Nutrition

Poverty, malnutrition and resulting poor health are highly connected. FSG research shows that agriculture policy can play a role in reducing the burden of malnutrition and ill-health.

FSG focuses on documenting and evaluating different agricultural interventions that have the potential to improve maternal and child nutrition. It recommends policies that can improve diet quality among the poorest and most vulnerable members of society, including infants, young children, and women. These include interventions focused on agricultural production and diversification (such as homestead food garden programs, bio-fortification, fortification of processed foods), as well as policies focused on strengthening the linkages between the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors of government.

Publications and Presentations

Farm Family Effects of Improved Sorghum Varieties in Mali: A Multivalued Treatment Approach

Published on October 3, 2016
Melinda Smale, Amidou Assima, Alpha Kergna, Véronique Thériault, and Eva Weltzien. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 25 - EN.
Conceptualizing Drivers of Agriculture and Nutrition Policy Change through the Kaleidoscope Model

Published on September 21, 2016
Sheryl Hendriks, Suresh Babu, Steve Haggblade, Elizabeth Mkandawire, Nic Olivier, Danielle Resnick, and Hettie Schönfeldt, September 21–22, 2016, Pretoria, South Africa
Gendering Malawi’s National Nutrition Policy Using the Integrated Framework for Gender Analysis in Nutrition Policy

Published on September 1, 2016
Elizabeth Mkandawire, Sheryl L. Hendriks and Lucy Mkandawire. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 18.
Micronutrient Policy Change in South Africa: Implications for the Kaleidoscope Model for FSP Change

Published on August 1, 2016
S. Hendriks, E. Mkandawire, N. Hall, N. JJ Olivier, H. Schönfeldt, P. Randall, S. Morgan, N. JJ Olivier, S. Haggblade, S. Babu. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 18.
Emerging Early Actions for Bending the Curve in sub-Saharan Africa’s Nutrition Transition

Published on April 1, 2016
Haggblade, S. Duodu, K.G., Kabasa, J.D., Minnaar, A., Ojijo, N.K.O. and Taylor, J.R.N. 2016. Emerging early actions for bending the curve in sub-Saharan Africa’s nutrition transition. Food and Nutrition Bulletin:1-23.