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
Activities | January 2016
Researching a New Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture Indicator: NRVCC Fieldwork
News
February 2014
How better to show SPRING’s ongoing work in Bangladesh than to ask the US Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director to participate in a refresher homestead food production course for local women?Surrounded by close to 40 individuals – project leaders...
December 2016
On November 7, 2016, SPRING/Sierra Leone and Helen Keller International (HKI) hosted a learning event in Lumley Beach, Sierra Leone, to share findings from three assessments conducted in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone. The three assessments were a ...
June 2014
In late May of 2014, international leaders from the public health and private sectors gathered for the first ever Feed the Future Global Forum. Cambodian agricultural officials shared space with Feed the Future project implementers from Tajikistan, a...
Media
Publications
Briefs | December 2016
Operationalizing Multi-sectoral Coordination and Collaboration for Improved Nutrition
Case Studies | August 2016
Multi-Sectoral Coordination and Collaboration of the Feed the Future Portfolio
Training Materials | March 2018
Essential Nutrition Concepts for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities
Case Studies | August 2016
Enhancing Multi-Sectoral Coordination and Collaboration Through the CHAIN Project
Journal Articles | June 2017
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition Impact through the Feed the Future Initiative
SPRING around the Web
Blog summaries | August 2017
Blog summaries | April 2018
SMARTE Solutions for Value Chains: Telling Stories Through Community Video to Improve Agriculture
Blog summaries | August 2017
Climate Smart Agriculture is Nutrition Smart: 5 Links Between Climate Change and Nutrition