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The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) programme aims to improve nutrition and health by strengthening tools, capacity and evidence in agriculture and food systems research.
Through competitive research grants and fellowships, interdisciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge synthesis, this five-year programme will accelerate the development of a robust scientific evidence base needed to guide changes in global agriculture and food systems to feed the world’s population in a way that is both healthy and sustainable.
Latest News
30 November 2021 | Agriculture
Harvested maize stored by smallholder farmers to provide food between seasons may be in storage for as long as 12 months. During this period it is highly susceptible to insect pest damage. Thi...
New paper: Trust and responsibility in food systems transformation. Engaging with Big Food: marriage or mirage?
IMMANA
25 November 2021
Concentration of power among transnational ‘Big Food’ companies has contributed to food systems that are unsustainable, unhealthy and inequitable for people and planet.
A new paper in BMJ Global Health co-authored by IMM...
New paper: Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda
IMMANA
09 November 2021
Fruit and vegetable consumption is increasingly associated with improved mental health, but most research in this area has been conducted in high-income countries.
The new paper, published in 'Mental Health and Prevention', pr...
30 November 2021 | Agriculture
Harvested maize stored by smallholder farmers to provide food between seasons may be in storage for as long as 12 months. During this period it is highly susceptible to insect pest damage. Thi...
New paper: Trust and responsibility in food systems transformation. Engaging with Big Food: marriage or mirage?
IMMANA
25 November 2021
Concentration of power among transnational ‘Big Food’ companies has contributed to food systems that are unsustainable, unhealthy and inequitable for people and planet.
A new paper in BMJ Global Health co-authored by IMM...
New paper: Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda
IMMANA
09 November 2021
Fruit and vegetable consumption is increasingly associated with improved mental health, but most research in this area has been conducted in high-income countries.
The new paper, published in 'Mental Health and Prevention', pr...
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