About ANH Academy

The Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy is a global community of interdisciplinary researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition and health, with over 10,000 members in 160 countries.

It is one of three workstreams of the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) programme, which, since 2015 has been accelerating progress on tools, data and capacity needed to guide evidence-based policy in agriculture-food systems, nutrition and health.

The ANH Academy aims to facilitate learning and sharing among this global network and beyond; to lower barriers to participation in science and policy; and to foster equitable and interdisciplinary partnerships in research and practice.

Objectives

• Build an interdisciplinary community to share innovative research in agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition and health
• Stimulate the development and harmonisation of new research
• Support the strengthening and sharing of capacity among the research community to undertake inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research
• Facilitate the uptake of robust evidence in policies and programmes in agriculture and food systems for healthy, sustainable and equitable nutrition

What we do

• Annual ANH Academy Week, where hundreds of Academy members meet for learning labs and an interdisciplinary research conference
• Working groups to accelerate research by sharing experience and synthesising disparate research methods,  metrics and approaches
• Skills-based trainings via face-to-face gatherings and webinars
• Support Centre for Agriculture and Nutrition Research (SCANR)
• Curriculum enrichment resources and support for educators in higher education in interdisciplinary topics on agriculture-food systems, nutrition and health

Funding

The ANH Academy is co-funded with UK Aid from the UK government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is led by the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine (LSHTM) in partnership with Tufts University and other organisations around the world.

Membership

Membership of the ANH Academy is free of charge

Ethics and equity guiding principles

The ANH Academy’s goal of fostering sharing and learning is about bringing people from many disciplines and backgrounds together – facilitating opportunities for people to exchange knowledge and experiences from different contexts and perspectives.

Please read our Ethics and equity guiding principles for more information. This is a living document, so we welcome further suggestions from the community.