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Fortification of Vegetable Oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda: Progress, Issues, Costs, and Prospects

Fortification of Vegetable Oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda: Progress, Issues, Costs, and Prospects

This study was carried out to help develop a more evidence-based fortification program in Uganda.

Location: Uganda
Uganda Food Consumption Survey (announcement)

Uganda Food Consumption Survey (announcement)

The Uganda Food Consumption Survey was undertaken to provide the critical body of evidence needed by policy makers and program designers to make informed decisions about effective...

Location: Uganda

Reports

Level-III health facility in Southwestern Uganda.

Report on Findings from an Assessment of Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support Services in Southwestern Uganda

In Uganda, SPRING is enhancing the capacity of health facilities to implement nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) activities. To inform the design of these activities,...

Keywords: Nutrition assessment counseling and support
Location: Uganda

Events

AgN-GLEE - Africa participants

Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange - Africa

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among Agri

Keywords: Multi-sector, Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Videos

AgN-GLEE - Africa Feedback: USAID/Ethiopia

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda, Ethiopia
men standing with their crops

Yaajeende Project (APS), Senegal

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda, Senegal
woman standing in a field with crops

Yaajeende Project, Senegal

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda, Senegal
Susan Bradley

Video: Susan Bradley on Women's Agriculture- and Nutrition-Related Decision Making

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture, Women's empowerment
Location: Uganda
Susan Bradley

Video: Susan Bradley Explains the Rationale of Joint Planning for Agriculture/Nutrition Programs

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda
Susan Bradley

Video: Susan Bradley Gives Overview of the AgN-GLEE-Africa Event

In December 2012, the SPRING project hosted an Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) event entitled Strengthened and Sustainable Linkages among...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

News

SPRING Participates in SUN Uganda Launch

SPRING Participates in SUN Uganda Launch

SPRING, in collaboration with the European Union, USAID, UNICEF, and Community Connector is supporting the Uganda government’s launch of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN).

Location: Uganda

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality: Linkages and Measurement Issues

Do higher levels of farm production diversity contribute to improved diets in smallholder farm households? This study adds to existing literature by using and comparing different indicators...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda

ICTs for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Time Use - Can We Do Better Than 24-hour Recall?

Over the past 50 years, understandings of the best ways to combat malnutrition among women and children globally have changed, along with the technology that exists to fight it. The IMMANA-...

Keywords: Women's empowerment, Agriculture, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Uganda

Does Ownership of Improved Dairy Cow Breeds Improve Child Nutrition? A Pathway Analysis for Uganda

This study examines whether adoption of improved dairy cow breeds is linked to farm-level outcomes that translate into household-level benefits, including improved child nutrition outcomes...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Understanding Pathways to Better Nutrition at District Level: Lessons from Uganda

The research detailed in this article explores Ugandan district leaders’ perceptions of the nutrition situation, programs, and opportunities for integration as part of "Pathways-to-Better...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Six Key Actions to Reduce Anemia

This brief, developed by SPRING, describes country-led efforts to coordinate and implement anemia prevention and control, offering lessons learned to help other countries design the best...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Ghana, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Uganda

Trading Off Nutrition and Education? A Panel Data Analysis of the Dissimilar Welfare Effects of Organic and Fairtrade Standards

This study uses panel data from small-scale coffee producers in Uganda and compares the effects of two of the most popular sustainability standards used by smallholder farmers in developing...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Triggering for Positive Behaviour Change in Nutrition

This technical brief provides an overview of community SBCC and triggering on positive nutrition and hygiene behaviours. It summarises some key insights and findings from Sustainable...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Dietary diversity, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Zambia, Uganda

Uganda Releases Biofortified Beans to Address Iron Deficiency Anemia

The government of Uganda has rolled-out five high iron bean varieties in an attempt to address national iron deficiency anemia especially among women, children, and infants. In Uganda,...

Keywords: Anemia, Agriculture, Fortification
Location: Uganda

Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluation

This evaluation, conducted by the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), studied malaria rapid diagnostic tests from...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

The Impact of an Intervention to Improve Malaria Care in Public Health Centers on Health Indicators of Children in Tororo, Uganda (PRIME): A Cluster-Randomized Trial

In this study, researchers sought to determine if a malaria care improvement intervention had an impact on health outcomes for young children in Tororo, Uganda. The intervention group of...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Delaying Iron Therapy until 28 Days after Antimalarial Treatment Is Associated with Greater Iron Incorporation and Equivalent Hematologic Recovery after 56 Days in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

In this study, researchers assessed absorption of therapeutic iron among children in Uganda that were given antimalarial treatment. Children aged 6-59 months with both malaria and anemia...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification, Micronutrient
Location: Uganda

Making Value Chains Work for Food and Nutrition Security

In the November 2016 Ag2Nut Call, Matthias Jäger, Markets and Value Chain Expert, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) / CGIAR, presented findings from a pilot project in...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Kenya, Uganda

Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda

These guidelines aim to strengthen the contribution of agricultural extension and community mobilization to improve household food and nutrition security in Uganda. The intended primary...

Keywords: Agriculture, Community mobilization
Location: Uganda

Pushing the Frontiers in Ag-Nutrition Methods and Metrics: IMMANA Round 1 Fellows Share Their Research

During this webinar, the inaugural round of fellows from the IMMANA program highlighted their research on developing new methodological approaches to guide agricultural interventions for...

Keywords: Agriculture, Food systems, Women's empowerment
Location: Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, India

First 1,000 Days

In his new book, journalist Roger Thurow tells stories of mothers and babies worldwide to explore the effort to end childhood malnutrition. Thurow highlights the importance of proper...

Keywords: Thousand days, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture
Location: Uganda, India, Guatemala, United States

Is Integrating Sickle Cell Disease and HIV Screening Logical?

The Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study introduced a simple yet innovative approach to screening infants for sickle cell disease – the most prevalent genetic disorder in the world, and a cause...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Uganda Introduces Diet Supplementation Program to Fight Malnutrition in Children

SPRING, UNICEF, and the World Food Program (WFP), in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), launched a home fortification program as a strategy to combat micronutrient...

Keywords: Anemia, Micronutrient, Fortification, Infant and young child feeding
Location: Uganda

Is There an Enabling Environment for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in East Africa? Stakeholder Perspectives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda

In this research study, similar barriers to leveraging agriculture for nutrition were identified by stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. These include a narrow focus on solely...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Influence of Schistosoma Mansoni and Hookworm Infection Intensities on Anaemia in Ugandan Villages

In this study, researchers sought to further explore the association of anemia with Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections in individuals aged 5-90 in Uganda. The authors found that...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Haemoglobin Status and Predictors of Anaemia Among Pregnant Women in Mpigi, Uganda

The authors aimed to assess hemoglobin levels and the factors associated with anemia in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in their third trimester in the rural district of Mpigi,...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Integrating Nutrition in Farmer Field Schools in Eastern Africa

Based on experience from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Central Africa Republic, this report describes the adoption of participatory extension such as the...

Keywords: Integration
Location: Rwanda, Uganda

Can Smallholder Fruit and Vegetable Production Systems Improve Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Women? Evidence from Rural Uganda

The authors of this paper aim to empirically infer causal linkages between fruit and vegetable production, individual intake, food security, and anemia. Qualitative research and econometric...

Keywords: Food security, Women's empowerment
Location: Uganda

The Cost of Hunger in Africa: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda

The Cost of Hunger in Africa study demonstrates that child nutrition can be a determinant factor in achieving Africa's transformation agenda. The report highlights that undernourished...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Ethiopia, Uganda

Ag2Nut Community Call: Uganda Food Trade System, and New Dietary Diversity Indicator

The July 2014 Ag2Nut Community of Practice monthly call featured two presentations; one on the Ugandan Food Trade System and the other on a New Dietary Diversity Score. Terri Ballard, a...

Keywords: Dietary diversity
Location: Uganda

The Politics of Food and the Fight Against Hunger: Reflections and Lessons from Uganda

The authors of this extensive review argue that achieving food security in Uganda is an effective means of curtailing civil strife, violence, and insecurity. The paper examines how the...

Location: Uganda

Feed the Future Newsletter: Partnering to Advance Global Nutrition and Food Security

The July 2014 edition of the Feed the Future Newsletter features stories on how the initiative is working to improve nutrition through the U.S. President’s Initiative. Read about efforts in...

Location: Uganda, Bangladesh

Leveling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa

This report presents new data measuring the gender gap in various aspects of agriculture in Africa. A particular focus on six countries— Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania and...

Location: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Niger

Levelling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa

A collaborative report that identifies factors responsible for low-productivity among female-managed farms in Africa, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania,...

Keywords: Women's empowerment
Location: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Niger

Improved Dairy Cows in Uganda: Pathways to Poverty Alleviation and Improved Child Nutrition

This study uses a nationally representative sample of Ugandan households to rigorously examine how adoption of improved dairy cow breeds impacts enterprise, household, and individual child...

Location: Uganda

MPEP Seminar: Latest Impact Findings on Financing Africa's Smallholder Farms

Since 2009, Opportunity International has disbursed more than 164,000 agricultural loans and opened more than 618,000 rural savings accounts across Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana, and...

Keywords: Budgeting/financing for nutrition
Location: Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Uganda

The Importance of Using Food and Nutrient Intake Data to Identify Appropriate Vehicles and Estimate Potential Benefits of Food Fortification in Uganda

This baseline dietary intake survey in Uganda 1) estimates the prevalence of inadequate intakes of specific micronutrients, and 2) predicts the potential contribution of fortification of...

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Uganda