- VideoCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Improved Nutrition & Health described by the program director, John McDermott, and IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan.
- OnlineAgricultural practices, interventions, and policies can be better adapted and redesigned to maximize health and nutrition benefits and to reduce health risks. The primary focus of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health ...
- Staff ProfileAmanda Wyatt joined IFPRI’s Agriculture for Nutrition and Health program as a Senior Research Assistant in July 2012. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked for the Emory Prevention Research Center assisting in the coordination of a randomized ...
- Staff ProfileCharlotte Block joined IFPRI as the Senior Program Manager for A4NH on November 2012. Charlotte has an M.S. in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from Tufts Friedman School Science & Policy. Prior to IFPRI, she worked as a Project Officer for ...
- General InformationIn the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, it became clear that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems—from farm to table. This ...
- General InformationAgriculture has made remarkable advances in the past decades, but progress in improving the nutrition and health of poor farmers and consumers in developing countries is lagging behind. The CGIAR research program on Agriculture for nutrition and ...
- Staff ProfileJohn McDermott joined IFPRI in 2011 to lead the new CGIAR research program on agriculture for nutrition and health. Previously he was Deputy Director General and Director of Research at ILRI in Nairobi (2003-11). John has lived and worked in ...
- Staff ProfileNancy Johnson is an agricultural economist who studies the economic, poverty and gender impacts of agricultural and natural resource management research and development. Working with partners, she has analyzed the impacts of crop and livestock ...
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- OnlineTransform Nutrition is an IFPRI-led consortium of international research partners. Using research-based evidence the consortium aims to inspire effective action to address undernutrition. Transform Nutrition website
Dena Leibman is Head of Outreach at IFPRI
At turns seeming like an inspiring TED talk, ...