Malnutrition in young children and pregnant women is known to have adverse consequences on their survival and long-term well-being. It also has far-reaching effects on human capital, economic productivity, and national development; changes in diet can help improve mental health, prevent or control many health problems, including diabetes, obesity, and certain risk factors for cancer and heart diseases. The Federal
A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders harness the power of data, save time, and make the best breeding decisions. EiB has just released a faster, more feature-filled version. Crop breeding is increasingly data driven, resulting in better decisions and greater impact in farmers’ fields. But this data has to be well managed to
Study in Kenya sought to understand where rural women and men see their opportunities and what role farming plays in their aspired future. by Mary Crossland, Ana-Maria Paez-Valencia, and Kai Mausch Looking into the aspirations of rural people provides insights into how they earn, invest, make decisions within the household, hold government accountable, make technology choices, and engage in other future-oriented behaviors. While aspirations-based theories in economics have
Covid-19 has cast a long shadow over global dialogues around food and nutrition security bringing into sharp focus the relationship between public health, poverty and hunger. In addition to the pandemic, other threats to food and nutrition security loom large, from climate change and biodiversity loss to trade wars. But there is one single threat that poses a danger above
The United Nations General Assembly adopted an India-sponsored resolution to mark 2023 as the international year of millets. We delve into India’s millet production, their nutritional value and how the Indian government is promoting millets and its cultivation. Super-grain, super-food and wonder-grain are some of the adjectives often used to describe millets, one of the oldest foods known to humans,
To trigger research and value chain actions as well as advocacy and promotion of indigenous and forgotten foods in Africa, an extensive consultation with all stakeholders in food systems is expected to result in a continent level manifesto. This manifesto on forgotten and underutilized foods will shape a global manifesto set to be presented at the UN Food Systems Summit
In the soil just below the hooves of livestock live the Earth’s life support system—as plants decompose, trillions of bacteria, fungi and other soil microorganisms can either turn it into carbon or nitrogen that stays in the soil or into the world’s most powerful greenhouse gases. While there’s still a lot that scientists don’t know about these tiny creatures, an international research