Nutrition security

  1. Unlocking the potential of village chicken production to contribute to household nutritional security
    Livestock are vital to the livelihoods of 70% of the world’s rural poor, providing protein and micronutrients, cash income, draught power, social status and financial security as a form of savings.  Family poultry have a special place as they are frequently the only livestock under the control…
  2. Addressing the Link between Zinc Deficiency in Soils, Crops and Humans
    The Zinc Nutrient Initiative has the potential to improve millions of lives around the world.   50% of the world’s agricultural soils are deficient in zinc. Grain concentrations of crops grown on zinc-deficient soils are much lower; therefore, people eating crops grown on zinc-…
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