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Please join IDRC for Rachel Nugent lecture: “Can agriculture help improve global nutrition and health?”
In many developing countries, under- and over-nutrition coexist, leading to diet-related chronic diseases. Combined with high rates of infectious diseases, these pose “double-burdens” in health. As development economist Rachel Nugent argues, the rise in non-communicable diseases has paralleled changes in the agricultural and food systems.