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Nutrition

Agriculture, nutrition and health are intricately linked. Investments in agriculture lead to better nutrition for families, improve health and well-being, and boost food security.

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Ugandan toddler plays with chickens.

Something to Squawk About: Focus on Household Poultry to Improve Food Safety

Infant-specific pathways of exposure to environmental contaminants require more than traditional water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) solutions.
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Laura H Kwong

Jun 27, 2022
Food Safety Nutrition Youth
Four people work together to operate a cassava mill.

Tremendous Potential in a Humble Root

In baking cassava cakes, a Mozambican family demonstrates the root’s potential for climate change resiliency, food security and income generation.
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Alyxandra Ruzevich

Jun 27, 2022
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María Lorenzo at her pea’s plot.

Modern Agriculture for Food Safety and Sustainable Development

María López is a smallholder farmer from San Marcos, Guatemala. Through modern agriculture, she has improved her income and her daughters’ quality of life.

Ivanna Meneses

Jun 23, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Nutrition
Yellow crazy ants.

Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)-Led Research Prioritizes Invasive Alien Species Threat to Kenya

CABI has led research that prioritizes 120 potential invasive alien species (IAS) that could pose a threat to agriculture and biodiversity in Kenya.

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Jun 23, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Resilience
Kenyan and U.S.-based researchers discuss food safety at a small poultry farm outside of Nairobi.

Stakeholder-Centered Risk Ranking Workshop Builds Consensus and Sets Priorities for Food Safety Research in Kenyan Poultry

Stakeholder input shapes food safety research for Kenya’s smallholder poultry farms.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Jun 22, 2022
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Inaugural Turner Fellows Advance Global Crop Improvement

Eight graduate students from 1890 land grant institutions across the United States have been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellows at Cornell University.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement

Jun 21, 2022
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Seated, Bora, a male caregiver from Kuruwitu village, received nutrition education on the multiple nutrients in fish from a nutrition educator.

Individualized Nutrition Education and Group Cooking Demonstrations Increase Knowledge on Fish Consumption Among Caregivers

Read this success story to find out how the Fish Innovation Lab’s Samaki Salama activity is using cooking demonstrations to help improve the health of families in Kenyan communities.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jun 20, 2022
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A woman and her children stand on the rooftop of a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Together We Can Defend against Climate Threats to Food Safety

Climate threats to global food security and projections of worsening hunger tend to grab headlines, but climate threats to food safety are just as serious.

Matthew Thielker

Jun 17, 2022
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Resilience
A woman cutting up fish to make a meal, using safe and clean practices.

Safe Fish for Children and Expecting Mothers

Learn about how the Nourishing Nations activity is working toward helping women and youth have safe, nutritious fish to add to their diets.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jun 17, 2022
Food Safety Gender Nutrition Youth
Presentation during a food safety workshop in Senegal.

Workshops Raise Food Safety Awareness among Dairy Producers in Senegal

Stakeholder dialogue and food safety fundamentals were top priorities in recent dairy food safety workshops in Senegal.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Jun 16, 2022
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Enhancing Root, Tuber and Banana Crops’ Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security

May 27, 2021 online
This webinar presents recent advances and new innovations and approaches for this vital crop group supported by the work of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers & Bananas (RTB)
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Bees, Bats, and Butterflies: The Importance of Pollinators for Global Food Security and Nutrition

Dec 03, 2020 online
The importance of pollinators to global food security and nutrition has received increased international attention in recent years due to reports of declines in pollinator populations.
Climate and Natural Resources Nutrition
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Food Systems and Nutrition E-Consultation: Emerging Evidence And Research Opportunities

Nov 12, 2019 to Nov 18, 2019 online
Feeding the world’s population with safe and nutritious food means we must overcome ever-evolving challenges through innovative research on cost-effective and sustainable strategies to prevent malnutrition. Join the USAID Bureau...
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The daughter of a member of the Bulaku Farmers Group in Kenya nibbles on an orange-fleshed sweet potato. The group is processing these nutritious sweet potatoes into healthy snacks for the community as part of a new endeavor.
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Commercialization Opportunities for Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato: Kenya, Malawi and South Africa

Oct 30, 2018 online
In theory, Sub-Saharan Africa could feed a large part of the world. Yet the region struggles to achieve its full agricultural potential, let alone its potential in agricultural value addition...
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition Resilience
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Nutrition, Sanitation, & Hygiene Indicators {Feed the Future MEL Webinar Series}

Oct 11, 2018 online
The recording and transcript for this webinar are now available. In October 2017, a revised set of Feed the Future indicators was announced, in alignment with the Feed the Future...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition
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Ask the Expert on Strengthening National Policy Systems: Bridging the Disconnect between the Evidence and Action for Food Security

Jun 25, 2018 online
Agrilinks will host a special 30-minute Q&A with food security policy researchers Suresh Chandra Babu and Duncan Boughton on what recent policy research shows us on the way forward in...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
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Research for Development: How Three Innovation Labs Are Driving Impact

Jul 25, 2017 online
July 25, 2017 This Agrilinks webinar will showcase the applied research of three Feed the Future Innovation Labs and their contributions to on-the-ground development impact. Leaders from the Feed the...
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition
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Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) - Dakar, Senegal

Jun 05, 2017 to Jun 10, 2017 Hotel Novotel Dakar Avenue Abdoulaye Fadiga Dakar, Senegal
The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned...
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CAADP Technical Networks: Building Capacity for Africa’s Agricultural Development

May 04, 2017
In order to carry out key commitments of the Malabo Declaration to transform agriculture across Africa, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is dedicated to strengthening technical capacity among...
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Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) - Bangkok, Thailand

Mar 21, 2017 to Mar 24, 2017 Conrad Bangkok Hotel 87 Witthayu Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security (USAID BFS) has collaborated with leaders and practitioners across the development landscape to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned...
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