The most intuitive linkage between agriculture and nutrition is food production – but the relationship goes far beyond. Agriculture not only supplies food but it is the basis of the livelihoods of millions of men and women around the world. In collaboration with USAID and other implementing partners, SPRING is increasing global understanding of how nutritional outcomes may be strengthened through agricultural programming. SPRING’s team of agriculture, behavior change, and nutrition experts is documenting innovations and results, delivering technical assistance, and mobilizing stakeholders to improve nutrition through agricultural interventions around the world.
Linking Agriculture and Nutrition
Activities
![One NRVCC studied in Bangladesh was the orange-flesh sweet potato, which were introduced as a nutritious food source by a Feed the Future project.](/sites/default/files/activities/thumbnails/8_thumb.jpg)
Researching a New Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture Indicator: NRVCC Fieldwork
News
![Market vegetable seller with her wares](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/guinea-market_4_img.jpg)
![Photo of a man pointing to a board with many brightly colored written cards posted.](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/spring_guat_news_thumb.jpg)
![Orientation participant looking at a SPRING infographic](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/img_8133_thumb.jpg)
Media
![School pupils reciting a poem on the effects of malnutrition on children.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/b19b0264_th.jpg)
SPRING/Ghana Launches Nut Roasting Equipment as a Partnership with USAID and Hershey
![Victor Pinga, SPRING Agriculture Advisor, facilitates a session on context-specific nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/02_yes_20160627_171158_thumb.jpg)
In Pictures: SPRING Conducts Orientation to Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in India
Publications
![Opportunities for Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/publications/posters/thumbs/vc_poster_sl_th.jpg?itok=LEf6U1UA)
Opportunities for Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone
![A group of farmers, all in a line, prepares a field for groundnuts.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/ffs_curriculum_th.jpg)
Farmer Field School Curriculum: Good Agronomic Practices for Groundnut Production in Ghana
![Photo of market in Guatemala](/sites/default/files/publications/articles/spring_food_availability_study_thumb.jpg)
Strengthening the Links between Nutrition and Health Outcomes and Agricultural Research
SPRING around the Web
![Two people film two women cooking.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/gh_blog_121313-thumb.jpg?itok=PefNPmS1)
![A mother and her child in Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/960161_orig.jpg?itok=0hCWl29e)
Linking Agriculture and Nutrition: SPRING’s November 2016 Summary of New Research and Tools
![Carrie Malgarejo's son. He is posing in the woods holding a soccer ball.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/carrie-blog-th.jpg?itok=zgruU6cE)
Making it to 5: A Nutritionist's Perspective on a Significant Milestone
![A tippy tap being used in a maize field in Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/tippy-tap-baby-3865606_orig-2014-15.jpg?itok=uFmGR27z)
More Than Just Irrigation: The Role of Water in Agriculture and Nutrition