Linking Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Conference 2013 -­‐ From Field to Fork: Improving Human Nutrition in Vulnerable Societies using an Agro-­‐Systems Approach, February 6-­‐8, 2013
Contents Linking agriculture and health for good nutrition: issues and opportunities……………………………………....3 Improving food and security in the highlands of Ethiopia through improved and sustainable agriculture and human nutrition………………………………………………………………………………………………………27 Using pulses to double crop as a means to enhance food and nutrition security in Ethiopia………......57 Response of yield and yield parameters of chickpea varieties to sowing date and rhizobia inoculation under different agro-­‐ecologies of Ethiopia………………………………………………….…………………75 Appropriate processing of pulses in nutritional interventions………………………………………………………….90 Response of Snap bean genotypes to rhizobium inoculation and nitrogen fertilizer under different agro-­‐ecological zones of Ethiopia………………………………………………………………………………….…115 Economic aspects: greening of the green revolution in S.W. Nigeria………………………….…………………..129 System sensitivity and coping capacity: The effect of household characteristics and access conditions on wild edible plant (WEP) consumption in the semi-­‐arid midlands of Kenya……….………139 Effects of different pre-­‐treatments on the nutritional and antinutritional contents of Vernonia amygdalina (Bitter Leaf)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………161 Improving food and nutrition security in the Caribbean: linkages among agricultural, health and social science…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..190 Putting the social at the entre of healthy ecologies: linking agro-­‐food systems with community equity and food security in rural Ethiopia……………………………………………………………………………………….268 Gendering the green revolution in the South-­‐West Nigeria: moving towards participatory research…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….296 Gender, resources and food consumption in rural Tanzania……………………………………………………..…..311 Enhancing access to small millets for urban poor: A case study of street food vendors in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….321 Beliefs and barriers to pulse consumption: A Canadian perspective……………….………………………………338 1 The health benefits of pulse consumption: Evidence from studies in special populations……………...379 Optimal infant & young child feeding in Ethiopia: experiences of the alive and thrive project……….421 Pathways for nutritional outcomes and indicators within agricultural research……………………………..468 Assessing improvements in nutrition outcomes following agricultural interventions: short, medium and long-­‐term…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..490 How agriculture can contribute to achieving desired nutrition outcomes……………………………………….518 A comparative nutrient analysis of African Snake Tomato (Tricosanthes cucumerina L), Nigerian Vie Tomato (Lycospersicon esculentum) and 3 Manitoban varities…………………………………..546 The contribution of wild foods to food security in the context of HIV/AIDS and climate change…….568 Integrated nutrient and water management for sustainable food production in the Sahel…………....586 Can food processing innovation transfer?...........................................................................................596 2