A4NH Releases 2017 Annual Report

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) is pleased to announce the release of its 2017 Annual Report. The report highlights the program’s accomplishments and activities during the first year of its second phase.

Detailed in the report are research, events, and results from across A4NH’s five research flagships and four focus countries, including:

• In-depth analyses of food systems in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Viet Nam, with a recently released report on findings in Ethiopia;
• Details on the release of 29 new biofortified crop varieties, extending reach to 3.6 million farming households;
• The first license for Aflasafe to be granted to a private company in Africa, for production, sale, and distribution in Senegal and Gambia to protect crops from deadly aflatoxin;
• A special issue of Global Food Security dedicated to Stories of Change, an innovative initiative building a resource base of experiential knowledge that explores drivers of change in improving nutrition;
• Research into how rice intensification in Africa can be achieved without increasing the risk of malaria; and
• Efforts on incorporating equity into A4NH‘s research agenda.”A4NH operates from a unique point of view that takes a consumer, consumption-led perspective, rather than operating from a supply-driven one,” noted A4NH Director John McDermott. “As one walks through a timeline of our work in 2017, our efforts to do this in a holistic, collaborative way are evident, and we look forward to moving this work forward with our managing partners in the years to come.”

  An interactive version of the report is available, while the full report can be downloaded here.

  (This post was written by Janet Hodur, communications specialist for CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). It originally appeared on the A4NH webpage.)