Authors: Heather Danton, Director, Food Security and Nutrition; Alyssa Klein, Food Security and Nutrition Specialist, SPRING
Introduction: The effect of agriculture on nutrition is multifaceted. Agriculture—
SPRING, June 2015
Cable News Network (CNN), June 2015
Globally, there is a substantial evidence base for effective and cost-effective nutrition-specific interventions.
SPRING conducted formative research in August 2014 to explore factors that affect household-level food purchase and production decisions in the Feed the Future zone of influence (ZOI) of the USAID Guatemala’s Western Highlands Integrated Program (WHIP).
In collaboration with USAID’s Bureau of Global Health and Bureau for Food Security, SPRING hosted a series of regional and global workshops to assist Feed the Future Missions and implementing partners in strengthening linkages between nutrition objectives and agricultural programs.
MEASURE Evaluation, September 2014
SPRING’s work in Guatemala supports the Guatemala Mission’s Feed the Future strategy, which focuses on increasing agricultural productivity, advancing economic growth, improving access to more nutritious foods, and increasing the use of essential nutrition interventions among poor communities in the Western Highlands.
The Atlantic (June 2014)