Tag: nutrition
To Improve Livelihoods, Don’t Go it Alone
Africa & Middle East: MD of Malawi Mangoes gives recommendations on making interventions to improve rural livelihoods gain traction.
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Video: Nutrition for People, Nutrition for Plants with Esin Mete, IFA
Global: Fertilizers don't only help plants grow, but can also contribute a lot to human health.
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Esin Mete: Fertilizing Crops to Improve Human Health
Global: Below is an excerpt from an article by Ms Esin Mete, President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), which discusses the potential of fertilizers biofortified with key micronutrients, such as zinc, iodine and selenium to improve crop yields and resilience, while also making these micronutrients more available to humans when we eat them. Read […]
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Reflections on the G8: Taking the Initiative on Commitments to Tackle Nutrition
Global: Over the last few weeks, Farming First has been following G8 discussions, providing updates across our blog and Twitter feed. The landmark “Hunger Summit” saw world leaders pledge $4bn to combat child malnutrition. This pledge was one of – if not the – greatest achievements of this year’s G8 summit, whose legacy has been to firmly place […]
Read MoreFarmers Fostering Crop Rotation
Global: Encouraging more crop rotation and intercropping is one simple measure that is good for farming and good for diets. Crop rotation means farmers plant a crop such as cereals in their field and then plant a legume and then an oilseed or another crop. In intercropping, at least two different crops are grown simultaneously in […]
Read MoreAssisting African Food Processors to Deliver Quality, Nutritious Foods
Africa & Middle East: Food processing is an important driver of jobs and incomes in many African countries and can also provide access to greater diversity of affordable, high quality and nutritious foods. By improving the capacity of local food processors across sub-Saharan Africa to produce and market healthy food products, while simultaneously improving smallholder farmers’ access to markets, […]
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