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ILRI News on nutrition

27 Jun 2021

Taita Taveta farmers make a fortune from drought-tolerant crops

Christine Nashera inspecting her groundnut crop in Chala Ward, Taveta Though groundnuts are a highly popular and nutritious snack in Taita Taveta County, the residents had always depended on imports from the neighboring Tanzania. Farmers had failed to take advantage of its popularity and high...

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ILRI News

09 Jun 2021

New report from UN Nutrition untangles risks and benefits of food from livestock for sustainable healthy diets, focusing on challenges linked to both abundance and scarcity

A more balanced, sustainable approach to consuming food from livestock—one that meets nutrition needs and focuses on local production methods—is essential for delivering on global commitments to combat malnutrition in all its forms, according to a comprehensive report released today from UN...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

ILRI News

09 Jun 2021

ILRI's Jimmy Smith on the livestock controversies holding back greater use of milk, meat and eggs to nourish the undernourished

Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), today gave the keynote speech at a launch of a seminal report from UN Nutrition on Livestock-derived foods and sustainable healthy diets . What follows is an expanded draft that Smith prepared for the brief talk...

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Publications on nutrition

Journal Article

Published2021

Consumer perceptions of food safety in animal source foods choice and consumption in Nairobi’s informal settlements

Poster

Published2021

New dairy regulations in Kenya: Potential side effects on infant milk intake

Report

Published2021

Nutrition, social and behaviour change strategy for dairy development programs in western and southeastern Kenya

Journal Article

Published2021

Evaluation of chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of stovers of different pearl millet varieties and their effect on the performance of sheep in the West African Sahel

Presentation

Published2021

Assessing community vulnerability to COVID-19 in Kenya: A spatial outlook

Manual

Published2021

Engaging men in supporting maternal and child consumption of milk and other animal source foods in Rwanda: A facilitator’s guide

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ILRI Projects on nutrition

Aug 2020Aug 2025

Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab

The Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab will develop local capacity in Kenya to carry out laboratory-based animal health research to improve East Coast fever vaccines and diagnostics and conduct social and economic evaluations of the effects of animal health interventions on human...

Agriculture to nutrition Ethiopia project

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) project seeks to help the African continent broaden its agricultural focus from ‘eating for hunger’ to ‘eating for health’. It focuses on how agriculture can deliver positive nutrition outcomes for smallholder...

Oct 2016Sep 2021

MoreMilk: Making the most of milk

The MoreMilk project aims to generate research evidence on how informal milk markets can be leveraged to improve nutrition and health, especially in peri-urban settings. The overall objective of the project is to improve child health and nutrition outcomes through milk consumption. The project will...