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...

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...

Cali, Colombia in contrast: Feast and famine

by Melissa Reichwage | Sep 5, 2016

Every weekend, hundreds of Caleños descend the 480 meters from the top of Tres Cruces Hill, after an hour or so of fitness with friends and family, to the outskirts of Cali to refuel. Although they look the picture of health, many are not. Busy shopkeepers sell tired...

Why getting the right food on the table is central not just to the health of our children, but to the health of our continent

by Georgina Smith | Jun 12, 2016

Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director for Africa for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, talks about need to tackle malnutrition at the Africa Agriculture Science Week this week (June 13-17) in Kigali.  We are in the midst of an emerging crisis. Now is the time...

New study calls for shift to pre-pregnancy nutrition, to drive down stunting in Rwandan children under two-years-old

by Georgina Smith | Apr 19, 2016

A new scientific report calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among recommendations, authors urge renewed focus to “fast-track” pre-pregnancy nutrition. Adolescent nutrition before pregnancy, they say,...