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SPRING is building a comprehensive understanding of how agriculture extension can play a role in promoting behavior change for nutrition. SPRING is documenting the mechanisms and processes involved in the integration, and capturing the experiences to-date for the benefit of Ethiopian stakeholders…
The SPRING/Digital Green feasibility study was officially launched on November 15, 2012 at a ceremony in Keonjhar District in Orissa, with the participation of local officials, partners and other stakeholders.
Despite worldwide efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015, 165 million children remain stunted and 870 million people are chronically undernourished.
Despite worldwide efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015, 165 million children remain stunted and 870 million people are chronically undernourished.
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Despite worldwide efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015, 165 million children remain stunted and 870 million people are chronically undernourished.
India has served as a rich testing ground for SPRING’s approach to using community video for improved nutrition, starting in 2013 with a feasibility study of the SPRING-Digital Green community video collaboration before scaling it up in 4 countries in Africa.
In 2013, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria led a process to produce training materials on community infant and young child feeding. SPRING/Nigeria, which was involved in the develop
The first ever Bushenyi Nutrition Marathon took place on Saturday, November 30th, 2013, with enthusiasm and hope for Uganda’s future from start to finish.Read more
SPRING supported upazila health and family planning departments by providing outreach services to communities and helping with intensive community mobilization (including making public service announcements, and providing visual aids, like road side banners) and inviting mothers from the
SPRING is highly committed to supporting the Government of Bangladesh and provides technical and logistical support for arranging national events like World Breastfeeding Week (WBW).
SPRING/Bangladesh recently organized a high-profile seminar highlighting its approach to mainstreaming nutrition and hygiene across agriculture and health partners.Read more
Ag2Nut Community call for 6/19/2014, featuring Mike Manske of USAID's Global Health Bureau, who discussed the rollout of the 2014-2014 Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.
Photo Credit: Mireille Henry, Nutrition Directorate, MSPPSPRING/Haiti is committed
Training is part of SPRING/Haiti’s work to expand the integration of the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) approach in Haiti.
SPRING/Nigeria is implementing a training cascade of the national Community Infant
In early and late May, 2014, SPRING conducted two five-day IYCF trainings.
There is currently a lot of discussion around the role of food systems in better framing agriculture and nutrition within the context of producers, retailers, consumers, and a range of environmental influences. As with many hot topics, the idea is certainly not new.
The international home food production group supports and promotes home food production, including but not limited to a mixture of home gardening, orchards, small livestock production, apiculture and aquaculture.