USAID Advancing Nutrition draws together global nutrition experience to design, implement, and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition. Working across and through varied sectors, we provide technical support to and implementation of nutrition interventions for USAID and its partners to address the root causes of malnutrition. We also provide technical assistance to USAID to support the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025 in the many countries where USAID works.
Activities
Browse a selection of 93 activities from our Focus Area technical teams.
Driving Consumer Demand for Nutritious Foods in Nigeria
Food Systems Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Assessing consumers’ preferences, barriers, and motivators for consuming safe, nutritious foods to design social and behavior change activities in Nigeria.
Capacity Building of Agriculture Extension Workers and Farmers in Aflatoxin Reduction
Capacity Strengthening Food Systems Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Nutrition and Health Systems Technical Assistance Request
USAID Advancing Nutrition collaborated with the Government of Nigeria to conduct six one-day trainings in aflatoxin mitigation in groundnuts and other staple crops.
Strengthening the Capacity of State Committees for Food and Nutrition to Support Enhanced Multi-Sectoral Coordination and Programming
Capacity Strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
USAID Advancing Nutrition Nigeria conducted capacity assessments to inform capacity strengthening plans for State Committees for Food and Nutrition in Bauchi, Kebbi, and Sokoto.
Improving Impact and Sustainability of Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition in Fragile Contexts
Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Resources and tools to support USAID Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) activities implement quality SBC for greater impact and sustainability of multi-sectoral programs.
Improving Food Fortification in Honduras: Data in Action
Food Systems Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Evidence Generation
USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted a study on fortified foods in Honduras and, based on the results and recommendations of the study, organized a meeting with several key stakeholders to develop an action plan to promote food fortification in the…
Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Interventions in Protracted Emergencies
Food Systems Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts Improving Women and Children’s Diets in Emergency Contexts
USAID Advancing Nutrition worked with partners to better understand where evidence gaps exist for effective nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions and practices in emergency response and recovery programming (6-18 months duration),…