The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will work hand in hand with governments and other partners in the Pacific to accelerate improvements to sustainable nutrition sensitive food systems while helping to mitigate the negative effects of climate change on agriculture. The pledge was made today at […]

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Research Post October 4, 2019 Incorporating prevention into community-based management of acute malnutrition: Insights from Mali and Burkina Faso Lieven Huybregts Elodie Becquey Jef Leroy Marie Ruel Studies show mixed results for a program that coupled acute malnutrition screenings with dietary supplements.

Source: World Health Organization, World Food Programme, UN Children’s Fund, Save the Children Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Recent studies show that new treatments can save over 90 percent of people who come early during their illness while a highly effective vaccine has protected over 226,000 people. As the […]

The domestication of plants proved a pivotal point in human history, propelling our species to ever newer heights of sophistication and control over the environment, for better or worse. Right from the get-go, though, farmers made mistakes with long-lasting consequences. Take the wild grass Echinochloa crus-galli, which originated in tropical […]