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Overview

Derek Headey is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on fields related to nursing, with a specific concentration on nutrition and dietetics, and intersects with general health professions, soil science, safety research, and ecology.

Their research explores several key topics, including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Agricultural Risk and Resilience
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Derek Headey's recent papers reflect their engagement with global health and nutrition challenges. Notable publications include:

  • "Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries" (2021), published in Nature Food
  • "Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries" (2020), published in Food Policy
  • "The double burden of malnutrition in India: Trends and inequalities (2006-2016)" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India" (2020), published in Food Policy

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marie T. Ruel
  • Isabel Lambrecht
  • Kalle Hirvonen
  • Bart Minten
  • Rebecca Heidkamp

Publication venues where Derek Headey has frequently contributed include:

  • Food Policy
  • Nature Food
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Anatomy of a crisis: the causes and consequences of surging food prices

    Derek Headey;Shenggen Fan

  • Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis

    T.S. Jayne;Jordan Chamberlin;Derek D. Headey

  • Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis

    Kalle Hirvonen;Yan Bai;Derek Headey;William A Masters

  • Rethinking the global food crisis: The role of trade shocks

    Derek Headey

  • Agriculture, Development, and Urban Bias

    Dirk J Bezemer;Derek Headey

  • Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality.

    Derek Headey;Rebecca Heidkamp;Saskia Osendarp;Marie Ruel

  • Rethinking the measurement of food security: from first principles to best practice

    Derek Headey;Olivier Ecker

  • Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting.

    Derek Headey;Kalle Hirvonen;John Hoddinott

  • Reflections on the Global Food Crisis: how did it happen? how has it hurt? and how can we prevent the next one?

    Derek Headey;Shenggen Fan

  • The Relative Caloric Prices of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differ Systematically across Income Levels and Continents.

    Derek D Headey;Harold H Alderman

  • Agriculture and nutrition in India: mapping evidence to pathways.

    Suneetha Kadiyala;Jody Harris;Derek Headey;Sivan Yosef

  • Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations

    Christophe Béné;Christophe Béné;Derek Headey;Lawrence Haddad;Klaus von Grebmer

  • The Effect of Population Growth on Economic Growth: A Meta‐Regression Analysis of the Macroeconomic Literature

    Derek D. Headey;Andrew Hodge

  • Developmental Drivers of Nutritional Change: A Cross-Country Analysis

    Derek D. Headey

  • Cows, Missing Milk Markets, and Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia

    John F. Hoddinott;Derek D. Headey;Mekdim Dereje

  • Scarcity amidst abundance? Reassessing the potential for cropland expansion in Africa

    Jordan Chamberlin;T.S. Jayne;D. Headey

  • Adaptation to land constraints: Is Africa different?

    Derek D. Headey;T.S. Jayne

  • The Other Asian Enigma: Explaining the Rapid Reduction of Undernutrition in Bangladesh

    Derek Headey;John Hoddinott;John Hoddinott;Disha Ali;Roman Tesfaye

  • Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas

    Derek Headey;Mekdim Dereje;Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

  • Explaining agricultural productivity growth: an international perspective

    Derek Headey;Mohammad Alauddin;D.S. Prasada Rao

  • Geopolitics and the effect of foreign aid on economic growth: 1970–2001

    Derek Headey

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Haddad
Lawrence Haddad Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Liangzhi You
Liangzhi You International Food Policy Research Institute

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