I want to end malnutrition in Africa. That’s why I’m turning to big data and algorithms.

by Mercy Lungaho | Mar 20, 2018

This was originally posted on the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture website. As an African woman and a nutritionist, there’s nothing more upsetting to me than this fact: Africa is the only region in the world where malnutrition is rising. That’s despite the...

3 questions we should answer on nutrition

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Mar 20, 2018

Dr. Lawrence Haddad, GAIN’s executive director, answers a question during the “Strengthening Public-Private Dialogue for Improved Nutrition in Kenya,” as other panelists look on. Photo by: CIAT For decades now, there has been one constant question on...

CIAT work on nutrition sensitive value chains in East Africa showcased at FAO in Rome

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Nov 24, 2017

As stated in the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Framework for Action, food systems play a central role in promoting consumption of diverse, nutritious and safe food for all and fighting malnutrition in all its forms. In order to navigate the...

Open in order to stop malnutrition in Africa

by Fridah Nyakundi | Oct 23, 2017

Can you imagine if we could accurately predict a looming malnutrition crisis, in the same way, we forecast impending food security problems such as extreme hunger and famine? CIAT is using big data and machine learning to develop a Nutrition Early Warning System...

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to fast-track the fight against malnutrition in Africa

by Georgina Smith | Sep 7, 2017

This morning, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) will spearhead a task force uniting experts from tech companies like Facebook with top agricultural specialists from the Africa Development Bank, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa...