Promoting nutrition strategies to cope with COVID 19 in Lesotho

by Pauline Lekeba-Sithole Malnutrition is still a major challenge in Lesotho with infants and children under-five mortality rates being high in rural children compared to those in the urban. Children…

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Capitalizing on digital tools to sustain bean production, trade and consumption amidst COVID-19

This blog was published by Sylvia Kalemera, Patricia Onyango, Enid Katungi, Boaz Waswa, Eliud Birachi, Noel Templer, Fadhili Kasubiri, Kessy Radegunda, Elvira Omondi, Eward Mushi and Jean Claude Rubyogo   When…

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High Iron and zinc beans: The new panacea for malnutrition in Zimbabwe

 by Eileen Nchanji and Bruce Mutari Most rural households in Zimbabwe are vulnerable from multiple climatic shocks, cash shortages, price changes, health issues resulting in 33% of the households not…

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New study calls for shift to pre-pregnancy nutrition, to drive down stunting in Rwandan children under two-years-old

A scientific report published in April calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among recommendations, authors urge renewed…

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The promise of beans in the fight against malnutrition

The idea that agriculture must not only feed us enough, it must also feed us well, has gained much traction on the development and research agenda in recent years….

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