‘Down to earth’ for 2015 World Soil Day
All living organisms on this planet depend on soil for their survival, according to Shahidur Rashid, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Institute. In honor of World Soil Day on...
View ArticleRealizing 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 evaluation of an integrated...
View ArticleHealthy diets year round – a case study captured on film in Zambia
A woman peels a tomato to add to a dish of tomato, pumpkin and vegetables, Barotse floodplain, Zambia. (Credit: Bioversity International/E.Hermanowicz) *Cross-posted with permission from the Bioversity...
View ArticleVideo: Rice, Malaria, and Africa’s Changing Landscapes
Jo Lines, Reader of Malaria Control and Vector Biology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and A4NH Managing Partner Representative, discusses rice, malaria, and how human activities...
View ArticleVideo: Food Safety Research in Vietnam: Partnership in Action
Hung Nguyen, Regional Representative for East and Southeast Asia and Senior Scientist, Ecohealth and Food Safety, with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), conducts A4NH food safety...
View ArticleVideo: Food Systems in Vietnam: Unique Opportunities, Rapid Transformations
Stef de Haan is A4NH's Country Coordinator in Vietnam, and Regional Program Management Officer for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). In this video, he discusses Vietnam's...
View ArticleVoices from the Field: Fighting Aflatoxin in Nigeria
Aflatoxin cause health and economic problems for farmers across Africa. IITA scientist Adebowale Akande discusses an approach that is proving effective in fighting these problems.
View ArticleVideo: 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.
View ArticleVIDEO: Developing Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Ethiopia
Tesfaye Hailu, with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and Wageningen University & Research, discusses the guideline development process.
View ArticleVoices from the Field: Supporting Healthy Food Environments in India
Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among women. IFPRI Research Fellow Avinash Kishore discusses the impacts of changing food environments.
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