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
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La portée et l’échelle du commerce de détail des aliments transformés en milieu urbain au Mali
Published on November 4, 2017
Véronique Thériault, Ryan Vroegindewey, Amidou Assima et Naman Keita. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 53 - FR. -
The Scope and Scale of Processed Food Retailing in Urban Mali
Published on November 4, 2017
Véronique Thériault, Ryan Vroegindewey, Amidou Assima, and Naman Keita. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 53 - EN. -
Does Sustainable Intensification of Maize Production Enhance Child Nutrition? Evidence from Rural Tanzania
Published on October 13, 2017
Jongwoo Kim, Nicole M. Mason, and Sieglinde Snapp, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 80. -
Does Sustainable Intensification of Maize Production Enhance Child Nutrition? Evidence from Rural Tanzania
Published on October 2, 2017
Jongwoo Kim, Nicole M. Mason, and Sieglinde Snapp. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 48. -
A City-retail Outlet Inventory of Processed Dairy and Grain Foods: Evidence from Mali
Published on July 31, 2017
Véronique Thériault, Amidou Assima, Ryan Vroegindewey, and Naman Keita, AAEA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 31, 2017
People
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Ben Belton
Associate Professor
beltonbe@msu.edu
+95 925-107-2892
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Melinda Smale
Adjunct Professor
msmale@msu.edu
703-231-8492
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Véronique Thériault
Associate Professor
theria13@msu.edu
517-353-7856
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134