Tag: iron
The promise of iron-fortified food for India: What’s available?
TCi intern Alex King spent the summer in Mumbai researching and advancing TCi’s understanding of the iron-fortified food market. TCi is working to develop new products, partnerships and/or opportunities for promoting iron-fortified foods for rural and urban India. As of…
Starting upstream: Why are Indians not getting enough micronutrients?
Julia Felice is a Post-Doctoral Associate with TCi who examine national agriculture and nutrition data to elucidate elements of food insecurity that may result from inadequate availability of nutrients in the food supply vs. inadequate or inequitable accessibility of those…
ICRW Announces Winner of the Inaugural Paula Kantor Award
Erin Kelly is a Communications Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women. This is a re-post of her piece which originally appeared on the News & Commentary section of the ICRW website.
The International Center for Research on…
ICRW interviews Dr. Soumya Gupta, Winner of the Paula Kantor Award
By Erin Kelly
Erin Kelly is a Communications Specialist at the International Center for Research on Women. This interview originally appeared on the ICRW website.
On January 20th, ICRW awarded Dr. Soumya Gupta with the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for…
Videos from the Field: Rohil Bhatnagar
During his summer of exploratory research, Rohil Bhatnagar has spent two months visiting rural villages in order to assess dietary patterns, market-level food diversity, and nutritional awareness – especially around iron-deficiency anemia. Learn more about how this fieldwork in Gujarat,…
Dietary predictors of iron-deficiency anemia in rural India
Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is a global, multifactorial nutritional disorder having severe health and economic implications. The burden of IDA is most prevalent in resource-limited settings that rely primarily on staple cereals and a few vegetables for nourishment. Specifically in India, …