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ILRI News on nutrition

18 Nov 2019

ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography

This blog was written by Vincent Alulu and edited by Paul Karaimu and Judy Kimani. Have you heard that one must be literate to use the many data collection tools and applications that exist today? That the end user must be at least semi-literate to use such applications to monitor nutrition, and...

ILRI News

10 Nov 2019

Susan MacMillan

ILRI holds a livestock symposium at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference this week

The International Tropical Agriculture Conference, TropAg2019, is being held next week in Brisbane, Australia. The theme of the conference is ‘Shaping the science of tomorrow’. Five program themes will cover the fields of tropical crop, horticulture and livestock agriculture in addition to...

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07 Nov 2019

Susan MacMillan

This is ‘Livestock Month’ on Agrilinks: USAID’s Andrew Bisson on sustainable livestock for sustainable development

Andrew Bisson, livestock specialist for the Bureau for Food Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), introduces ‘Livestock Month’ by Agrilinks, USAID’s knowledge platform. ‘A warm welcome to the Agrilinks Livestock month! Over the course of November, we will...

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Publications on nutrition

Blog Post

Published2019

First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor

Journal Article

Published2018

Elucidating linkages between women’s empowerment in livestock and nutrition: A qualitative study

Report

Published2019

Perceived effect of feed-health intervention for improved small ruminant production on gender and household nutrition in northern Ghana

Journal Article

Published2019

Sustainable livestock systems to improve human health, nutrition, and economic status

Brief

Published2019

Rwandan government livestock asset transfer program (“Girinka”) is associated with improved child nutrition

Journal Article

Published2019

The role of livestock products for nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life

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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...

Jan 2017Dec 2019

Enhancing milk quality and consumption for improved income and nutrition in Rwanda

Objectives Generate evidence on interventions aimed at improving dairy income and consumption of milk in Rwanda. Specifically, the project will; evaluate the impact of a nutrition education intervention on ASF consumption and nutrition outcomes among children (12-23 months) and pregnant and...

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