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India’s government launched the National Nutrition Mission with a budget of US$1.4 billion over three years to coordinate nutrition-related interventions across ministries. The Mission’s aim is to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anemia and low birth weight by 2 percent per year for three years.
An initiative led by the International Atomic Energy Agency will use nuclear and isotopic techniques to improve rice production under climate change and enhance the early detection of contagious animal diseases in Asian countries.
Social protection increases not only the quantity and quality of food consumed by beneficiaries but also asset holdings including livestock and savings finds a recent study in World Development.
A new IFPRI book explores the nutritional and environmental benefits of pulses—the dried, edible seeds of legumes such as lentils and chickpeas—in India to help policy makers find ways to feed and nourish a growing population.
A new project of the South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative and the Manusher Jonno Foundation in Bangladesh partners with Digital Green to produce and disseminate low-cost videos featuring local women discussing the benefits of healthy meals using indigenous foods.
The US presentation of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) report on “Nutrition and food systems” will be held in Washington, DC, on January 18 co-organized by HLPE, HarvestPlus, IFPRI, and A4NH.
The UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition and IFPRI will host a policy seminar on February 8 in Washington, DC, highlighting how investments in food systems and nutrition-sensitive agriculture can positively impact nutrition.
The 2018 competition of Ideas for Action encourages young people from around the world to design and share their ideas for financing and implementing solutions to deliver the SDGs by February 28.
