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2021 29 October
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2021 World Food Prize Laureate: The power of small fish to nourish women and children

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Lead Group and Secretariat 0

*First published by U.S. Agency for International Development: Stories of USAID’s Work from Around the World on 25 October 2021, authored by Mr Shawn Baker, USAID Chief Nutritionist and former SUN Movement Executive Committee Chair This May, Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, of Denmark and Trinidad and...

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2021 01 September
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Malawi: Chingondo irrigation scheme back to life after more than a year

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 1

After being idle for more than a year, farmers from the Ngabu Traditional Authority in Nsanje district are happy to be cultivating Chingondo Irrigation Scheme again. Differences in rentals between their irrigation agreement and surrounding irrigation arrangements resulted in dispute, which, through key stakeholder negotiations...

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2021 09 March
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Tackling malnutrition for a better Bangladesh with the support of the SBN

David Martin   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network Since joining the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in 2012, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been resolutely committed to addressing the nutritional needs of their population. Now, with 137 private sector members and a dynamic, enthusiastic team...

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2020 22 April
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Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, and examines how the COVID-19 pandemic might contribute to their...

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2020 19 March
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Tanzania selects nutrition sensitive SMEs through the 2019 Lishe Accelerator

David Martin   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network The Lishe Accelerator, launched in 2018, is a programme aimed at accelerating Tanzania’s nutrition sensitive SMEs through business development and investor readiness training. The second edition of the competition, organised by the SUN Business Network Tanzania, GAIN and Sahara Ventures ran from September...

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2019 18 July
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Reducing stunting through multisectoral efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

All Hands on Deck Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa A copublication of the Agence française de développement and the World Bank The report book lays the groundwork for more effective multisectoral action on reducing stunting by analyzing and generating empirical evidence useful for informing the...

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2019 26 June
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2019 EAT Stockholm Food Forum: The Science is Clear

Sara Quinn   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat 0

More than 1000 people from across the globe working in the areas of food, agriculture and nutrition gathered in Stockholm, Sweden in mid-June to respond to the urgent call for action on food systems transformation. Participants came together to attend the 2019 EAT Stockholm Food...

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2019 26 June
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Heritage crops and under-represented food: Nutritious, affordable and high impact

Sara Quinn   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

An urgent call to action to improve nutrition in the South Asia Region The third South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) Roundtable event was held last week in Bangkok, Thailand highlighting the role of high impact and under-represented nutrition sensitive food systems in South...

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