Episode 11: Poop from the Coop: Livestock Contamination and Nutrition in Burkina Faso

Research Talks

This episode features IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/derek-headey ) who, in a conversation with Sivan Yosef ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/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. To learn more: Blog post: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/newsflash-chickens-dont-use-toilets Journal Article: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0270 Journal Article: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160590 Project Page: https://www.ifpri.org/project/advancing-research-nutrition-and-agriculture-arena Donors & Partners: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future at USAID (https://www.feedthefuture.gov/) , and A4NH Interviewee: Derek Headey Interviewer: Sivan Yosef Producer: Sivan Yosef Editor: Jennifer Weingart Promotions: Drew Sample