September 1 to 7 is celebrated in India as National Nutrition Week, and attempting to raise awareness around nutrition absorption and consumption, LANSA research is running a blog series to enlighten readers on simple nutrition science facts.Part 1: Understanding bioavailability and nutrient interactions in our bodyNow-a-days, people are more conscious about the food they eat and its effect on their health. We are now faced dealing with double burden disease and triple burden disease. By...
Blog Series for National Nutrition Week in India: Bioavailability of nutrients
Author : D J NithyaPublished Date : Friday, September 1, 2017
Learning to share research for wider uptake
Author : Sangeetha RajeeshPublished Date : Friday, September 1, 2017
Twenty-three scientists from MSSRF participated in the half-day RU training organised by LANSA on August 11, 2017. The need assessment indicated that 90% of participants had knowledge of Blogs, Twitter and Facebook, and also felt it useful to share their research via blogs and social media. However, just 21% had written a blog to present their research while another 21% had used a blog to partially talk about their work. Close to 60% of the participants had never written a blog on their...
Bringing the spotlight on women agriculture workers and their nutrition condition
Author : Sangeetha RajeeshPublished Date : Monday, July 31, 2017
LANSA successfully hosts South Asia policy dialogue at ANH Symposium in Kathmandu, NepalOn July 12, the plenary session hosted by LANSA at the 2nd Agriculture, Nutrition, Health (ANH) Academy Week and Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab Scientific Symposium in Kathmandu, Nepal, brought together researchers, policymakers and policy influencers to discuss ‘Improving Nutrition Through Recognising, Protecting and Promoting the Rights and Wellbeing of Women Agricultural Workers in South...
From “Why?” to “Let’s Work!” on Kitchen Gardens
Author : Beena GhouriPublished Date : Friday, July 28, 2017
Action Against Hunger is carrying out a study in Pakistan on ‘Peoples’ perspective and feasibility of kitchen gardening in different geographical and environmental contexts’ funded under the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia’s second Responsive Window grant.About the studyIn Pakistan, figures indicate that intake of vitamin-rich foods is a challenge for many people. Therefore diets are inadequate in terms of nutrient consumption, which eventually leads...
