Fortification of staple foods is among the most cost-effective public health interventions.

Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adoption of staple food crops bred to be dense sources of specific micronutrients.

Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting.

Focusing the 2015 ATOR on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets

Agricultural interventions are thought to have the potential to improve nutrition, but little rigorous evidence is available about programmes that link the two.

Promoting orange sweet potatoes reduces diarrhea

Related press release

Agricultural interventions are thought to have the potential to improve nutrition, but very little rigorous evidence is available about programs that link the two.