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The 9th edition of IFPRI’s Global Hunger Index offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
Drawing on learning from three decades of experience, this report identifies key missing factors that have prevented consistent and core ownership of and action to address nutrition within agriculture.
A new $18.75 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development will boost international fruit and vegetable research led by the University of California, Davis.
The HarvestPlus annual report includes a look at seven biofortified varieties, including iron beans, vitamin A cassava, vitamin A maize, vitamin A orange sweet potato, iron pearl millet, zinc rice, and zinc wheat.
Recent evidence from Peru suggests that children who were stunted as a result of the 2008 food crisis may have in fact recovered from what was once thought to be an irreversible condition.
In observance of World Food Day, GAIN released an infographic of six things to celebrate on World Food Day, including progress in closing the gender gap and improving nutrition by introducing necessary vitamins and minerals.
This Ag Sector Council event featured an update on a range of scientific advances that will directly impact the future of global rice supplies and the sustainability of intensive rice production systems. Robert S.
Co-sponsored by the CGIAR’s Independent Science and Partnership Council and Research Program on Agriculture and Nutrition, this two-day workshop sought to inform how future research proposals can better contribute to improving nutrition and health.
The Committee on World Food Security’s High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) is requesting feedback on the initial draft of its Water and
This study suggested that the potential for catch-up growth increases as maturation is delayed and the growth period is prolonged.
Since 2012, SPRING has been collaborating with its US- and India-based partner, Digital Green, in adapting their "human-mediated digital learning approach" for the promotion of key maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene-related behaviors.
This video features a testimonial from Basanti Mahji, a program beneficiary in Keonjhar, discussing the impact the videos from this collaboration have had on her life and the health of her children.
SPRING led the 2014 USAID Nutrition-GLEE (Global Learning and Evidence Exchange), which was held on December 13, 2014 following the USAID State of the Art (SOTA) Technical Training and Health Managers’ Workshop (HMW) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Agriculture extension agents are a valuable source of information and expertise for many small-scale farmers across the globe. As global understanding builds around the linkages between agriculture and nutrition, efforts are currently underway to integrate activities promoting nutrition into…
The aim of the Agriculture and Nutrition Context Assessment Tool Locator and its associated user guide is
The November 2014 AgNut Community of Practice call featured a report out on the first-ever agriculture-nutrition track at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2014, held in October 2014 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Strengthening Systems Resource Review is a selection of materials that will help you keep on top of research and developments related to strengthening systems for better nutrition.
This book argues that the multisectoral approach is the best way to combat malnutrition and delves into the research necessary to learn whether it is possible to use the approach in nutrition. The main issue is ensuring collaboration among all of the stakeholders involved in working multise
The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability - Executive Summary
Because the food system is now global, all other sectors like energy, water supply, land use, and biodiversity are all related.
In May 2012, The World Bank Group launched the SecureNutrition Platform to bridge operational knowledge gaps between agriculture, food security, and nutrition, while focusing on the following themes: