child nutrition

CHILD NUTRITION

2016
September 6, 2016
Does sex preference affect children’s nutrition and health? Findings from Indonesia.
This month on the A4NH Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange, Giordano Palloni, Associate Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division
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Flagships
June 17, 2016
Indicators for measuring IYCF practices: Time to take stock and revisit!
Good nutrition in the earliest stages of life directly influences children’s future nutrition and development as they grow into healthy
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Events
February 10, 2016
Changing behaviors for better health and nutrition
Blog written by Pete Shelton, IFPRI. Originally posted on IFPRI.org. Getting the right nutrition in the period between a child’s
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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
July 6, 2015
Got Milk? The role of gender, incentives, and nutrition in dairy contract farming in Northern Senegal
This month on the Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange, IFPRI Research Fellows Melissa Hidrobo, Tanguy Bernard, Rahul Rawat, and Agnes Le Port relate findings on
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Opportunities
June 17, 2015
1,000 Days of Life: New Approaches for Integrated Strategies to Improve Children’s Lives
The first 1,000 days can make or break a child's life and alter the course of generations and local populations.
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Biofortification
June 15, 2015
Improving child health through agriculture: orange sweet potatoes
A4NH welcomes guest-bloggers, Kelly M. Jones and Alan de Brauw from the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division of IFPRI. Cross-posted
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Biofortification
May 22, 2015
New results indicate biofortified crop reverses iron deficiency in children
In a press release shared this week, HarvestPlus announced results of a new efficacy study of iron pearl millet in
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Flagships
June 11, 2014
Evidence and momentum on maternal and child nutrition
In June 2013, the influential Lancet Journal published a new Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition. A4NH researchers from the International Food Policy
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