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October 16, 2015 at 11:30AM How malnutrition can co-exist with high cereal production

It is a paradox: in some régions of Africa, cereal production is theoretically sufficient to feed the population, yet children are malnourished and often die from malnutrition. How is this possible? By means of a survey, recounted in a film, researchers from CIRAD have shown that many indicators have to be taken into account in addition to cereal production, when estimating the food and nutritional security of a given population.



via CIRAD - Actualités / News http://ift.tt/1Xeml9z

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