Insights from fieldwork in SindhMy colleagues and I spent some time in the rural areas of Badin and Shahdadpur in the Sindh province of Pakistan, to conduct initial exploratory research for a LANSA study on the impact of women’s agricultural work on nutrition. The aim of the study is to understand the trade-off women working in agriculture face between work and care and the effect that can have on nutritional outcomes. Our preliminary qualitative research consisted of interviews with...
Call for proposals for new research initiative: IMMANA
Author : Julia PowellPublished Date : Friday, October 3, 2014
Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition ActionsA new five year research initiative aims to accelerate the development of innovative and interdisciplinary methods, metrics and tools to advance scientific understanding of the linkages between agriculture and food systems, and health and nutrition outcomes, to better inform policy and programmatic actions in low and middle income countries. It's first public activity is to launch a call for research proposals.IMMANA (...
Free Online Educational Course: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health
Author : Louise WatsonPublished Date : Friday, September 12, 2014
Main photo: A small boy herds two of his family's donkeys through the plains of Ethiopia. Source: Courtesy of Gates FoundationA new free online course is now available to help government advisors and practitioners understand the links between agriculture, nutrition and healthAgriculture is a supplier of food and nutrients, a source of household income, and an engine of national economic growth. Through these many pathways, agriculture is intimately linked to food security, nutrition...
Strengthening capacity to use research
Author : Julia Powell and Sangeetha RajeeshPublished Date : Friday, July 11, 2014
Training workshops hailed a success by stakeholdersLANSA’s stakeholders are the people who have an interest in our research. They are usually part of organizations that are either influential or supportive of improving nutrition through agriculture and agri-food systems. These stakeholders are at the heart of LANSA’s research uptake strategy. We interviewed them as part of our enabling environments research, and consulted them on our research plans.Stakeholder capacity to use...
