Bhavani Shankar
@bhavanishankar.bsky.social
Professor@University of Sheffield. Food systems, nutrition, sustainability, equity, economics, policy & interdisciplinarity; plants, rabbits, cool jazz, languages. Learning Welsh.
Had to get this t-shirt when I spotted it.
July 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Had to get this t-shirt when I spotted it.
Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?
The political and cultural insulation of Japan’s beloved grain is falling apart, and experts warn the country’s relationship with the staple will have to adapt
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
INFUSION project & Jeevika have been collaborating on an innovative healthy food market concept. Now, we are on the threshold of launching our 1st pilot 'Jeevika Didi Haat' in Telhara, Nalanda. Excited to, quite literally, be on the map! @anhacademy.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
INFUSION project & Jeevika have been collaborating on an innovative healthy food market concept. Now, we are on the threshold of launching our 1st pilot 'Jeevika Didi Haat' in Telhara, Nalanda. Excited to, quite literally, be on the map! @anhacademy.bsky.social
Mostly plant-based water bottle, well done Virgin Atlantic. Next frontier, plastic-free cap!
May 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Mostly plant-based water bottle, well done Virgin Atlantic. Next frontier, plastic-free cap!
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🌍 Join #ANH2025 for 2 weeks of learning, sharing, networking & action on food systems, agriculture, nutrition & health! 🌱
In-person in Tanzania 🇹🇿 or 💻 online.
🗓️ June 16–26, 2025
🎟️ Register now: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
✈️ Visa deadline: May 15! youtu.be/im3NATjjo04?...
In-person in Tanzania 🇹🇿 or 💻 online.
🗓️ June 16–26, 2025
🎟️ Register now: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
✈️ Visa deadline: May 15! youtu.be/im3NATjjo04?...
April 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🌍 Join #ANH2025 for 2 weeks of learning, sharing, networking & action on food systems, agriculture, nutrition & health! 🌱
In-person in Tanzania 🇹🇿 or 💻 online.
🗓️ June 16–26, 2025
🎟️ Register now: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
✈️ Visa deadline: May 15! youtu.be/im3NATjjo04?...
In-person in Tanzania 🇹🇿 or 💻 online.
🗓️ June 16–26, 2025
🎟️ Register now: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
✈️ Visa deadline: May 15! youtu.be/im3NATjjo04?...
The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nation
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nation
Is it possible to make a country healthier one slice of rye bread at a time? If the rocketing wholegrain consumption of the Danes is anything to go by, absolutely
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nation
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Being a Tamilian, taken at face value this means I might well live to be 200.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A tub a day: might eating yoghurt help you live longer?
When the world’s oldest woman passed away at 117, much was made of her three yoghurts a day diet. But what role does yoghurt actually play in longevity?
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Being a Tamilian, taken at face value this means I might well live to be 200.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
RCT evidence highlights the value of traditional diets in mitigating chronic disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa.
rdcu.be/egl6p
rdcu.be/egl6p
Immune and metabolic effects of African heritage diets versus Western diets in men: a randomized controlled trial
Nature Medicine - A randomized crossover trial showed that transition to a Western diet resulted in pro-inflammatory changes, whereas transition to an African heritage diet rich in fruits and...
rdcu.be
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
RCT evidence highlights the value of traditional diets in mitigating chronic disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa.
rdcu.be/egl6p
rdcu.be/egl6p
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We recently interviewed nutrition & food policy expert @stuartgillespie.bsky.social to discuss his new book exploring the food system’s colonial roots & neoliberal challenges, concluding with a call to prioritise people and the planet. 🌍
Dive into his insights and reflections 📎 bit.ly/3FNmWjx
Dive into his insights and reflections 📎 bit.ly/3FNmWjx
April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We recently interviewed nutrition & food policy expert @stuartgillespie.bsky.social to discuss his new book exploring the food system’s colonial roots & neoliberal challenges, concluding with a call to prioritise people and the planet. 🌍
Dive into his insights and reflections 📎 bit.ly/3FNmWjx
Dive into his insights and reflections 📎 bit.ly/3FNmWjx
A group of us had the opportunity to draft policy recommendations for the forthcoming Nutrition for Growth Summit #N4GParis. The recommendations of the Independent Panel of Experts convened by @ParisPeaceForum is linked below.
Ahead of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, Shawn Baker from Helen Keller Intl and an expert panel released key policy recommendations to fight malnutrition.
📢 Action is needed NOW. Read the report below!
#N4GParis #ItAllStartsWithNutrition
📢 Action is needed NOW. Read the report below!
#N4GParis #ItAllStartsWithNutrition
parispeaceforum.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A group of us had the opportunity to draft policy recommendations for the forthcoming Nutrition for Growth Summit #N4GParis. The recommendations of the Independent Panel of Experts convened by @ParisPeaceForum is linked below.
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say
Fruit variety developed in Norwich remains fresh for up to 12 hours after being peeled
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March 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia
Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we ...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Development economics has seen a huge renaissance in the last couple of decades, and yet developing country representation in authorship remains disturbingly low.
The global distribution of authorship in economics journals
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The global distribution of authorship in economics journals
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The global distribution of authorship in economics journals
We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels and trends o…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Development economics has seen a huge renaissance in the last couple of decades, and yet developing country representation in authorship remains disturbingly low.
The global distribution of authorship in economics journals
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The global distribution of authorship in economics journals
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Bhavani Shankar
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a cash transfer that increased prices?
I spoke with @voxdev.bsky.social about what recent research tells us about the price effects of cash transfers and how to reconcile various findings that at times appear to be at odds with each other.
@cgdev.org
I spoke with @voxdev.bsky.social about what recent research tells us about the price effects of cash transfers and how to reconcile various findings that at times appear to be at odds with each other.
@cgdev.org
🆕 Do cash transfer programmes drive up local prices and harm those who don’t receive them? 🔊
Today on VoxDevTalks, @eeshani.bsky.social (@cgdev.org) discusses the broader economic implications of cash transfer programmes: voxdev.org/topic/social...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @eeshani.bsky.social (@cgdev.org) discusses the broader economic implications of cash transfer programmes: voxdev.org/topic/social...
The price effects of cash transfer programmes: Insights from research
Cash transfer programmes are designed to reduce poverty and improve well-being, but do they also drive up local prices and harm those who don’t receive them?
voxdev.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a cash transfer that increased prices?
I spoke with @voxdev.bsky.social about what recent research tells us about the price effects of cash transfers and how to reconcile various findings that at times appear to be at odds with each other.
@cgdev.org
I spoke with @voxdev.bsky.social about what recent research tells us about the price effects of cash transfers and how to reconcile various findings that at times appear to be at odds with each other.
@cgdev.org
'The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
And everyday the paper boy brings more...'
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
And everyday the paper boy brings more...'
February 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
And everyday the paper boy brings more...'
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
And everyday the paper boy brings more...'
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What, me worry? #easylikesundaymorning
February 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
What, me worry? #easylikesundaymorning
January 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM