ANH2016 Research Conference presentations
Session 1: Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages
- Rosemary E. Isoto, Makerere University: Nutritional barriers to agricultural productivity in Uganda (IMMANA Fellow)
- Eike Luedeling, World Agroforestry Centre: Probabilistic Causal Models for Nutrition Outcomes of Agricultural Actions (IMMANA Grant)
- Hassan Ishaq Ibrahim, Nigeria Federal University: Characterizing post-harvest losses in rural communities of Northern Nigeria: A panacea to reducing household food insecurity
- Lidan Du, SPRING: Developing guidance for the first nutrition-sensitive agriculture indicator under Feed the Future Initiative
- Andrew Jones, University of Michigan: Developing an innovative approach to measuring the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and testing critical linkages from farmer livelihoods to nutrition (IMMANA Grant)
- Anteneh Girma, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency: Evaluating the food and nutrition security impact of agricultural technologies: Evidence from measuring the multidimensional food security impact of rainwater harvesting decisions in Northeast Ethiopia
- Perrine Geniez, Global Support Facility for National Information Platforms for Nutrition: National information platforms for nutrition: an international initiative to improve the analysis of existing data to understand how to improve human nutrition
Session 2: Agriculture and Sustainable Diets
- Todd Rosenstock, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF): Surveillance of Climate‐Smart Agriculture for Nutrition (SCAN) (IMMANA Grant)
- Stephen Shisanya, Food and Nutrition Security Consulting: Adaptation to Climate Change and the Impacts on Household Food Security Among Rural Farmers in uMzinyathi District Municipality of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Edward Joy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Sustainable and Healthy Diets in India
- Dominic Rowland, School of Oriental and African Studies, LCIRAH: Contributions of forest foods to meeting recommendations for dietary intakes: A multi-country case study analysis
- Andrew Jones, University of Michigan: What matters most for cultivating healthy diets: agricultural diversification or market integration
- Roseline Remans, Columbia University: Synergies and Trade-offs for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutritional Yields and Climate-Resilience for Cereal Crops in Central India
Session 3: Health Impacts of Animal Sourced Foods
- Derek Headey, International Food Policy Research Institute: Is exposure to animal feces harmful to child nutrition and health outcomes? Observational evidence from four rural surveys
- Mieghan Bruce, Royal Veterinary College, LCIRAH: Food system dynamics, animal disease and human nutrition in Tanzania (IMMANA Fellow)
- Daniel Senerwa, International Livestock Research Institute: Economic costs of aflatoxins in Kenyan dairy value chain
- Amy Webb Girard, Emory University: Women’s empowerment in livestock-focused agriculture: Identifying and understanding pathways to impact for maternal and child nutrition in East Africa (IMMANA Grant)
- Bekele Megersa, Hawassa University: Milk consumption, nutrition and health in southern Ethiopia (IMMANA Fellow)
- Maria Garza, Royal Veterinary College: Animal health management in aquaculture and poultry systems in Bangladesh: a decision-making perspective
- Geday A. Elias, Sup-Agro Montpellier: Impacts of Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Dairy Value Chain on Food and Nutrition Security in Ethiopia: Using Multiple Food Access Measurements
- Maud Carron, Royal Veterinary College, LCIRAH: A governance assessment of Nairobi’s poultry meat value chains: understanding a transitioning urban food environment
Session 4: Women, Households and Nutrition
- Cynthia R. Matare, Zvitambo: Women's time use, agriculture and nutrition in Zambia (IMMANA Fellow)
- Jessica Heckert, International Food Policy Research Institute: Is Women’s Empowerment a Pathway to Improving Child Health Outcomes in an Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Program? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Burkina Faso
- Sudha Narayanan, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research: The Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI): Measuring nutritional empowerment to better link agriculture to nutrition (IMMANA Grant)
- Hilde Bras, Wageningen University and Research Centre: Women’s position, birth order and child nutritional status in Ethiopia
- Nitya Mittal, Columbia University: Intra-household allocation and child nutrition in Bihar, India (IMMANA Fellow)
- Erin Milner, University of California Berkeley: Household food insecurity associated with child development in a rural Kenyan community on Lake Victoria
- Gudina Egata, Haramaya University: Seasonal Changes in the Prevalence of Food Insecurity among Rural Households in East Ethiopia: a Longitudinal Panel Study
- Florence Mtambanengwe, University of Zimbabwe: Enhancing the contribution of legumes and small grains to household nutrition security among smallholder women farmers of Zimbabwe
- Elisabetta Aurino, SOAS, LCIRAH, Imperial College London: Do Boys Eat Better Than Girls in India? Longitudinal Evidence From Young Lives
Session 5: Markets, Value Chains and Nutrition
- Aisha Twalibu, Save The Children: Leveraging value chains to improve nutrition: collaborative learning initiative on methods and metrics for improving the identification, design and evaluation of interventions (IMMANA Grant)
- Jérôme W Somé, University of Michigan: Examining the influence of agricultural production on seasonal changes in household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso
- Rohit Parasar, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation: Case study of food distribution value chain under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme in two Indian States
- Giacomo Zanello, University of Reading: Buy or Make? Farm Production Diversity, Market Food Availability and Diet Diversity in Afghanistan
- Kalle Hirvonen, International Food Policy Research Institute: Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets
- Bart Minten, International Food Policy Research Institute: Market access, welfare and nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia
- Mehroosh Tak, SOAS, University of London, LCIRAH: Agriculture, Infrastructure and Nutrition Linkages in Rural India: A State Level Analysis
Session 6: Determinants of Diets and Nutrition
- Anna Herforth, Columbia University: Indicators of Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa (IANDA) (IMMANA Grant)
- Matilda E. Laar, McGill University: School feeding program implementation, child nutrition and agricultural development in Ghana (IMMANA Fellow)
- Clement Adamba, University of Ghana: Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: preliminary findings from a cluster randomised control trial
- Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, LCIRAH: Food consumption in India: comparison of national and regional dietary data sources
- Parnali Dhar Chowdhury, International Development Research Centre: Understating school children’s knowledge and perception of beverage consumption patterns in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Keiron Audain, University of Zambia: The social determinants of food consumption patterns and nutritional status of older persons in Zambia: A case of Milenge district, Luapula province
- Asnake Irenso, Haramaya University: Difference in levels and predictors of food insecurity among urban and rural households of Kombolcha district of East Harerge zone, Ethiopia
- Fiorella Picchioni, SOAS, University of London, LCIRAH: Impacts of food price changes on food and nutrition security: estimates of the Minimum Calorie Expenditure Share for Mozambique and Bangladesh
Keynote speeches
Making Nutrition Digestible: Conversations Across Tables
Haris Gazdar, Collective for Social Science Research
Final remarks at Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Week
Shawn Baker, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
