Project Update:
Food Security and HIV/AIDS in Uganda

ICRW is working to improve food security and nutrition of AIDS-affected households in rural Uganda, partnering with The AIDS Support Organization of Uganda (TASO) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO).

The project addresses the complexities of food insecurity and HIV/AIDS by forging partnerships across sectors — including institutions with expertise in agriculture, nutrition, gender and HIV/AIDS — at the district, community and local levels.

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Innovative approach links agriculture, nutrition and gender

The strategy of the Agriculture and Nutrition Advantage (TANA) project was to cultivate a network of leaders and advocates in sub-Saharan Africa who would promote an approach to combating hunger that is effective but rarely used in practice: linking agriculture and nutrition, while also accounting for gender.

The decision to promote this approach was based on the premise that agriculture and nutrition communities are missing opportunities to reduce poverty, hunger, and malnutrition by failing to combine scarce resources, act collaboratively, and incorporate gender analysis throughout their work.

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Nutrition and Gender Initiative

ICRW Partner Honored for Work Linking Gender, Nutrition and Agriculture

Rosanna Agble, former head of the nutrition unit within the Ghana Ministry of Health and an ICRW project partner, was honored at a meeting of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) in Durban, South Africa, for her presentation and essay based on two ICRW projects: The Agriculture Nutrition Advantage Project and The Nutrition-Gender Initiative.

She received a $1,000 award from the Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics and Management from the American Dietetic Association Foundation. The award is given for presentations that highlight innovative strategies, likelihood of success, sustainability and plans for outcome evaluation. The work was chosen out of more than 120 applicants.

Congratulations to Rosanna and the ICRW team!

	Click on the cover to read the Agriculture and Nutrition Advantage report by ICRW