In January 2020 IFPRI launched a podcast series, which takes listeners along the IFPRI research journey, including the ups and downs of tackling a development problem, implementing cutting-edge research in remote and underserved settings, and working with partners to help the research make an impact.
What happens when chickens are allowed to roam indoors?
This episode features IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey who, in a conversation with Sivan Yosef, tells the story of how IFPRI researchers decided to probe the link between the presence of livestock feces in the home and childhood stunting. The research took them from Ethiopia to Burkina Faso, where they designed an intervention to test whether simple poultry value chain improvements as well as water, sanitation, and hygiene education could reduce contaminants and improve young children’s nutritional status.
Podcast and interview transcript available here.
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