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January 16, 2018
Wageningen University & Research Announces Food Systems PhD Position
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is hiring a sandwich-PhD researcher in the Environmental Policy Group to study effective policy strategies and
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Events
January 9, 2018
Event: US Release of ‘Nutrition and Food Systems: A Report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition’
On Thursday, January 18, 2018, A4NH will cohost the US release of "Nutrition and Food Systems," from the High Level Panel
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Food Systems for Healthier Diets
December 29, 2017
New Paper Explores Using Biodiversity Indicators to Shape Food System Recommendations
A new paper by Carl Lachat of Gent University, Jessica Raneri of Bioversity International, and others examines how using Dietary
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Food Systems for Healthier Diets
December 27, 2017
Book Release: Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Pattern from Farm to Fork
A good monsoon led to a rise in sowing and production of pulses in 2017, resulting in prices falling almost
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Events
December 8, 2017
Event: Investing in Research – New Evidence Showing How a Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Program Improves Children’s Nutritional Status
Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs can improve nutrition outcomes for young children, however documentation of the extent of their effectiveness has been
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December 4, 2017
The Nexus Between One Health, Nutrition, and Food Safety
One Health is a useful paradigm for framing complex public health issues. Applying its approaches contributes to improvements in animal
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November 30, 2017
Improving Diets in Vietnam with Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Bioversity International's Erin Zettell and Jessica Raneri recently examined how consuming more roots, tubers and bananas, particularly micronutrient-rich varieties, can improve the
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November 16, 2017
While Some Animal-Transmitted Diseases of the Poor Are Declining, Other, Mostly Foodborne, Diseases Are on the Rise
‘. . . Around 70 percent of all infectious diseases are zoonotic, moving from animals—usually livestock—to humans, through either contact
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October 19, 2017
Podcast: Developing a “Food Systems” Perspective, Part Two
“Food systems” has become a very popular term in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, and health, but what does it
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