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This webinar, hosted by the Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) activity, shares how four Feed the Future projects in Sub-Saharan Africa have contributed to systemic change.
Poor diet is the number one risk factor driving the world’s disease burden. This evidence-based report is designed to help policymakers make their food systems more supportive of high quality diets.
Open agriculture and nutrition data can play a role in solving the global challenges of food insecurity, health crises, climate change, and poverty. This requires changes in legal, social, and technological norms.
This report champions a vision for a food-secure 2030 by building on the momentum of the passage of the Global Food Security Act, the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the success of the World Humanitarian Summit.
Bangladesh achieved rapid growth in rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia's Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against undernutrition.
Most existing studies linking dietary diversity with farm production diversity build on household-level indicators calculated from seven day food consumption recalls.
This study assessed the mean fruit and vegetable intake by relative cost for study participants in 18 countries ranging from low- to high-income levels. Consumption of fruit and vegetables is low worldwide, but particularly in low-income countries, and is associated with low availability.
Drawing examples from a multi-country project, this paper discusses the benefits of joining biodiversity with agriculture and nutrition efforts.
A 4-year longitudinal investigation reveals that a Heifer International intervention in Nepal was associated with significantly improved child anthropometry (related to the duration of intervention exposure) and child health.
As required by the Global Food Security Act of 2016, this strategy presents an integrate whole-of-government strategy and agency-specific implementation plans. This strategy reflects the unique skills, resources, and lessons learned from U.S.
As a volunteer, Nazira spends several hours a week visiting neighbors and hosting meetings to talk about nutrition based on what she learned from SPRING.
After attending a training on optimal infant and young child feeding in September 2015, community volunteer Janet Nkanu was determined to help families in Ebom, Nigeria increase their dietary diversity by producing their own food.
Not many people can say they have a “Nutrition Sister” and a “Nutrition Brother.” In Bangladesh, participants in the farmer nutrition schools (FNS) implemented by SPRING, came to look forward to visits by SPRING’s union facilitators who help reinforce the nutrition and hygiene practices learned…
In May 2015, Hajiya Abdullahi, an orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) desk officer at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Toto LGA attended a training on infant and young child nutrition practices led by SPRING.
Up to 45% of all preventable child deaths are attributable to undernutrition. Climate change impacts a household's access to diverse, nutritious food.Please feel free to share on social media with #WFD2016.
Ghana's Farmer Field School trainings educate farmers about how to improve pre-harvest agronomic practices and post-harvest handling.Please feel free to share on social media with #WFD2016.
As agriculture changes in response to climate change, the food basket also shifts. As a result, households must adapt their food choices to ensure good nutrition.Please feel free to share on social media with #WFD2016.
Impacts of climate change don't stop with the environment. Ending malnutrition depends on a healthy climate.Please feel free to share on social media with #WFD2016.
Agriculture plays an important role in providing nutritious foods and sustainable livelihoods. SPRING’s work has revealed several opportunities for agriculture to contribute to improved nutrition, especially for those most at risk.
The “Healthy Nutrition - Healthy Youth” event brought together 102 competitors from the surrounding colleges of Jalal Abad, who participated in a 5 km distance run, rope pulling, and other competitions.