Breastfeeding is a critical component of infant and young child feeding, providing protection against child morbidity and associated with enhanced human capital in adulthood. Support for breastfeeding is gaining momentum across the globe as highlighted during this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, which took place August 1 – 7. The Malawi Ministry of Health encouraged breast […]
Discussion Paper 1653: Does Providing Agricultural and Nutrition Information to Both Men and Women Improve Household Food Security? Evidence from Malawi
Malawi is among the countries in Africa south of the Sahara where millions of smallholder farmers rely on agriculture to ensure their families’ livelihoods, yet low land productivity, inadequate agricultural inputs, labor limitations, and erratic rains translate into widespread food shortages, hunger, and poverty. Particularly in Malawi, poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition remain significant problems […]
Course : Food Security in an Urbanizing Society
Wageningen University’s Centre for Development Innovation is organizing a two-week course on Food security in an urbanizing society. The objective of this course is to acquaint participants with the framework of city region food systems in relation to food and nutrition security in densely populated areas, enabling them to use the concepts of city region […]
Strengthening National Capacity on Food Security
IFPRI-Bangladesh is committed to activities that strengthen the technical and analytical capacity of the government.
Nourishing Millions Podcast Series Launches
Can we really rid the world of hunger and malnutrition in under a decade? The Nourishing Millions podcast series, undertaken in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, seeks to answer this very question.
