South Asia has experienced rapid economic growth, yet it still has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, and half the population is undernourished. Besides children, undernutrition among women and adolescent girls is also a major concern.Within the overall picture of undernutrition, micronutrient undernutrition (caused by inadequate intake of vitamins and minerals) is a particular issue in countries such as Bangladesh, which have very successfully increased production of food...
Access to food depends on how markets function
Author : John HumphreyPublished Date : Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Agriculture and Nutrition together for Health
Author : Prakash ShettyPublished Date : Friday, August 28, 2015
Foundation day for M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, is in August ever year coinciding with Prof M S Swaminathan’s birthday. This year is his 90th birthday, and MSSRF hosted an International Conference on ‘Science and Technology and Public policy for achieving the Zero Hunger Challenge’ to commemorate the occasion.One of the main sessions of relevance to LANSA, which kick-started the International Conference, was held on the morning of August 8. Titled...
Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia? Afghanistan?
Author : Nigel PoolePublished Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2015
I was somewhat surprised to be in Afghanistan in June 2014, a country which was new to me before LANSA first took me there. It is the high rate of malnutrition in a predominantly rural economy that makes Afghanistan an important country to LANSA. The national average for child stunting has apparently dropped from about 60% to 40% from the mid-2000s according to the latest National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2013, and there are still provinces with U5 stunting of 70%. All the LANSA cross-cuts...
BRAC arranges knowledge sharing event with stakeholders
Author : Snigdha AliPublished Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2015
‘Government representative acknowledges importance of link between research and policymaking - a good day for research uptake!’It was a rainy morning in Dhaka. Perfect for a lively discussion over a hot cup of tea. BRAC arranged a research dissemination seminar on the 14th of June. The main objective was to gather policymakers, development practitioners, academicians and researchers and share the findings of some of the research works done in agriculture and...
