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2016
February 9, 2016
Are there nutritional tradeoffs in increasing women’s time in agriculture?
The following post, by A4NH-IFPRI collaborator Hitomi Komatsu, was originally published on the Agrilinks site. This post was updated in
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2016
January 5, 2016
Linking Agriculture and Health Through the Gender Lens
This month on the Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange, we continue our series on the interaction of health with the gender-agriculture-nutrition framework.
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A4NH Homepage Feature
December 23, 2015
Realizing the potential of a homestead food production program
Improved nutrition and empowerment in Burkina Faso Researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) completed a first-of-its-kind rigorous
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2015
December 9, 2015
Taking Action – Why Gender and Nutrition are Critical for Transforming Agricultural Systems in the Face of a Changing Climate
The 2015 UN Climate Change Conference or COP21 is being held this week in Paris and it is hoped that
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2015
October 26, 2015
How Women Can Maximize the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Irrigation for All
In response to increasing interest in how health has bearings on the gender-agriculture-nutrition framework, A4NH organized a seminar on Agriculture,
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Events
October 1, 2015
Agricultural biodiversity showcased at Expo Milano 2015
*This blogpost was originally developed by Andrea Testa and adapted by Erica Roggio and Samantha Collins of Bioversity International. An
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2015
September 22, 2015
From the WDDS to the MDD-W: Get to Know the New Indicator for Measuring Women’s Dietary Diversity
As FANTA notes, “One of the most important factors responsible for maternal micronutrient deficiency is poor diets lacking diversity; however,
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Gender
April 20, 2015
Women’s time in agriculture and nutrition: new video
On April 15, 2015, A4NH's Gender Research Coordinator, Hazel Malapit, spoke at an LCIRAH seminar hosted by the Leverhulme Centre
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2015
April 6, 2015
Don’t risk your health for nutrition!: Why gender matters for food safety
Some of the foods that would most enhance nutrition in diets in the developing world are also the riskiest in
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