First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Nutrition
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Acceptance and impact of millet-based mid-day meal on the nutritional status of adolescent school going children in a peri urban region of Karnataka state in India
<p>The study assessed the potential for use of millets in mid-day school meal programs for better nutritional outcomes of children in a peri-urban region of Karnataka, India, where children conventionally
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Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: evidence from Bangladesh
The importance of children’s nutritional status for subsequent human capital formation, the limited evidence of the effectiveness of social protection interventions on child nutrition, and the absence
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Leaving no-one behind: How WFP's approach to HIV-sensitive social protection will help us to achieve Zero Hunger in East and southern Africa
The multiple deprivations affecting vulnerable populations are the greatest hurdle to achieving zero hunger. By directly addressing structural barriers, social protection can help WFP achieve its mandate
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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement
In this paper, advocate for a systemic approach to water management for improved health and nutrition. Focus on rural and peri-urban areas of the developing world, where multipurpose water systems are
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Transforming nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyaan-A progress report
<p>POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) is India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The programme aims to ensure service-delivery
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Kenya: the 2019 long rains mid-season food and nutrition security review report
The Food and Nutrition Security Assessment (FNSA) is a multi-agency, multi-sectoral exercise led by the government of Kenya, and is conducted in 23 arid and semi-arid Counties. Given the bimodal rainfall
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Temperature and children’s nutrition: evidence from West Africa
There has been substantial progress on improving children’s nutrition in Africa: stunting (height-for-age z scores < -2) and wasting (weight-for-height z scores < -2) rates have fallen in most sub-Saharan
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Informal food vendors and their role in the food and nutrition security of low-income workers in Bandung City, Indonesia
This research is part of a process of evidence generation to help protect and improve the food systems of the urban poor in the city of Bandung, in a period of rapid urbanisation and modernisation. It
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Mountain Agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia
This publication conveys priority and entry points to turn the potential of mountain agriculture into real benefits for the Asian region. It includes 8 country case studies. Mountain agriculture requires
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Developing subnational scorecards for nutrition accountability in Tanzania
Scorecards are an increasingly popular instrument aiming to advance accountability for nutrition. Often devised at national level, growing interest is now emerging in subnational application. This paper