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Resource Review

The Resource Review is a selection of materials that will help you keep on top of research and developments from across SPRING’s technical areas. This page contains current and archived materials from each of the three resource reviews.

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15 Ways to Stop Neglecting Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition

June 2015

Multisectoral Anemia Task Force
HarvestPlus
A 2-Year Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Health Behavior Change Communication Program Targeted to Women in Burkina Faso Reduces Anemia, Wasting and Diarrhea in Children 3-12.9 Months of Age at Baseline: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Olney, D.K, Pedehombga, A., Ruel, M.T., & Dillon, A. The Journal of Nutrition (June 2015) Vol. 145, No.6, pp. 1317-1324.

Leveraging Agriculture for Nutritional Impact through the Feed the Future Initiative

Du, L., Pinga, V., Klein, A., & Danton, H. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research (January 2015).

Using Agriculture to Improve Child Health: Promoting Orange Sweet Potatoes Reduces Diarrhea

Jones, K.M. & Brauw, A. World Development (full issue forthcoming October 2015; article available now) Vol. 74, pp. 15-24.

The State of Food Insecurity (SOFI) in the World 2015: Regional Overviews

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), June 2015

Increasing Nutrition Sensitivity of Value Chains: A Review of Two Feed the Future Projects in Guatemala

SPRING, June 2015

Agreeing on Causes of Malnutrition for Joint Action

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), June 2015

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces new $776 Million Investment in Nutrition to Tackle Child Mortality and Help all Women and Children Survive and Thrive

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, June 2015

Building Capacity in Integrating Food Security and Nutrition Programming

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), June 2015

Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) Toolkit

CARE International, June 2015

Food Report Says Quality Matters

SciDev.Net, June 2015

A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System

Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of National Academies, June 2015

From Famine to Food Basket: How Bangladesh Became a Model for Reducing Hunger

The Christian Science Monitor, June 2015

G-7 Leaders’ Declaration

The White House, June 2015

Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Measuring Impact and Closing Data Gaps

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, June 2015

How Cell Phones Can Help End World Hunger

National Geographic, June 2015

‘Invisible’ Crisis Scars Children for Life

Cable News Network (CNN), June 2015

Post-2015 Advocacy Tool-Kit

Scaling up Nutrition (SUN), June 2015

Research & Innovation: Strengthening Agricultural Research

AGree, June 2015

Thanks to Sustainable Farming, Global Hunger is on the Decline

TakePart, June 2015

5th Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH) Annual Research Conference: Agri-health Research: What Have we Learned and Where to Next?

LCIRAH, June 2015

Achieving Food Security in Africa South of the Sahara Through Food Value Chains

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), June 2015

Context Matters: SPRING Interactive Agriculture and Nutrition Context Assessment Guide for Improved Multisectoral Design

SPRING, June 2015

Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) Symposium 2015: Strengthening Extension and Advisory Services for Lasting Impacts

MEAS, June 2015

2015 Integrated Nutrition Conference

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), June 2015

Ag2Nut Community Call: Livestock and Food Security: Does It Matter How Food Is Produced?

Agriculture-Nutrition Community of Practice, June 2015

Launch of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy

Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA), June 2015

Measuring Political Commitment and Opportunities to Advance Food and Nutrition Security: Piloting a Rapid Assessment Tool

Fox, A.M., Balarajan, Y., Cheng, C., Reich, M.R. Health Policy and Planning (May 2015), Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 566-578.

Caritas Internationalis Food Security Study

Caritas Internationalis, May 2015

The Cost of Hunger in Malawi

World Food Programme (WFP), May 2015

The FAO Hunger Map 2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), May 2015

Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), May 2015

The Impact of Natural Hazards and Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security and Nutrition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), May 2015

Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa: LANEA Study Brief

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), May 2015

Leveraging Innovation to Feed the Future

Chicago Council on Global Affairs, May 2015 

The New Science of Sustainable Food Systems

International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, May 2015

Nutrition and the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Seizing the Opportunity

United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), SCN News, May 2015 

The State of Food Insecurity (SOFI) in the World 2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), May 2015

U.S. Company Helps Smallholder Farmers Fight Hunger Abroad

Feed the Future, May 2015

Better Nutrition through Song

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), May 2015

Wasting Less of Africa’s Harvest in Order to Prosper

The New York Times, May 2015

Water for Food Security and Nutrition

High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), May 2015

World Hunger Falls to Under 800 Million, Eradication is Next Goal

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), May 2015

Ag2Nut Community Call: Nutrition Causal Analysis Tool from Action Contre La Faim

SPRING, May 2015

Scaling up Biofortification: Better Crops, Better Nutrition

Agrilinks, May 2015

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Nutrition

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), May 

Innovations in Agriculture to Improve Nutrition

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, May 2015

What Dimensions Of Women’s Empowerment In Agriculture Matter For Nutrition In Ghana?

Malapit, H., Quisumbing, J.L., and Agnes R. Food Policy (April 2015), Vol. 52, pp 54-63.