Food Security
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Measuring Food Access: Why Research Methods Matter
Food security is a simple phrase that encompasses an incredibly complex concept.
Got Milk? The Role of Gender, Incentives, and Nutrition in Dairy Contract Farming in Northern Senegal
This blog was originally posted on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) blog .
Conflict, Low Rainfall Impacting Food Security: FEWS Outlook Reports
According to the latest FEWS.net Food Security Outlook Reports, West Africa could face sharp increases in food insecurity in the coming months, specifically in areas surrounding Lake Chad. Boko Haram-related conflicts continue to disrupt markets in the region, impacting many households’ income-generating potential.
Together for Nutrition 2015 Conference Focuses on Improving Ethiopian Nutrition
This blog was originally posted on the Together for Nutrition website .
This conference took place on 15th June in Addis Ababa. Almost 150 people attended from diverse sectors and organizations to learn and to share the latest research on food and nutrition.
The introduction, presented by Bart Minten, program leader for ESSP, Stuart Gillespie, CEO Transform Nutrition and Ferew Lemma, Ministry of Health, captured the essence of why we were gathered together – to collectively improve nutrition in Ethiopia.
New Atlas Puts Together Pieces of Africa's Agricultural Puzzle
An estimated 202 million hectares of land suitable for farming remain uncultivated in Africa, despite near-constant calls for the region to intensify its agricultural production to keep up with the food demands of a rapidly growing population. So why is so much potentially productive land not being used for agriculture? In many areas, unreliable rainfall and poor soil fertility make the land, while cultivable, difficult to farm.