Integrating and Strengthening Nutrition in Agriculture and Maternal and Child Health Programs in Guatemala: A Report on FANTA Activities from 2011 to 2017
FANTA, November 2017.
Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition
Women, Village Chickens, and Animal Source Food Consumption in Timor-Leste
CGIAR, November 2017.
SPRING Hosts Photo-to-Illustration Workshop in Guinea
The photo-to-illustration (PTI) process allows graphic artists to use photographs from the community as a reference to develop high-quality illustrations which are technically accurate, culturally acceptable, and attractive to audiences. These illustrations can be used to support social and behavior change activities by engaging audiences with appealing and culturally appropriate cues for key behaviors. In Guinea, SPRING facilitated a six-day training on the PTI process for 14 participants.
Collaborating across Borders: SPRING/Sierra Leone Staff Visit SPRING/Guinea for Learning Exchange
In May 2017, SPRING organized a trip for staff from the Feed the Future-funded Entrepreneurial Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (EAIN) activity and SPRING/Sierra Leone to visit the SPRING/Guinea project in Faranah, Guinea to learn about the community media approaches used to promote improved maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices, especially in households with pregnant women and young children.
Priority Interventions to Improve Maternal and Child Diets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia- Maternal and Child Nutrition
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2017.
Community Partners' Projects Visit in Senegal
A USAID Senegal team and SPRING/Senegal staff conducted site visits from September 19-21, 2017. The delegation visited one of SPRING’s partner radio stations, a community group’s micro-garden and chicken coops, and interacted with partners and community members. The group also had a chance to participate in some of SPRING’s activities, such as a community video dissemination.
USAID and SPRING/Senegal Staff Visit Community Partners’ Projects
A group of USAID/Senegal and SPRING/Senegal staff observed a few of the activities initiated with SPRING’s support during a three-day field visit from September 19-21, 2017. The group visited six communities and saw nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social and behavior change activities including a micro-garden and a community video dissemination and discussion session.
SPRING Shares SBC Approaches for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Guinea at ICTforAg2017
At the ICTforAg 2017 conference, SPRING presented aspects of its social behavior change communication programming in Guinea.
Bangladesh: Farmer Nutrition School Cohort Study - Technical Brief
Introduction, Objectives, and Methods
SPRING/Bangladesh is a seven-year USAID-funded project focused on the 1,000-days approach, promoting Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions (ENA/EHA) by pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under two years of age.
