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journal article

Seasonality and nutrition-sensitive farming in rural Northern Ghana

In rural sub-Saharan Africa, where malnutrition in all its forms is rife, the greatest gap between the availability of foods and the foods needed for a nutritious diet are faced during the ‘hunger season’.

project paper

Computer vision-assisted dietary assessment in youth in urban Ghana: Validity against weighed records and comparison with 24-hour recalls

Recent estimates suggest that diet related risk factors cause 11 million deaths every year, more than any other factor included in the Global Burden of Disease analyses.
editorial

Why small-scale irrigation makes for good nutrition policy

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Irrigation and Mechanization Systems (ILIMS), led by the University of Nebraska’s Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) (Nebraska-ILIMS), was fittingly launched at this year’s World Food Day with t

report

Report on nutrition and small-scale irrigation

The evidence on the potential for agricultural interventions to contribute to improved nutrition has grown considerably over the past decade.

report

Report on gender inclusion in small-scale irrigation

Introducing small-scale irrigation can bring opportunities for empowerment and exclusion. To support equity and inclusion, projects must go beyond technology access alone.

book

A photographic food atlas with portion sizes of commonly consumed foods in Accra, Ghana

This Food Atlas provides a photograph series of 68 meals commonly consumed by adolescent girls in Accra, Ghana. It consists of pictures of four portion sizes per meal, including weights.

journal article

Public agriculture investment and food security in ECOWAS

Public agriculture expenditure is a significant growth catalyst. However, evaluating the impact of public agriculture expenditure on food security remains scanty.

project paper

Exploring small scale irrigation-nutrition linkages

The evidence on the potential for agricultural interventions to contribute to improved nutrition has grown considerably over the past decade (Ruel et al., 2018).

project paper

Double burden of malnutrition in Ghana: a holistic perspective

In the context of a mounting burden of overweight and obesity and a persisting burden of undernutrition, double-duty actions (DDAs) (Figure 1) [1] are needed to tackle multiple forms of malnutrition simultaneously [2].

project paper

Ghana: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage

This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement.

discussion paper

School meals as a market for smallholder agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ghana

Governments and international development partners investing over $40 USD billion a year in school meals have shown interest in linking these programs with agriculture sector development, through what has become known as “Home-Grown” school feedin