Tags: nutrition

ILRI News on nutrition

19 Jul 2023

Unlocking livestock development potential: stakeholder meeting fuels progress for Vietnam’s ethnic minorities

We recently attended a stakeholder meeting in northwest Vietnam that marks an important step in addressing poverty, malnutrition, and gender inequality among ethnic minority communities. Livestock sector experts gathered in Phu Yen District, Son La Province on 21 June 2023, to discuss strategies...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

AgHealth blog

06 Jun 2023

ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2023 with the launch of a report on improving food safety in informal markets

World Food Safety Day is celebrated on 7 June every year to raise awareness on food safety and inspire action to help prevent and manage foodborne risks thereby contributing to human health, food and nutrition security, economic prosperity, market access, and sustainable development. The theme this...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

AgHealth blog

04 Apr 2023

Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on informal milk markets and household food security in Nairobi

A study published in the April 2023 issue of Current Developments in Nutrition has put forth new empirical evidence on the effect of COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in behaviour and government restrictions in Kenya on dairy supply chains and urban and peri-urban household food access. The study...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on nutrition

Journal Article

Published2022

Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam

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Presentation

Published2022

Opportunities for Africa to address all forms of malnutrition: How can the UN Nutrition Strategy 2022–2030 contribute?

Presentation

Published2022

Informal markets and nutrition in Africa

Journal Article

Published2022

Training to build nutrition capacity in the Nigerian agricultural sector: Initial assessment and future directions

Presentation

Published2022

Milk safety and child nutrition: Impacts of the MoreMilk project’s training scheme for informal dairy vendors

Presentation

Published2022

Estimating the effects of a change in dairy policy on infants’ milk intake in Kenya and Tanzania

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ILRI Projects on nutrition

Jan 2021Dec 2023

Inclusive red meat value chains for women and youth in Eastern and Southern Africa (K'LUSA)

Most rural households in Zimbabwe and Malawi depend on smallholder agriculture and livestock husbandry to meet food and nutritional security goals and improve their livelihoods. However, due to the low level of public and private investment in the livestock sector, livestock-keeping households...

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...