Tags: nutrition

ILRI News on nutrition

19 Apr 2021

New review provides framework for studying food systems to address food safety and nutrition

There is a need for better understanding of how food systems operate in order to effectively address food safety and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, says a new review paper. The review published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Apr 2021) proposes that countries and...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

10 Feb 2021

Social and behaviour change improves milk consumption for Rwanda’s children

A community health worker at one of the counselling visits to pregnant and lactating women with children under five years of age (photo credit: Three Stones International). The level of chronic malnutrition among children in Rwanda remains high. Only 30% of children aged 6-23 months consume a diet...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI News

17 Dec 2020

A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis

People in industrialized regions like the United States of America or Europe are generally urged to eat less meat and animal-source foods as part of a healthier and lower-emissions diet. But such recommendations are not universal solutions in low- or middle-income countries, where livestock are...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

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Publications on nutrition

Journal Article

Published2021

The importance of a food systems approach to low and middle income countries and emerging economies: A review of theories and its relevance for disease control and malnutrition

Brief

Published2020

Understanding the drivers of diet change and food choice among Tanzanian pastoralists to inform policy and practice

Journal Article

Published2021

Increased climate variability and sedentarization in Tanzania: Health and nutrition implications on pastoral communities of Mvomero and Handeni districts, Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2021

Intra-household handling and consumption dynamics of milk in peri-urban informal markets in Tanzania and Kenya: A gender lens

Poster

Published2020

Nutrition education and food choices among livestock keepers in arid Kenya

Report

Published2020

Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel. Summary of 2nd Webinar in the Land Tenure and Governance Webinar series, 13 October 2020

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ILRI Projects on nutrition

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...