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In 2014, IFPRI and the Gates Foundation launched the AReNA project to bridge agriculture and nutrition research, addressing data gaps and advancing understanding of how agriculture can better improve diets and nutrition worldwide.
The AReNA project created a one-of-a-kind dataset that links nutrition-related indicators to agricultural and environmental indicators. The dataset has been used for countless studies on the determinants of child stunting, wasting, and feeding practices.
AReNA was the first project to use the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP) data on retail food prices—covering 175 countries and 800 food items—to study the affordability of healthy and unhealthy diets. It significantly influenced the adoption of healthy diet metrics in FAO-led State of Food Security and Nutrition reports and led to the widely-cited finding—used by the FAO, World Bank, and others—that 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
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