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)
Activities | January 2016
Researching a New Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture Indicator: NRVCC Fieldwork
![Formative Research Sheds Light on Agriculture's Potential Impact on Nutrition in Guatemala](/sites/default/files/activities/thumbnails/guatemala1_thumb.jpg)
Activities | November 2015
Formative Research Sheds Light on Agriculture's Potential Impact on Nutrition in Guatemala
News
![Annual report infographic 2015](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/spring_fy15_annual_report_global_graphic_thumb.jpg)
January 2016
At the close of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project’s fourth year of implementation, the project continued to reach a growing number of people with nutrition interventions in SPRING’s seven ...
![Four women sit in a close group on benches outside. The woman at the center-front is holding a microphone up to the woman in the center-back.](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/img_2137_th.jpg)
June 2017
In April 2017, SPRING/Guinea and Farm Radio International (FRI) led trainings in Mamou and Faranah for four local community radio stations on how to develop effective interactive radio programming to support the uptake of nutrition-sensitive agricult...
![DFN representative giving a welcome speech at the learning event](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/sl_learning_th.jpg)
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 ...
Media
![The video development team watches as a neighbor explains benefits of poultry raising for the family, “Small scale poultry farming at home can be beneficial for you and it can meet your short term financial needs.” Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/spring_upavan_gall_thumb.jpg)
Galleries | January 2018
Benefits of Chicken Raising: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India
![A participant looks at a copy of the new publication for home based storage and preservation of nutritious foods in the Kyrgyz Republic.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/img_7996_th.jpg)
Galleries | March 2017
"Strengthening Linkages Between Agriculture and Nutrition" Event in the Kyrgyz Republic
Publications
![A group of farmers, all in a line, prepares a field for groundnuts.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/ffs_curriculum_th.jpg)
Training Materials | September 2017
Farmer Field School Curriculum: Good Agronomic Practices for Groundnut Production in Ghana
SPRING around the Web
![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)
Blog summaries | January 2018
More Than Just Irrigation: The Role of Water in Agriculture and Nutrition
![Two people film two women cooking.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/gh_blog_121313-thumb.jpg?itok=PefNPmS1)
Blog summaries | August 2017