ACIAR: Partners magazine focus on nutrition
ACIAR has issued its latest Partners in Research for Development magazine which focuses on nutrition in agricultural research for development.
Date Released: 29/07/2014
The magazine showcases ACIAR research around the world linked to improving nutrition ithrough a variety of approaches - from crop diversification to livestock disease management and from market engagement to food safety.
Much of the research targets women as the natural champions for their families’ health and wellbeing. Some of the highlights include:
- research in Vietnam opening market opportunities for poor smallholder vegetable farmers, which is also providing broader access for consumers to fresh produce,
- promoting traitional colourful fruit and vegetanles in the Pacific to diversify diets and alleviate vitamin deficiencies,
- opportunities for improving nutrition through growing vegetables in peri-urban areas of southern and eastern Africa, and on integrating village poultry and crop production in rural areas,
- the effect of soil mineral deficiencies on livestock and human nutrition in Tibet,
- the importance of small bony fish as an essential source of nutrition for people in the Pacific and South-East Asia,
- ensuring pork is produced in a safe way for consumers in Vietnam and Lao PDR,
- diversifying crops with protein-rich legumes in Burma, and
- the need for carefully planned, multidisciplinary research to avert the dangers of over nutrition
Also covered is:
- + shininga light on how to successfully grow crops and teak together in Lao PDR,
- + helping smallholder farming households in Lao PDR adapt to natural resource pressures,
- + key messages from ACIAR’s new strategic plan 2014-2018,
- + new publication Crop yield and global food security a groundbreaking text. and
- + latest news, events and publications
Newer news items:
- Russia Will Ban All Imports Of US Food And EU Fruits And Vegetables - 09/11/2017 12:21
- Glasshouse technology - smarter growing - 09/11/2017 12:18
- Call for application for Master fellowships in plant science in France - 09/11/2017 12:16
- Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships, May 2016. - 09/11/2017 12:16
- Farm manager plays leading role in postharvest loss - 09/11/2017 12:14
Older news items:
- Starter solutions: Give seedlings a growth boost! - 09/11/2017 12:10
- Happy New Year - 09/11/2017 12:08
- Indonesia Horticulture Festival 2013 (PF2N) to be held in October 2013 - 09/11/2017 12:06
- International Symposium on Indigenous Vegetables - 09/11/2017 12:04
- Workshop on Development of Vegetable seed in Vietnam and South Korea - 09/11/2017 12:03