Balancing the Systems: Making Food & Market Systems Work for Nutrition
ACDI/VOCA, February 2018.
Food systems
GlobalFood+ Speed Talks
Tufts, February 2018.
Investment for Nutrition, UNSCN-IFPRI Joint Policy Seminar
IFPRI, February 2018.
Unpacking Inclusive Agribusiness and Sustainable Food Systems
International Trade Center, January 2018.
Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding Takes Root in Nigeria
The 2013 Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) for Nigeria found that infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices remain suboptimal in Nigeria. Among other findings, only 17.4% of children under six months old are exclusively breastfeed, and only 35.3% of mothers are continuing breastfeeding at two years. Child nutrition outcomes are often poor, with the rate of wasting among children under five years old at 18.0% and the rate of stunting at 36.8%.
Using a Quality Improvement Approach in Facilities and Communities in Ghana
Introduction
Since 2014, USAID’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, SPRING, has worked in 15 districts in the Upper East and Northern Regions of Ghana, which are part of the Feed the Future zone of influence (figure 1).
Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Patterns from Farm to Fork
IFPRI, December, 2017.
Regional Symposium: Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets in Europe and Central Asia
FAO, December, 2017.
U.S. Presentation of “Nutrition and Food Systems—A Report by The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE)”
HLPE, HarvestPlus, IFPRI, and A4NH, January, 2018.
Converging for Nutrition - ENUFF Technical Brief
SNV, November 2017.