Agricultural Development to Improve

HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH

Highlights

March 30, 2020

How Will COVID-19 Affect Food and Nutrition Security in the Global South?

Poverty, malnutrition, weak healthcare systems, and other factors will complicate the response to the pandemic. What can we learn from the response to the AIDS pandemic?

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January 6, 2020

WEBINAR: Equity in Agriculture-Nutrition-Health Research

January 14 webinar shared details of new scoping study.

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November 14, 2019

Policy Seminar: Food System Transformation: National Actions in a Globalized World

Event explored how countries are assessing and acting on food system transformations, considering consumption, food environments, food supply, sustainability, health outcomes, and more.

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Blog
March 17, 2020
Training and Low-Cost Tech Cut Aflatoxin by 53 Per Cent
Aflatoxin exposure threatens food security throughout the developing world. Training and low-cost technology could help fight it, but further exploration of these on a larger scale is needed.
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Blog
March 10, 2020
Reverse Thinking for Finding Food Systems Solutions
In this piece from the Food & Business Knowledge Platform, Planning and Management Committee member Ruerd Ruben reflects on how CGIAR can better address global food systems transformations.
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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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Blog
March 8, 2020
Voices from the Field: On International Women's Day, Reflecting on Gender Inequities
Namukolo Covic, who coordinates A4NH research in Ethiopia, reflects on when she first became aware of the importance of gender equity -- and how it has shaped her life and her work.
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Biofortification
March 4, 2020
Study Shows High-Iron Beans Improve Women's Physical Performance
Iron-biofortified beans improved iron status and physical performance of iron-deficient Rwandan women, enhancing their ability to perform typical daily activities
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Blog
March 2, 2020
Time to Act on Malnutrition in All Its Forms in West Africa
This post, which originally appeared on Transform Nutrition West Africa, explores how West Africa is being impacted by the double burden of malnutrition, and steps to move forward in addressing it.
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Blog
February 26, 2020
Social Audits - An Effective Tool for Improving Accountability for Nutrition Service Delivery in India?
Social audits have become a popular accountability tool in India. New research examines their potential to improve the effectiveness of state-run nutrition services.
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Events
February 24, 2020
Food Systems Dashboard: How Will It Work? An Event Summary
The policy seminar provided a sneak peek at the forthcoming Food Systems Dashboard from GAIN and Johns Hopkins Univeristy, in collaboration with partners.
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Blog
February 20, 2020
What's Next for CGIAR?
In this piece, which first appeared on the Food & Business Knowledge Platform, Wijnand van Ijssel of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs reflects on the move toward One CGIAR.
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Blog
February 18, 2020
Modeling Farming Systems to Understand Potential Outcomes of Agricultural Interventions
Three recent studies show how modelling systems can foster transdisciplinary research and address challenges of trade-offs and unintended consequences.
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Bangladesh
January 26, 2020
A Research Agenda for Healthier Diets in Bangladesh
New paper analyzes food system in Bangladesh, offers research agenda to help ensure system transformation moves toward healthier diets for all.
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Events
January 15, 2020
Addressing Nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities
A4NH Director John McDermott reflects on the Ethiopian National Nutrition Conference and food systems, diet and nutrition issues in the country.
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Blog
December 13, 2019
Decade-Long Trial Proves Efficacy of Nigeria's Aflatoxin Biocontrol Product
Landmark 10-year study on research led by IITA and supported by A4NH on registered biocontrol product for aflatoxin management in Nigeria firmly establishes Aflasafe® as vital tool in fight against aflatoxins.
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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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