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ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography
Data / Drylands / Food security / Geodata / IBLI / ILRI / Intensification / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nutrition / Pastoralism / Research / SLS

ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography

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the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and ILRI are collaborating in the ‘Improving Dietary and Health Data for Decision-making in Agriculture and Nutrition Actions in Africa’ project, which is developing, evaluating and introducing cost-efficient and scalable solutions for measuring dietary intake and health indicators to track nutrition and health outcomes and their progress at community and national levels in Kenya. Continue reading →

Analysing Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) data to identify pathways towards food security
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Analysing Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) data to identify pathways towards food security

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Our RHoMIS work has led to a unique harmonised database of quantitative information on smallholder livelihoods in low and middle income countries (now containing interviews of more than 28,000 households in 31 countries). We are now in full force analysing these data to identify pathways towards food security, and underpin strategic studies trying to identify the drivers of diverse diets and possible trade offs between agricultural production intensification and key welfare indicators like gender equity. Continue reading →

Addressing the challenge of harmonizing RHoMIS tool data from more than 30 countries
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Addressing the challenge of harmonizing RHoMIS tool data from more than 30 countries

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At last month’s (9–13 Sep 2019) 9th Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL), James Hammond, farming systems analyst at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), presented on how ILRI researchers and partners are addressing the scarcity of data describing the functioning of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Continue reading →

Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey
Agriculture / Article / Climate Change / East Africa / Environment / Farming Systems / Food security / Gender / Livestock Systems / SLS / Women

Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey

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The Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey is now filling knowledge gaps on how strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change, may intensify inequalities between men and women. Continue reading →

A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa
Food security / Kenya / SLS

A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa

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Originally posted on ILRI news:
Despite significant efforts to address it, malnutrition remains a major impediment to development around the world. According to the 2017 Global Nutrition Report, at least one in three people globally are malnourished. While notable progress has been made in reducing world hunger, two billion people are still not getting all…