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The study describes a methodology which is used to estimate
the magnitude and regional distribution of food poverty among Kenyan
smallholders. One-fourth of all smalll1Older-households were estimated
to have a food intake below the recommended daily allowance. Notable
differences were found in the provincial incidence of food poverty.
Despite these inter province differences, considerable variation in food
consumption levels appeared within regions. Some possible causal factors
underlying the prevailing pattern of food poverty are brought out.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword. Going Home: How a Long-Lost Culture Is Rising from Oblivion, by Emory Shaw Campbell -- Chapter 1. Welcome Home! -- Chapter 2. Catch the Learning -- Chapter 3. A Quantum Leap -- Chapter 4. Growing Up Gullah -- Chapter 5. Hallelujah! -- Chapter 6. Healing and Folk Medicine -- Chapter 7. The Gullah Language -- Chapter 8. Preserving the Corridor -- Chapter 9. Gullah Geechee Cuisine -- Chapter 10. Gullah Celebrations -- Chapter 11. Music, Song, and Dance -- Chapter 12. Roots -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This paper reviews FSP's achievements from 2013 to 2018 and discusses some of the key lessons learned while also documenting the project's vast range of publications, presentations, policy briefs, and other outputs. FSP aimed to strengthen food security policy through three mutually reinforcing mechanisms. First, research drawing on survey data and primary fieldwork in diverse locations has contributed empirical content on frontier issues related to agri-food system and nutrition transformation, especially in an era of rapid urbanization, climatic shocks, and technological innovations. Novel findings emerged in areas such as diet change, post-farm processing and distribution, and land and labor markets. Second, by developing a strong conceptual understanding of the drivers of policy change in local policy processes, FSP pursued diverse forms of engagement with policymakers to influence outcomes ranging from rice policy in Myanmar to coffee prices in Rwanda to produce cess rates in Tanzania. Third, FSP provided a natural lab for experiments in building capacity for policy research, with a variety of approaches pursued in different country settings and targeting different audiences. These approaches included strengthening university networks for policy research and dialogue, partnering with independent or quasi-independent policy analysis institutes and think tanks, and implementing various forms of training for a broad range of stakeholders to strengthen capacity for policy research and dialogue. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI2; Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Food Security Policy (FSP); CRP2; 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance; UNFSS ; DSGD; PIM ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Many service members and veterans seeking treatment for alcohol problems also have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article considers the effectiveness of treating alcohol problems and PTSD simultaneously. The authors begin by summarizing the extent of excessive alcohol use among military service members and veterans. They then explore the relationship between combat exposure and subsequent alcohol use; identify and briefly describe evidence-based treatments for alcohol problems and PTSD, separately; and review research on the effects of single treatments for both PTSD symptoms and alcohol use.

Suicide and violence are significant problems in a subset of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. This study investigates how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and resilience in veterans are associated with suicidal ideation and violent impulses while controlling for known covariates of both adverse outcomes. Structured clinical interviews were conducted of N=2,543 Iraq/Afghanistan-era US veterans. Compared to veterans denying suicidal ideation or violent impulses (n=1927), veterans endorsing both (n=171) were more likely to meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD, report childhood abuse, combat exposure, physical pain symptoms, and drug misuse, and less likely to endorse self-direction/life purpose. Veterans reporting concurrent suicidal ideation and violent impulses had higher odds of misusing drugs and reporting pain symptoms relative to veterans reporting suicidal ideation only (n=186) and had lower odds of endorsing self-direction/life purpose compared to Veterans reporting violent impulses only (n=259). The findings underscore the importance of examining drug abuse, physical pain symptoms, and self-direction/life purpose, as well as PTSD and history of trauma, in the context of clinical assessment and empirical research aimed at optimizing risk management of suicide and violence in military veterans.