Africa

AFRICA

Biofortification
June 7, 2018
HarvestPlus Founder Joins Forces with African Leaders for Nutrition
The African Development Bank welcomes HarvestPlus founder Howarth Bouis to the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative, to address the pervasive challenge
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Gender
April 9, 2018
Gender considerations in informal food markets in sub-Saharan Africa
In this blog, originally posted on Agrilinks, Kristina Roesel, postdoctoral scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), discusses how
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Improving Human Health
June 7, 2017
Africa Must Take the Lead in Addressing Global Health Challenges
The new Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is a former minister of health in
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Food Safety
June 6, 2017
Yes! We Are Winning in the Fight to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination in Key Staple Crops in Africa
...but the fight is far from over, panel discussion concludes.
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News
April 28, 2017
A Nutrition Revolution for Africa: How Can African Agriculture Play a Greater Role?
Africa faces a triple burden of malnutrition: highly prevalent chronic malnutrition characterised by stunting; widespread micronutrient deficiencies; and rapidly increasing
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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 2, 2015
New study links poverty to heightened levels of aflatoxin exposure
Many of the foods people depend on most for their sustenance, especially in low and middle income countries, can carry
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Flagships
July 27, 2015
Improving nutrition in Kenya through farm and landscape modelling
Mary Adoyo* is a Kenyan smallholder farmer in the Masana sub-location of Vihiga county in Western Kenya. She manages the
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Flagships
July 9, 2015
The evolution of mainstreaming nutrition in Africa’s agriculture sector
Platforms for collective goals Periodically, the African Union (AU) releases declarations by the Heads of AU Member States on national
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