Food security
Reports
Executive Summary
Location: Bangladesh
SPRING conducted a two-phase multi-sectoral nutrition assessment for the USAID Nigeria during August–October 2017. We undertook the study to inform the development of a five-year, Global...
SPRING conducted formative research in August 2014 to explore factors that affect household-level food purchase and production decisions in the Feed the Future zone of influence (ZOI) of...
Location: Guatemala
Galleries
Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows neighbors...
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event for health officials in Bishkek to discuss nutrition-sensitive agriculture and launch a new reference book on long-term food storage and preservation.
In response to the Guinea Ebola outbreak, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status.
News
SPRING shared its SPRING/Guinea Social and Behavior Change (SBC) approaches at the ICTforAg 2017 conference during a session entitled "Multi-Channel Communications in Hard-to-Reach Places."
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event for health officials in Bishkek to discuss nutrition-sensitive agriculture and launch a new reference book on long-term food storage and preservation.
SPRING/Senegal organized a two-day workshop on improved village-level poultry rearing for members of its agricultural partner networks.
Deputy Mission Director Nathan Park visited SPRING activity sites in Kok-Jangak rayon, where he participated in a training on home-based storage of nutritious foods, and joined a home visit...
SPRING joined a diverse gathering of nutrition and food security experts at the annual conference.
Experts from across sectors meet in Bangkok to strengthen multi-sectoral coordination for nutrition
In post-Ebola Guinea, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status and inform a new workplan.
Journal Articles
This chapter will first provide a review of the nutrition narrative in relation to food and nutrition, introduce the current understanding of linkages between agriculture and nutrition and...
For this study, SPRING examined the relationship between the food environment and nutrition.
Activities
SPRING works to identify, and promote the adoption of, proven technologies for increased preservation and storage of foods rich in iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, and zinc.
Location: Kyrgyz Republic
Videos
Four men discuss the harvest and the food shortage that always follows. A community advisor tells the men that they should discuss food consumption with their wives and divide the harvest...
Posters
The effect of agriculture on nutrition is multifaceted. Agriculture— contributes to a healthy life by producing foods for household consumption and increasing availability of foods within...
Events
Ronald Vargas and Lucrezia Caon from FAO’s Land and Water division described the various ways soils are fundamental for food and nutrition security, the current threats to soil health, and...
One of the issues the Ag2Nut community has discussed is the need to make diverse, nutritious foods more available and accessible.
Understanding local contexts is critical to designing and implementing effective approaches to improve nutrition through agricultural programs.
The April 23, 2015, Ag2Nut community call featured two new toolkits for gender in agriculture, food security, and nutrition.
Ag2Nut Community Call for 7/30/2014, featuring Tim Sparkman (Mercy Corps) and Terri Ballard (Women's Dietary Diversity Project). Tim discussed facets of the food trade system in Uganda, and...
A discussion on what is needed for global monitoring of adequate food, focused on the need for appropriate indicators of adequate nutritious food, as well as some current efforts to develop...
On February 27thth, 2014, five experts discussed global efforts to define and implement indicators that accurately measure access to nutritious food.
On January 21st, 2014, SPRING hosted the Ag2Nut Community of Practice call, featuring Alexis Hoskins and Veronique De Schutter of the World Food Programme.
Despite a number of studies indicating the importance of integrating nutrition into agricultural and livelihoods programming, there are surprisingly few real world examples of how to do so