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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

11.02.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The global trade conflicts of the past couple of years have created uncertainty for agriculture,…

The world needs higher-quality diets. But is better nutrition affordable for all?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

31.01.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Messages around healthy eating are nothing new—but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well …

Diversifying diets and incomes sources in Malawi with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes

International Potato Center (CIP)

30.01.20

Nutrition

Diet diversification and food security in Malawi are distinct challenges as most farmers are used…

On vegan diets and brain nutrients—some unsettling research reports in a (surprisingly) still murky research area

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

28.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Meat and Eggs, by Felix Vallotton, 1918 (via Wikiart). The vegan diet is low in—or,…

A farmer sells vegetables off a bicycle-drawn cart at a market in China (photo credit: Xiaobo Zhang/IFPRI).

A4NH researchers publish systematic literature review on indices of diet quality

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

26.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

A4NH researchers with Wageningen University & Research and Bioversity International conducted a …

A farmer harvests fruit in Birou village, Burkina Faso. Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR

Critical literature review sheds light on drivers of food systems

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

26.01.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The rapid transformation of food systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, will hav…

Farmer in Lhate village, Chokwe, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

A4NH compiles glossary on food systems

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

26.01.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

What is a food system? How does a food system differ from a value chain?…

As policy makers call for building capacity for food system transformation, who is listening?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

21.01.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Since its emergence in the last few years as a leading paradigm, food system transformation…

A woman in Niger measures her baby's arm circumference—part of a program that teaches mothers to regularly monitor for signs of malnutrition. Such integrated nutrition interventions can play a key role in improving overall public health, according to IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Harold Alderman.

Equity in agriculture-nutrition-health research: What have we been researching and what are the gaps?

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

19.01.20

Nutrition

To understand what is needed in tackling different aspects of inequity in agriculture for better…

Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

17.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of…

The meat wars: A backlash is occurring on the backlash to meat dietary recommendations published late last year

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

16.01.20

Nutrition

Roy Lichenstein, Standing Rib (via Wikiart). On 19 Nov 2019, guidelines were published in the…

Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

15.01.20

Nutrition

John McDermott, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, refl…

IFPRI short video contest: School garden and healthy cooking program targets the double burden of malnutrition in Mexico

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

14.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

irst in a series of guest posts by winners of IFPRI's My Food, Our Future short video…

Inalienable imperative—More, and more sustainable, meat, milk, eggs and fish for more than one billion people

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

10.01.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

A new scientific article from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems judiciously…

Investing in nutrition for long-term returns: improved human capital and productivity

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

09.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

“Investments in improving nutrition in the first 1000 days should be considered as long-term econo…

Focus on the political and commercial drivers behind the double burden of malnutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

03.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

On Dec. 16, The Lancet published a new series of papers on The Double Burden of Malnutrition—th…

Biofortification: A plausible antidote to India's hidden hunger problem

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

02.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

A dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a stir in…

Double duty actions in nutrition: Preventing harm and maximizing impacts on all forms of malnutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

02.01.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Traditionally, the term “malnutrition” has been applied to problems such as micronutrient defici…

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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?

The world needs higher-quality diets. But is better nutrition affordable for all?

Diversifying diets and incomes sources in Malawi with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes

On vegan diets and brain nutrients—some unsettling research reports in a (surprisingly) still murky research area

A4NH researchers publish systematic literature review on indices of diet quality

Critical literature review sheds light on drivers of food systems

A4NH compiles glossary on food systems

As policy makers call for building capacity for food system transformation, who is listening?

Equity in agriculture-nutrition-health research: What have we been researching and what are the gaps?

Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years

The meat wars: A backlash is occurring on the backlash to meat dietary recommendations published late last year

Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities

IFPRI short video contest: School garden and healthy cooking program targets the double burden of malnutrition in Mexico

Inalienable imperative—More, and more sustainable, meat, milk, eggs and fish for more than one billion people

Investing in nutrition for long-term returns: improved human capital and productivity

Focus on the political and commercial drivers behind the double burden of malnutrition

Biofortification: A plausible antidote to India's hidden hunger problem

Double duty actions in nutrition: Preventing harm and maximizing impacts on all forms of malnutrition