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Quality Diets for Better Health Formative Nutrition Report: Assessment of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia

Author: Emma Waugh, Amy Webb Girard et al. February 13, 2019

Infant and young child feeding in Ethiopia is sub-optimal, and is especially so in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. The International Potato Center (CIP) and People in Need (PIN) are working with Emory University and local stakeholders to implement the Quality Diets for Better Health (QDBH) …

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PRESENTATION 36: Promoting OFSP Alongside Other Crops: Lessons from HKI’s Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Interventions

Author: Akoto Osei September 26, 2018

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PRESENTATION 34: Achievements and Lessons Learned from the Building Nutritious Food Baskets Project

Author: Joyce Maru, H. Munyua et al. September 26, 2018

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PRESENTATION 33: Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN)

Author: Simon Heck, Kirimi Sindi et al. September 26, 2018

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PRESENTATION 23: Learning to Be an Effective Biofortification Advocate: Conceptual Framework of the Determinants of Nutrition Status

Author: Tumaini Mikindo September 26, 2018

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SPHI Brief 45: Root and Tuber Crops for Agricultural Transformation in Malawi (RTC-Action Malawi)

Author: FELISTUS CHIPUNGU, Daniel VanVugt September 26, 2018

In 2018, with technical backstopping from International Potato Center (CIP), three new OFSP varieties were released in Malawi. These varieties are suitable for different agro-ecological zones of Malawi including drought prone areas. They are suitable for household utilization for food and nutrition security. Further, the varieties have been tested and …

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SPHI Brief 40: A Scaling Up Model for Multiple Biofortified Crops: the Building Nutritious Food Baskets Project

Author: Hilda Munyua, Richard Kasuga et al. September 26, 2018

The Building Nutritious Food Baskets (BNFB) project has been testing biofortification scaling up model and the achievements so far demonstrate that effective scaling up is dependent on supportive policy environment, strong institutional capacities and proven technologies.

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SPHI Brief 38: Strengthening Institutional Systems for Scaling up OFSP for Improved Nutrition and Food Security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia

Author: Haile Tesfay September 26, 2018

From July 2017 to June 2018, a total of 8.45 million orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) cuttings (1,317,500 in Tigray and 7,131,220 in Southern Nations Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR)) were distributed. These directly reached 19,758 households (HHs): 5,348 HHs in Tigray and 14,410 HHs in SNNPR. In addition, continuous advocacy efforts …

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SPHI Brief 37: Reaching Communities Through School Children – Students as Agents of Change

Author: Julius Juma Okello, Norman Kwikiriza September 26, 2018

The International Potato Center (CIP) conducted studies in Nigeria and Ethiopia among school children to understand their response to information they receive about orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). The studies used experimental methods, to introduce OFSP along with nutrition information designed to nudge children to regularly consume OFSP as part of regular …

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