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HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH

Highlights

April 10, 2020

A4NH Researchers Address COVID-19

A series of blogs from experts in nutrition, health, food systems, development, and more on global, regional, and national impacts of the coronavirus.

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June 23, 2020

CGIAR Announces New COVID-19 Hub for Research

Hub provides a coordinated research response to the global pandemic, harnessing knowledge across CGIAR research themes for emergency response, recovery, and resilience.

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May 21, 2020

A4NH Releases 2019 Annual Report

New report highlights 2019 program accomplishments and research milestones.

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Blog
September 29, 2020
Cost and Safety of Food Are Major Factors Influencing Adolescents’ Food Choices in Urban Ethiopia
Innovative study invited students to share their thoughts on challenges and opportunities for eating healthy diets through photos as well as written responses.
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Blog
September 17, 2020
COVID-19: The Virus Will Mostly Spare Young Children; The Economic Crisis Will Not
The authors, writing on behalf of the Standing Together for Nutrition Research group, quantify the potential scale of child mortality and malnutrition impacts under COVID-19.
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Blog
September 15, 2020
Sustainability of Food Systems: 5 Steps Beyond the EAT-Lancet Report
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if we are to ensure a sustainable food system transformation.
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Blog
September 10, 2020
Catch-Up Growth Cannot Undo Damage from Undernutrition
Authors of a new paper discuss the possible profound, irreversible effects of undernourishment early in life.
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Events
September 4, 2020
Supermarketization is Not the Only Strategy to Enhance Food Safety in China
In a new paper, the author explores how supermarketization of China's vegetable sector has impacted vegetable safety.
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Blog
September 1, 2020
The Challenges of Influencing Consumer Behavior to Improve Food Safety
Two studies in Kenya examine risk perceptions of aflatoxin in maize
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August 27, 2020
Household Dietary Diversity is a Strong Predictor of Average Nutrient Adequacy in Ethiopia
New paper examines associations between household dietary diversity score and mean probability of nutrient adequacy, and potential threshold effects of HDDS in Ethiopia.
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Blog
August 25, 2020
It's About Time: Intergenerational Equity and Nutrition
Stuart Gillespie explores equity and nutrition, and how actions we do -- or don't -- take now will have impacts for generations to come.
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Blog
August 14, 2020
COVID-19 and Global Food Security: Reflecting on What We Have Learned So Far
A4NH's Director shares thoughts on the pandemic's impact on low- and middle-income countries, and considerations for building back more inclusive and resilient systems.
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Blog
July 28, 2020
Indian Diets Fall Short of EAT-Lancet Reference Recommendations for Human and Planetary Health
Availability, accessibility, awareness, affordability, and acceptability are obstacles to achieving healthy and sustainable diets for all in India.
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Blog
July 9, 2020
One Month Later: New Survey Suggests Continued Rising Risk of Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 Restrictions Continue
Follow-up survey results suggest food security situation has not yet deteriorated, but savings used as primary coping device could run out in the near future.
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Blog
July 31, 2020
Research Priorities to Achieve Africa’s Food Security and Nutrition Needs
With a survey deadline extended until August 7, the authors discuss a priority-setting exercise for food security and nutrition.
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Blog
July 20, 2020
Uniting Equity and Governance: An Urgent Agenda
A recent literature review examines how governance and equity have come together in agriculture, nutrition, and health research over time.
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Flagships
June 23, 2020
CGIAR Announces New COVID-19 Hub to Support Global Scientific Response
As the UN warns of an impending global food emergency, researchers in health, nutrition and agriculture unite to support response, recovery and resilience.
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Blog
June 1, 2020
A Food Environment Typology for Global Application
Typology includes wild and cultivated, and formal and informal built food environments, to better reflect the diverse food environments in communities around the world.
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Blog
May 20, 2020
COVID-19 and Global Trade Implications for Food Systems and Healthy Diets
The authors consider rippling impacts of COVID-19 on trade as food system actors experience loss of income and supply chains close or are seriously disrupted.
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Blog
April 27, 2020
Trade: Good or Bad for the Sustainability of Our Food System?
New paper explores food system dynamics by considering system drivers and sustainability factors.
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Blog
April 20, 2020
Reshaping Food Systems After COVID-19
Food systems are undergoing transformations all over the world. How will COVID-19 shape those transformations, and what steps can countries take to ensure people have access to healthy, sustainable diets?
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Blog
March 5, 2020
Coronavirus Threat Looms Large for Low-Income Cities
In this blog, which first appeared on IIED.org, the authors discuss how weak infrastructure would leave urban settlements in low-income countries highly vulnerable, should the rapid spread of COVID-19 continue.
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Basics
October 17, 2019
Video: Understanding Food Systems for Healthier Diets
This animated video from A4NH explains food systems, their complex, rapid transformations, and challenges low- and middle-income countries face in making them healthy and sustainable.
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WHAT WE DO

With an innovative perspective that focuses on consumption and demand, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) seeks to realized the enormous potential of agricultural development to make significant contributions to improving the nutrition and health of people worldwide.
As CGIAR’s only research program on nutrition and health, A4NH focuses on the system-level outcome of improving food and nutrition security for health. The program is led by the International Food Policy Research Institute and managed by a group of four other CGIAR Research Centers and two academic institutions.

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RESEARCH AREAS

A4NH works across five flagship research programs, addressing some of the most challenging nutrition and health concerns we face today.
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Food Systems for Healthier Diets
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Biofortification
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Food Safety
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Supporting Policies, Programs, and Enabling Action through Research
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Improving Human Health
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Gender, Equity, and Empowerment

WHERE WE WORK

A4NH research concentrates on five focus countries, with work extending to more than two dozen others. Our research informs policymakers and stakeholders in these countries and provides lessons adaptable to other places and contexts.

Bangladesh | Ethiopia | India | Vietnam | Nigeria | Global

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