Vitamin-A deficiency is a major cause of night blindness among children. Growth hampering and lower resistance to infections are also symptoms of vitamin-A deficiency. In Bangladesh, the National vitamin-A Plus campaign has helped to reduce childhood blindness of the country. Coloured vegetables and fruits, (including orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP)) are good sources of vitamin-A. Read full report here.
Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato as a Bio-Fortification Initiative in Bangladesh
Published Date : Tuesday, December 11, 2018Women’s Agricultural Work and Nutrition in Pakistan
Published Date : Monday, November 5, 2018Improving children and women’s health and nutrition by recognizing, protecting and promoting the rights and wellbeing of women agricultural workersWomen’s Agricultural Work and Nutrition (WWN) Survey Findings and Implications
Baseline Survey Report of Nineteen Villages from two States of India
Published Date : Monday, September 10, 2018The South Asian region houses about 276 millions of undernourished people in 2014-15 (Pandey, 2015). Despite rapid economic growth, under-nutrition rates in the region remain high. According to the IFPRI (2014) in Global Nutrition Report, 45 per cent of children under-5 years in Pakistan, 41 per cent in Bangladesh and 48 per cent in India are stunted. A majority of the population in South Asia depend on agriculture and related occupations and activities for their livelihood. This makes meeting...
Focused Group Discussion in Farming System for Nutrition study villages in Wardha
Published Date : Monday, September 10, 2018Following four years of the Farming System for Nutrition (FSN) study in five villages of Wardha district from 2014-17, an endline survey was conducted in late 2017 to see the impact. In order to supplement the quantitative information with qualitative understanding, focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted in the study villages in early 2018.Read full report here.
Focused Group Discussion in Farming System for Nutrition study villages in Koraput
Published Date : Monday, September 10, 2018Following four years of the Farming System for Nutrition (FSN) study in seven villages of Koraput district from 2014-17, an endline survey was conducted in late 2017 to see the impact. In order to supplement the quantitative information with qualitative understanding, focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted in the study villages in early 2018.Read full report here.
Refresher Course for Community Hunger Fighters
Published Date : Thursday, March 15, 2018Nutrition awareness programme is being conducted as a complementary activity to the nutrition sensitive agriculture interventions conducted as a part of Farming System for Nutrition (FSN) study under the research programme on Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) in Wardha, Maharashtra and Koraput, Odisha. For sustainability of the nutrition awareness programme, “Community Hunger Fighters (CHF)” approach was undertaken in mid 2016 under the guidance of...
