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Francesco Burchi
Researcher at German Development Institute
Publications - 50
Citations - 1124
Francesco Burchi is an academic researcher from German Development Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Food security. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 47 publications receiving 902 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco Burchi include Roma Tre University.
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The Role of Food and Nutrition System Approaches in Tackling Hidden Hunger
TL;DR: This review explores the interrelationships of food, health, and environment, and their role in addressing chronic micronutrient deficiencies, also known as “hidden hunger”, affecting over two billion people worldwide.
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From food availability to nutritional capabilities: Advancing food security analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive review of different approaches to analysing food security and highlight the added value provided by the capability approach and the human development paradigm, and propose a methodology to assess food security through this approach.
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Child nutrition in Mozambique in 2003: the role of mother's schooling and nutrition knowledge.
TL;DR: It is able to draw a double conclusion: that mothers' nutrition knowledge contributes to height increases among extremely deprived children, and that mother's formal education and household wealth are slightly more important for relatively well-off children.
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Addressing Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Cash Transfers
TL;DR: Burchi et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the role played by rapidly expanding cash transfers (CTs) in enhancing food security and provided a systematic review of evidence of the effects of CT programmes on different aspects of food security in middle-income and low-income countries in SSA.
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A Human Development and Capability Approach to Food Security: Conceptual Framework and Informational Basis
TL;DR: This paper proposes a methodology of analysis of food security through this approach, entailing three basic steps, and highlights the value added provided by the capability approach and the human development paradigm.