Nutrition-sensitive
News
Sheema Khatun, a CNC from Bangladesh, spoke at a roundtable on the importance of breastfeeding, challenges she faced, and the vital role of CNCs.
Location: Bangladesh
Congressional staffers learn how partnerships are strengthening agriculture and improving nutrition.
Location: Senegal
SPRING/Bangladesh shares its experience on Farmer Nutrition Schools in the Policies against Hunger XII Conference in Berlin, Germany
Experts from across sectors meet in Bangkok to strengthen multi-sectoral coordination for nutrition
Program reaches 5,500 farmers with diverse nutrition-sensitive and -specific interventions in agriculture, health and water.
Location: Mali
SPRING’s PBN Case Study supported the Nepali Delegation at the Public Finance for Nutrition in Asia (PF4N) workshop.
The PBN case study provides insights into funding processes for nutrition and engages key stakeholders to use data for decision-making in Nepal.
Location: Nepal
In post-Ebola Guinea, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status and inform a new workplan.
In response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, SPRING accompanied LEO to provide a nutrition lens for its value chain assessment fieldwork.
Galleries
SPRING co-facilitated and participated in a partners’ workshop and planning meeting for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)-funded randomized control trial (RCT) on community-...
SPRING and Digital Green used concept testing to gather community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two regions in Niger.
Location: Niger
SPRING held three district- and one national-level dissemination events in Nepal to present final results from the Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Study, which focused on Nepal’s...
Location: Nepal
Photos from the SPRING/Senegal team's visit with community radio partners in the Kaolack, Kaffrine, and Fatick regions.
SPRING recently opened its office in Kaolack, Senegal and conducted two nutrition-sensitive agriculture workshops.
SPRING’s extensive fieldwork studied nutrient-rich value chain commodities (NRVCC) that direct beneficiaries produce and set aside for home consumption.
In response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, SPRING accompanied LEO to provide a nutrition lens for its value chain assessment fieldwork.
In response to the Guinea Ebola outbreak, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status.
Activities
SPRING conducted an orientation to nutrition-sensitive agriculture with study partners in India to support the development of an RCT evaluating the impact and cost-effectiveness of...
SPRING and Digital Green gathered community input to nutrition and hygiene focused videos in two villages in Niger.
Location: Niger
SPRING/Mali trained 375 health staff in 20 villages in Mopti in ENA/EHA and formed 200 ENA/EHA support groups in the communities they serve
Location: Mali
Linking Agriculture to Nutrition team members recently visited the SPRING/Senegal office to conduct a nutrition-sensitive agriculture workshop.
Findings to guide SPRING’s work to strengthen nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Guinea
SPRING’s extensive fieldwork studied nutrient-rich value chain commodities (NRVCC) that direct beneficiaries produce and set aside for home consumption.
SPRING is reaching local farmers across the Mopti region with nutrition-sensitive agriculture education through Farmer Nutrition School trainings.
Location: Mali
Working with two USAID-funded value chain activities in Guatemala, SPRING researched how and where nutrition and agricultural value chains can be linked.
Case Studies
Looking only at the portfolio of Feed the Future activities funded by USAID Bangladesh, SPRING worked with the USAID Bangladesh Mission and its Feed the Future partners to identify ways of...
Reports
SPRING/Mali officially launched in December 2014 with the support of our lead implementing partner, Helen Keller International (HKI). USAID/Mali tasked us with improving the nutritional...
Events
How do traditional market development activities orient their investments to not just improve sales or market share, but also encourage consumption of nutrient-rich commodities? And how can...
Join us on May 26th to learn about different Mission-level approaches to promoting multi-sectoral coordination and collaboration to support nutrition outcomes and what we’ve learned...
The INGENAES project endeavors to build the capacity of both public and private institutions engaged in agriculture extension to provide gender-responsive and nutrition-sensitive advising...