At the Golden Jubilee Conference of Nutrition Society of India held in Hyderabad from November 15-17, LANSA dedicated the ‘Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition’ symposium to the memory of Dr. Prakash Shetty , CEO-LANSA. The symposium was chaired by Dr. Madhura Swaminathan , Chairperson, MSSRF and Chair, LANSA Consortium Steering Group.

Dr. Brinda Viswanathan, Professor, Madras School of Economics and LANSA researcher shared research findings on Enabling Environment for Agriculture-Nutrition Linkage  in India. LANSA Research Lead and Professor of Food, Agriculture & Health, SOAS, London, Dr. Bhavani Shankarshowcased LANSA studies on How do policies and strategies influence the nutrition impacts of agriculture.  Professor of International Development Policy, SOAS, London & LANSA Research Lead,Dr. Nigel Poole shared Leveraging Value Chains for Better Nutrition  Insights from LANSA work in South Asia, while Dr. R V Bhavani , MSSRF and Project Manager, LANSA, shared insights on Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture  research in India.

Research under LANSA was also shared with wide audiences via two poster presentations - Farming System for Nutrition  and Addressing Household Micronutrient Intake through Nutrition Garden Intervention  in rural India. LANSA stall at the NSI Exhibition displayed communication material and research products for conference participants. LANSA films and farmer-interviews were screened at the stall as well. Watch full LANSA symposium here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y7TYATcFMg