The past decade has seen unprecedented attention going to undernutrition, and drastically reducing child stunting has become a global development objective. The focus on linear growth retardation and stunting led to successful advocacy for nutrition but also revealed confusion and misunderstanding about the meaning of these terms among researchers, donors, and agencies active in nutrition. […]
Ethiopia webinar: COVID-19 and its Impacts on Childhood Malnutrition and Nutrition-related Mortality
The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN), the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), IFPRI, and the Food Security Portal (FSP) project are co-organizing a webinar with support from the European Commission on COVID-19 and its impacts on childhood malnutrition. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 23 at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EAT […]
Featured Resources: Week of June 10, 2020
The spread of COVID-19, and the range of policy responses to contain the pandemic, exert wide-ranging effects on agri-food systems and livelihoods. IFPRI’s COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal captures these policy responses and examines their direct and indirect impacts on the crisis in many Compact2025 countries and beyond, including the different types of institutional collaboration […]
Featured Resources: Week of March 9
An article in World Development reflects on two decades of research by IFPRI economists and nutritionists and concludes that well-designed pragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can generate evidence that helps partners design and implement successful multi-sectoral development programs at scale. The article is part of the journal’s inaugural Symposium on Development and Poverty Alleviation marking […]
NIPN Ethiopia workshops on communicating research results
Communicating nutrition research beyond academia is a critical part of improving nutrition. It is also a core activity of the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) approach towards informing policy and influencing the policymaking process for improved nutrition. To improve communication skills for nutrition researchers in Ethiopia, IFPRI and the Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) […]
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