How Many People Will An Intervention Reach? A How-to Guide for Indirectly Estimating the Number of Pregnant Women in a Subpopulation
CGIAR, January, 2018.
Agriculture
Knowledge is the New Paradigm for the Future of Food and Agriculture
FAO, November, 2017.
To Tackle Malnutrition, Go Fish
Devex, December, 2017.
Using Qualitative Methods to Understand the Local Meaning of Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia
IFPRI, December, 2017 .
Counseling Cards: Best Agronomic Practices for Pumpkin - Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, the diet of pregnant and lactating women and that of children 6 to 23 months old (1,000-days households) are deficient in vitamin A-rich foods. This is thought to be a contributor to the very high rates of stunting among children in rural Tonkolili District.
Growing Spinach for Nutrition: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India
Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows a family working together to plant Indian spinach.
Benefits of Chicken Raising: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India
Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows neighbors discussing the benefits of chicken raising for improved income, food security, and nutrition.
How to Make “Good” Better: The Science of Improving Program Impact
A central part of SPRING’s work is to share learnings on how to implement effective nutrition programming. As more countries are moving ahead with efforts to end malnutrition globally, the need for large-scale implementation and impact has never been greater. While actors often know what kinds of interventions they need to conduct to combat malnutrition, these interventions are not always carried out with sufficient quality or scale to make the needed impact. That is why more and more implementers, researchers, and other partners are looking to implementation science for help. Dr.
Pamodzi! “Togetherness for Nutrition”
The practical application of nutrition-sensitive agriculture continues to be a challenge for development practitioners all over the world. To gain a better understanding of how agriculture interventions can contribute to improved nutrition, USAID’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING), partnered with USAID and nongovernmental organizations operating in Zambia to learn from these three agriculture and food security activities implementing nutrition-sensitive interventions:
Zambia: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Practice
Executive Summary
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The SPRING Project, together with select nongovernmental organizations operating in Zambia, conducted a technical review of three agriculture and food security activities that have documented results in nutrition-sensitive agriculture.