To fight malnutrition in Africa, embed nutrition in agriculture programs

by Mercy Lungaho | Jun 19, 2017

This piece first appeared as a guest commentary on the website of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.  Given its impressive track record over the last 20 years, Rwanda has rightly been considered a model for reducing poverty and hunger in Africa. Between 1990 and...

Good NEWS for the Fight Against Malnutrition

by Georgina Smith | May 29, 2017

Good NEWS for the Fight Against Malnutrition Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Power a Nutrition Early Warning System (NEWS) for Africa Since at least the 1970s, food crises have seemed to strike sub-Saharan Africa with depressing frequency They often require...

Nutrition in Africa: time for “unusual business”, by Mercy Lung’aho

by Claudia Calderón | May 8, 2017

#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future Mercy Lung’aho, nutritionist “As a nutritionist, I cannot look the other way while women and children are dying of anemia and malnutrition on our watch” Nutrition in Africa: time for “unusual business” I’m passionate...

HarvestPlus: a story of a nutrition revolution

by Sylvia Pineda | May 4, 2017

By: Christian Zapata, Communication Analyst for HarvestPlus Latinamerica & Caribbean Hidden hunger strikes people who, on the outside, may appear to be consuming an adequate amount of food—mainly staple crops grown on small family farms. Yet, the empty calories of...

Training workshop on LINK and value chains for nutrition

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Dec 19, 2016

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger (ACF – Action Contre la Faim) signed a collaboration framework agreement in November 2014. This aimed at establishing a long-term formal partnership for...