In the char areas of #Bangladesh 🇧🇩, grass pea cultivation provides hope for farmers. 🫛✨

This legume crop can thrive in challenging conditions and provides a low-cost source of protein when most other crops fail.

👉 on.cgiar.org/3QGS4DS

#nutrition #foodsecurity

New research reveals diet and food environment challenges for adolescents in #VietNam . 🍽️🇻🇳

The #SHiFT_Initiative is working with Viet Nam’s National Institute of Nutrition to develop ideas for further research and interventions.

Read more ⬇️
on.cgiar.org/3TMaCDt

There is growing global momentum behind #foodsystems strategies to improve nutrition, but generating rigorous evidence on what types of interventions work is challenging.

🆕🗞️draws on a portfolio of 6 evaluations of food systems interventions: doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnu…
CGIAR

Investing in the future of food systems! 🌏🌱

The #SHiFT_Initiative and Hanoi University of Science and Technology awarded research grants to 4 master's students in #VietNam .

Learn about the 2024 winners: on.cgiar.org/3vW37Sv

📣A dietary shift has been observed in India 🇮🇳, emphasizing the need for sustainable fisheries & aquaculture.

💡Read this article 📑 to understand why it matters that more people than ever in India are eating fish 👉 worldfishcenter.org/blog/more-peop….

#AquaticFoods

Our publication uncovers the complex origins and domestication history of this globally 🌏 important crop.

Discover the fascinating story behind sweetpotato's 🍠 evolution and its implications for agriculture 🌱.

👉🏽 bit.ly/PB-OriginSweet…

🔸 UGent
🔸 Nagoya University

NOAA 'When it comes to aquatic food, we need a people-centred and a nutrition-sensitive approach. People are the stewards of the ocean, and the ocean must meet their needs.'

- Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted CGIAR Nutrition at #OceanDecade24

Through a #foodsystems approach, the #FRESH_Initiative is addressing low fruit & vegetable intake in #Tanzania . 🇹🇿

Learn how IFPRI researchers are evaluating the impact of FRESH interventions.
👇
on.cgiar.org/3UbkVm6

🗣️Today, CGIARNutrition Director Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted joined the panel discussion at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona! 🌊

#OceanDecade #OceanDecade 24 UN Ocean Decade UNESCO Ocean CGIAR

🌾Nigeria emerges Africa's first country to develop #biofortified rice. HarvestPlus partnered with the Federal Government for the development of these nutritious #rice seeds.
naturenews-africa.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/naturenews…

What’s needed to unlock a #FutureFit food sector by 2030? How can companies alleviate the costs that farmers face in implementing climate & nature solutions?

Join @WBCSD, @WMBTweets & Food and Land Use Coalition for a webinar this Thurs @ 2pm UTC to find out!

🖥️ on.cgiar.org/3PTjqq4

🐟 Small indigenous #fish are often richer in #micronutrients than larger farmed fish like tilapia.

In South Asia where nearly half a billion are #undernourished , WorldFish's scalable production breakthroughs provide a new hope.

Read more: on.cgiar.org/4aEvmnO

🤔 Can behavior change interventions help curb unhealthy #food consumption?

Discover the key findings in this scoping review from Initiative TAFSSA: on.cgiar.org/3U0vYOQ

CGIAR IFPRI #healthydiets #nutrition #OneCGIAR

🥩🥚🥛 Animal source foods are essential in the fight against #malnutrition , particularly in the developing world.

How do we weigh the nutritional benefits of #livestock against their environmental impacts?

🎧 💡 Tune into ILRI.org's The Boma podcast: on.cgiar.org/3TJarsM

At least 1️⃣ in every 6️⃣ children is acutely malnourished in #Gaza and their numbers are rising rapidly.

Is it too late to save Gaza’s population from famine?

Read more: on.cgiar.org/3vA14Dy

📷 UNICEF

CGIAR IFPRI CGIAR_EMD Rob Vos - IFPRI Johan Swinnen

💪 Empowering small #food vendors is key to better urban food systems.

In Quezon City, #Philippines , CGIAR and Quezon City Government launched the Vendor Business School Program for the city's small food vendors to hone entrepreneurship and ensure #food safety.

on.cgiar.org/48VXktI

🚨The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reports that 685,000 people in #Gaza already face the highest level of severe #hunger .

Without urgent actions, famine is imminent for 1.1 million people in the coming weeks.

Read more from CGIAR & IFPRI experts 👇 on.cgiar.org/3vA14Dy

📣 2️⃣ new reports from Food and Land Use Coalition, @WMBTweets & @WBCSD reveal how the #food sector can:

🌽 Mitigate ½ of global #food systems GHGs by 2030
🌾 Ensure sustainable, equitable & resilient #supplychains

Learn more: on.cgiar.org/3vwqOkl

#FutureFit

Diversifying diets for better health in #SriLanka 🇱🇰

New study finds Sri Lankan adults need a wider range of fruit, vegetables & nutritious foods in their diets.

🔗 Read the brief: on.cgiar.org/49jubst

#FRESH_Initiative IFPRI

Improving the diets of young children in rural #Benin 🇧🇯

#FRESH_Initiative research identifies nutritional gaps & opportunities for increasing fruit & vegetable intake.

🔗 Read the brief: on.cgiar.org/4ay71js

IFPRI Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg)