Nutrition

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Horticulture Innovation Lab research focuses on nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables, with a focus on understanding whether and how nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions affect household nutrition. Improving dietary diversity by increasing access to fruits and vegetables is an important goal for the program. 

A Call to Action and for Collaborative Co-Creation

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Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT publishes "A Systems Approach for More Effective and Inclusive Agricultural Innovation for Sustainable Transformation," a five-part blog series produced as part of a collaborative effort led by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture.

Promoting food and nutrition security in the West African sub-region through indigenous, neglected and underutilized fruits and vegetables

Led by Dr. Freda E. Asem,
Providing a deeper understanding of the significant role African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFVs) have in global food and nutrition security, this project investigates how actors along the value chain can increase income through enhanced production and consumption of and AIFVs in Ghana and Mali.
Ghana, Mali

Determining the trade-offs between short and long horticulture value chains in Kenya

Led by Willis Owino,
A project focused on the impacts of long and short horticultural value chains on nutrition, economic and social outcomes, and the utilization of information communication technologies (ICTs) within these value chains, to determine the interventions and innovations required to achieve specific outcomes and avoid harmful unintended scaling outcomes.
Kenya