Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Had to get this t-shirt when I spotted it. 010
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Food system inequalities are alive and thriving. on.ft.com/4kFb6rbon.ft.comThe controversial return of Brazil’s billionaire beef baronsThe world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, listed in New York on Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround for the Batista brothers 020
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comAgainst 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 121
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025INFUSION 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 041
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Mostly plant-based water bottle, well done Virgin Atlantic. Next frontier, plastic-free cap! 050
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025🌍 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?... 022
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 28/04/2025www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comUltra-processed food increases risk of early death, international study findsAbout 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countries 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nation www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nationIs 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 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comPR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document showsEat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Being a Tamilian, taken at face value this means I might well live to be 200. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comA 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? 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 04/04/2025RCT evidence highlights the value of traditional diets in mitigating chronic disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa. rdcu.be/egl6prdcu.beImmune and metabolic effects of African heritage diets versus Western diets in men: a randomized controlled trialNature 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... 141
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @anhacademy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We 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 074
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025A 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. 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comA chance for world leaders to end malnutrition and save lives | LetterLetter: Parliamentarians from the UK and France urge governments to make strong pledges at the nutrition summit in Paris this week 010
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comGene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists sayFruit variety developed in Norwich remains fresh for up to 12 hours after being peeled 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through EthiopiaEthiopia 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 ... 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Development 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...sciencedirect.comThe global distribution of authorship in economics journalsWe assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels and trends o… 000
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarEeshani Kandpal @eeshani.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Is 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 1229
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 13/02/2025'The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, And everyday the paper boy brings more...' 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025New Blog: Food markets at the forest margins in Keonjhar, Odisha sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...sites.google.comProfessor Bhavani Shankar - Keonjhar marketsIn December 2024, a couple of us from the Indian Food Systems for Improved Nutrition (INFUSION) project spent a few days in Keonjhar (or Kendujhar) District in Odisha. We were there to do a bit of sco... 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | EditorialEditorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed 010
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Ouagadougou fights climate change with....vegetables! www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘We water, rest, water’: the green belt of vegetable plots cooling a cityA green belt circling the capital of Burkina Faso is preparing the country for the climate crisis 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 14/01/2025This is as it should be. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...theguardian.comNorwich restaurant charges £100 for a pineapple pizzaPizzeria adds eye-watering price-tag to divisive Hawaiian variant to put customers off ordering it 010
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Indonesia is poised to launch a massive free school meals programme, placing improved child nutrition at the heart of their long-term economic growth strategy. @anhacademy.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/6920...ft.comIndonesia places a $28bn bet on free school mealsPresident Prabowo Subianto wants to cater for 82mn students and pregnant mothers to boost growth and attainment 050
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Professor Andrew Dorward, renowned scholar in agricultural development economics, passed away a few days back. A small tribute to him below. @anhacademy.bsky.social www.anh-academy.org/community/bl...anh-academy.orgIn memory of Professor Andrew Dorward: A personal reflectionIn memory of Professor Andrew Dorward 131
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 03/01/2025David Lodge captured the essence of British academic life so accurately and funnily in his campus novels. But he also wrote funny & moving non-campus books about the human, and particularly, the British condition. Thanks for the joy you gave your readers! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...theguardian.comDavid Lodge, Campus Trilogy novelist and academic, dies aged 89The author of more than two dozen books is best known for his trio set in a fictionalised version of the University of Birmingham, where he worked from 1960 to 1987 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 01/01/2025'Fredo, I love you...' and 'You broke my heart, Fredo'. #learningwelsh #duolingo 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Food markets we've visited recently feature Handiya, the fermented rice drink. The fermentation starter/accelerator is Bakhar (picture) - a rice+herb mixture dried until it resembles whitish pebbles. Handiya has less than 2% alcohol content, but puts everyone is a mellow mood! 030
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 29/12/2024 This is cool work debunking longstanding myths regarding the geography of diets and longevity. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/...aljazeera.comThe secret of ‘Blue Zones’ where people reach 100? Fake data, says academicUniversity College London researcher is on a mission to debunk shoddy research into the world’s oldest people. 010
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children - on.ft.com/4gRUMky via @FTon.ft.comThe junk food crisis harming Britain’s childrenAs their diets worsen, young people are suffering increasing levels of malnutrition and obesity. Can the UK turn the tide? 031
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 24/12/2024INFUSION project and @brlps_jeevika are piloting the innovative concept of healthy rural food markets, 'Didi Haat'. Last week we were in Telhara in Nalanda, Bihar, planning the first haat with our design partners Design Jatra. 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The inequality in resources for competitive exams & higher education in India is a debilitating one. @brlps_jeevika colleagues have been working tirelessly on a 'Didi ki Library' intervention that is making impressive strides in addressing this disparity. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.comIn Bihar, libraries as windows to the worldBihar's Didi ki Libraries provide free books, internet, and support for rural students aspiring for higher education and careers. 030
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Tap your phone to buy a cauliflower. Simples. - Islampur haat, Nalanda District, Bihar 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 19/12/2024WARNING! Graphic images of luscious vegetables at food markets - at Islampur haat, Nalanda District, Bihar. 020
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Birmingham airport has the Xmas spirit going (volume)! 000
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Some lovely words from Richard Murphy to end the work week. #poetry 020
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024And still they lead me back To the long and winding road Cerdded mynyddoedd y Cambrian. Walking the western edge of the Cambrian mountains. 120
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Our student union at University of Sheffield runs a brilliant zero waste shop, offering packaging-free refills of breakfast cereals, nuts, snacks, detergent, etc. 030
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 25/11/2024More power to Professor Bishop. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowshipProf Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences 0114
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarThe Tony ™ @tonysadowski.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The best post-election political analysis I’ve seen. 270245882687
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Some Mary Oliver on this threshold of winter. 000
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarSamira Choudhury @samirac.bsky.social · 16/11/2024www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWhy caste plays a role in childhood stunting in IndiaA new study finds that caste plays a vital role in high rates of stunting in children in India. 011
Bhavani Shankar @bhavanishankar.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Very cool, a train cooperative! www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comGreen signal given for first UK co-operatively owned railway serviceRegulator approves bid by open-access operator Go-op to run trains in south-west England from late next year 001
Reposted by Bhavani ShankarWill Masters @willmasters.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Our new #Fellowships from @anhacademy.bsky.social offer a year of funding to bring recent #research into #policy decisions in #SubSaharanAfrica or #SouthAsia, via placement in a policy organization. Aim is healthier diets, less food loss & waste, climate & equity. www.anh-academy.org/science-poli...anh-academy.orgANH Academy Science-Policy FellowshipsThe Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy is pleased to announce our new Science-Policy Fellowships, funding three researchers for one year of full time work to support evidence-based decisions by a... 1125