Climate-Smart Food Systems for Enhanced Nutrition
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, September 2015
Food systems
Food Systems for Improved Health: Dairy Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, August 2015
Kale or Steak? Change in Diet Key to U.N. Plan to End Hunger by 2030
Thomason Reuters Foundation, September 2015
Strengthening the Links Between Nutrition and Health Outcomes and Agricultural Research
Food Security, June 2015.
Announcing VCN: An Information Brief on Value Chains for Nutrition
International Center for Tropical Agriculture, July 2015
Webinar: What Economic Growth in Africa Could Mean for Dietary Changes & Ag-Sector Employment
Michigan State University Global Center for Food Systems Innovation, July 2015
Ag2Nut Community Call: Food Security Special Section
The June 2015 issue of the journal Food Security includes a special section: "Strengthening the links between nutrition and health outcomes and agricultural research." This collection of papers advances the boundaries of the field of agri-health research beyond farming households, and toward markets and food systems.
Strengthening the Links between Nutrition and Health Outcomes and Agricultural Research
Herforth, Anna, Preetmoninder Lidder, and Margaret Gill. "Strengthening the Links between Nutrition and Health Outcomes and Agricultural Research." Food Security 7, no. 3 (2015): 453-607. Accessed July 10, 2015. doi:10.1007/s12571-015-0451-z.
For this study, SPRING examined the relationship between the food environment and nutrition. The food environment encompasses availability, affordability, convenience, and desirability of various foods. The effect of income on dietary consumption is always modified by the food environment. Many agricultural interventions aim to improve incomes, increase food availability, and reduce food prices.
A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of National Academies, June 2015
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutritional Impact through the Feed the Future Initiative
Lidan Du, Victor Pinga, Alyssa Klein, Heather Danton, Chapter One - Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition Impact through the Feed the Future Initiative, In: Jeyakumar Henry, Editor(s), Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Academic Press, 2015, Volume 74, Pages 1-46, ISSN 1043-4526, ISBN 9780128022269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.afnr.2014.11.001.
In this chapter in Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, SPRING reviews the nutrition narrative in relation to food and nutrition and presents the current understanding of linkages between agriculture and nutrition and the Feed the Future initiative's efforts to strengthen the nutritional impact of agricultural and economic growth activities.