaborates four
logics of war that have an impact on food insecurity: a) destruction; b) conflict-induced …

A better understanding of the pathways linking climate change and nutrition is critical for
developing effective interventions to ensure the world's population has access to sufficient …

In 2005 a large earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Exposure to the earthquake was
plausibly exogenous to household and individual characteristics, and households received …

The main goal of this study is to develop and apply a toolkit for assessing the sustainability
level of countries that import certain types of agricultural products with regard to a possible …

During the previous decade, there has been an increased focus on the role of food security
in processes of armed conflict, both in the academic and policy communities. While the …

This open access book examines the interactions between India's economic development,
agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” …

A growing literature documents the links between long-term outcomes and health in the fetal
period, infancy, and early childhood. Much of this literature focuses on rich countries, but …

Conflict between and within countries can have lasting health and economic consequences,
but identifying such effects can be empirically challenging. This paper uses household …

Malnutrition is a challenge to the health and productivity of populations and is viewed as one
of the five largest adverse health impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, systematic …

We combine data from the 2002 National Population Census and the distribution of the
number of human rights violations and victims across 22 departments to examine how …