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Optimizing food assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive approach lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi
Development assistance in the form of food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition can play an important role in protecting poor families from economic or health shocks in vulnerable countries such as Burundi.
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Improving child growth in Burundi
To maximize the impact such nutritional interventions can have on a child's linear growth, research shows they should target the entire period from conception to a child's second birthday.
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Innovations in food systems: The key to human and planetary health
New technologies, better policies, and reformed institutions can improve diets and global well-being.
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Unleash the power of young Africans: Supporting the farmers of tomorrow
The average age of farmers worldwide is 60+. How to bring young people into African agriculture.
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2018 Global Food Policy Report tracks impacts of antiglobalism and outlines key reforms
The rise of anti-globalization politics around the world threatens efforts to end hunger and malnutrition – a discussion.
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Book launch: Ghana’s cocoa industry contends with growth, poverty
Reforms are necessary to make cocoa farming—the foundation of the global chocoloate industry—profitable for the farmers. A discussion.
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World Water Day: Feeding millions from the ground up – the promise of groundwater-fed irrigation in Africa South of the Sahara
Small, inexpensive solar pumps can greatly expand the availability of irrigation, research shows.
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Designing a better Soil Health Card for farmers in India
The government of India has distributed 100 million cards to help farmers monitor soil health. But many are finding them overly technical and difficult to use.
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Policy seminar: Integrating research and natural resource management for sustainable agriculture
As the world faces growing stresses on natural resources from climate change, population growth, urbanization, and other forces, researchers must grapple with complex questions about sustainable agriculture.
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In the Philippines, a school program shows diverging results for male and female students
The Third Elementary Education Project led to positive educational and work results for girls, yet appeared to lower boys' prospects.