Wijnand Klaver

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Netherlands
Title	Lecturer
Affiliation	Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Email	klaver@ascleiden.nl
Mailing Address	Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden University P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +31-71-5276604 fax: +31-71-5273344
Websites	http://www.ascleiden.nl
Countries of Specialization	Kenya
Research Interests	Mr. Wijnand Klaver works as a researcher on food and nutrition issues, with a particular interest in the assessment of child growth in relation to seasonality. He is currently involved in a research project on urban agriculture in relation to household nutrition security in Nakuru, Kenya.
Publications	With D.W.J. Foeken, S.O. Owuor, and A.M. Mwangi "Market forces threatening school feeding: the case for school farming in Nakuru town, Kenya," In: M. Dekker and R.A. van Dijk (eds.) Markets of well-being: navigating health and healing in Africa. Leiden: Brill publishers, 2010. With R.N.M. Mwadime "Food consumption and nutrition," In: Kenya coast handbook. Culture, resources and development in the East African littoral. Hamburg: Lit Verlag, pp. 279-300, 2000. Food consumption and nutrition in the Kenya Coast. ASC Working Paper , vol. 31. 1998. With Dick Foeken & Jan Hoorweg Seasons and nutrition at the Kenya Coast. ASC Research Series, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1995.
Keywords	nutrition ; child growth ; environmental studies.