A5014338013- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Water resources management and optimization
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
University of Delhi
2014-2025
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
2023-2024
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
2024
Centre for Development Economics
2002-2023
Natural Remedies (India)
2012
International Food Policy Research Institute
2006-2011
Background The density of minerals and vitamins in food staples eaten widely by the poor may be increased either through conventional plant breeding or use transgenic techniques, a process known as biofortification. Objective HarvestPlus seeks to develop distribute varieties (rice, wheat, maize, cassava, pearl millet, beans, sweet potato) that are high iron, zinc, provitamin A an interdisciplinary, global alliance scientific institutions implementing agencies developing developed countries....
β-Carotene-rich orange sweet potato (OSP) has been shown to improve vitamin A status of infants and young children in controlled efficacy trials a small-scale effectiveness study with intensive exposure project inputs. However, the potential this important food crop reduce risk deficiency deficient populations will depend on ability distribute OSP vines promote its household production consumption large scale. In rural Mozambique, we conducted randomised, large-scale intervention...
Abstract Evidence on what people eat globally is limited in scope and rigour, especially as it relates to children adolescents. This impairs target setting investment evidence-based actions support healthy sustainable diets. Here we quantified global, regional national dietary patterns among adults, by age group, sex, education urbanicity, across 185 countries between 1990 2018, the basis of data from Global Dietary Database project. Our primary measure was Alternative Healthy Eating Index,...
The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body weight-mediated effects 11 dietary factors in 184 countries 1990 2018. In 2018, suboptimal intake these was be 14.1 million (95% uncertainty interval (UI), 13.8-14.4 million) incident cases, representing 70.3% (68.8-71.8%) new cases globally. Largest burdens were insufficient whole-grain (26.1% (25.0-27.1%)),...
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with cardiometabolic diseases and social inequities. For most nations, recent estimates trends of intake not available; nor variation by education or urbanicity. We investigated SSB intakes among adults between 1990 2018 in 185 countries, stratified subnationally age, sex, education, rural/urban residence, using data from the Global Dietary Database. In 2018, mean global was 2.7 (8 oz = 248 grams) servings/week (95% UI 2.5-2.9) (range: 0.7...
Abstract The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, an updated comprehensive assessment the global burden attributable to SSBs remains scarce. Here we estimated SSB-attributable T2D CVD burdens across 184 countries in 1990 2020 globally, regionally nationally, incorporating data from Global Dietary Database, jointly stratified by age, sex, educational attainment urbanicity. In 2020, 2.2 million (95%...
To estimate the potential impact of zinc biofortification rice and wheat on public health in India to evaluate its cost-effectiveness compared with alternative interventions international standards.The burden deficiency (ZnD) was expressed disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. Current intakes were derived from a nationally representative household food consumption survey (30-day recall) attributed members based adult equivalent weights. Using dose-response function, projected...
Vitamin A deficiency is a major health problem in Africa and many other developing countries. Biofortified staple crops that are high pro‐vitamin have the potential to reduce prevalence of vitamin deficiency. Using choice experiment with real product Uganda, we quantify magnitude premium or discount consumers’ willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) may be associated it. Results suggest taste plays an important role consumer acceptance, provision nutrition information does translate into substantial...
Abstract Micronutrient malnutrition is a serious public health problem in many developing countries. Different interventions are currently used, but their overall coverage relatively limited. Biofortification—that is, breeding staple food crops for higher micronutrient contents—is new agriculture‐based approach, little known about its ramifications. Here, the main factors influencing success discussed and methodology economic impact assessment presented. Ex ante studies from India other...
The success of biofortified staple crops depends on whether they are accepted and consumed by target populations. In the past 8 years, several studies were undertaken to understand consumers' acceptance foods made with crops. Consumer is measured in terms their sensory evaluation economic valuation varieties vis-à-vis conventional ones. These apply expert panel hedonic trait analyses methods adopted from food sciences literature, as well various preference elicitation (including experimental...
Abstract This paper brings together recent evidence on what has come to be referred as the triple burden of malnutrition—consisting overnutrition, undernutriton, and micronutrient deficiencies—using various anthropometric, biochemical, diet quality indicators, juxtaposing these against changes in relative prices. The points rapid emergence overweight a public health problem, widespread not only urban, but also rural areas; associated noncommunicable diseases are rise. Over time, while most...
Abstract Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adoption of staple food crops bred be dense sources specific micronutrients. Research on biofortified orange‐fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) has shown that crop improves vitamin A status children who consume as little 100 grams per day, and intensive promotion strategies improve dietary intakes in field experiments. However, known about OFSP behavior, or role nutrition information plays...
This paper assesses the impact of spread COVID-19 and lockdown on wholesale prices quantities traded in agricultural markets. We compare whether these impacts differ across non-perishable (wheat) perishable commodities (tomato onion), extent to which any adverse are mitigated by adoption a greater number market reform measures. use granular data set comprising daily observations for 3 months from nearly 1000 markets five states double- triple- difference estimation strategy. Expectedly, our...
Obesity, a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors is associated with significant morbidity mortality. Usage of herbs for the management obesity in recent times attracting attention. A web manual based literature survey was conducted to assess amount information available on herbal products weight management. Traditional literature, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar databases were screened up February 2012. The search words "obesity", "herbal medicine/products/extracts",...
The United Nations Food Systems Summit aimed to chart a path toward transforming food systems achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite essentiality of water for systems, however, has not sufficiently considered role transformation. This focus is even more important due rapidly worsening climate change and its pervasive impacts on that are mediated through water. To avoid "breaks" key actors should 1) Strengthen efforts retain water-dependent ecosystems, their functions services;...
Aim: This study aims to isolate and characterize biosurfactants produced by bacteria, optimization, production conditions, evaluate physicochemical antimicrobial properties for potential industrial environmental applications. Study Design: A bacterial strain capable of producing was screened identified. The biosurfactant extracted, characterized, tested emulsification, surface tension reduction, activity. Place Duration Study: conducted at Centre bioscience Nanoscience Research, Coimbatore...
This paper uses auction theory to analyze wholesale markets for wheat in Northern India. approach enables us not only characterize the market terms of buyer asymmetries, but also detect existence collusion and quantify its impact on prices. We show that asymmetries exacerbate downward The demonstrates use questions government efficiency. It considers whether paid too much it procured at minimum support price, shows our sample did not. is based a primary survey two North
We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being promoted as strategy to increase dietary intakes vitamin A among young children adult women Uganda. As an agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold dynamics regarding decisions about choice child feeding practices may play decisions. Also, most households access potato vines through informal exchange, suggesting again that dimensions networks be...