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SPRING
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Brief
Guatemala
English

The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project conducted qualitative research to learn how agricultural market development activities could increase the nutrition-sensitivity of specific commodity value chains in Guatemala. Findings showed that opportunities exist for more multisectoral work that improves the nutrition sensitivity of any value chain, regardless of the commodity’s nutritional content. Good agriculture practices can be nutrition-sensitive in and of themselves and can yield increased production of diverse foods, improved soil and environmental health, increased incomes for male and female producers, and more time available for mothers to spend caring for their families.

Men working in a field, Photo by Hector R. Santos, USAID