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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 […]

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Haiti As unrest continues in Haiti, hospitals, civil protection units and other emergency services are functioning with limited capacity due to fuel shortages, lack of safe water and other essentials. As unrest continues in Haiti, hospitals, orphanages, civil protection units […]

Event Post October 3, 2019 Crunching IFPRI data to build research capacity in Papua New Guinea Gracie Rosenbach Emily Schmidt New insights into nutrition and poverty from IFPRI’s PNG Household Survey on Food Systems.