Follow AllAfrica News: Nutrition, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-nutrition Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:54:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4vKb2KcaSQ-1Lv-B9hV9S2 [African Union] African Union Commission and Nutrition International join forces to launch advocacy campaign focused on reducing malnutrition particularly in adolescent girls]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:33:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4vKb2KcaSQ-1Lv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4vKb2KcaSQ-8qq6eZJzUh9 [African Union] The two-day High-Level Dialogue on Nutrition Financing which started on 23 March, set out to review initiatives on private sector engagement, unpack the role of the private sector plans in innovative financing for nutrition on the continent and assess accountability in resource allocation as well as Parliamentarians' oversight of budget allocation.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:31:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4vKb2KcaSQ-8qq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6WZ9f2KyYAq1hGNgNo2_0q [WHO] A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:35:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6WZ9f2KyYAq1hGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4f5OHoDx5c21T72x6uxjiK [VOA] Juba -- The shooting deaths of two drivers with the U.N.'s World Food Program in South Sudan last week underscored the country's status as one of the deadliest for aid workers. But aid workers say help is needed now more than ever as the World Bank estimates more than 9 million people will need assistance this year.]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 12:15:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4f5OHoDx5c21T72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4DGRPcAxRwmi1Ly282xAAw [New Times] Adeline Umukunzi stands in a field in Musanze District picking nutritious mushrooms from inside a small covered structure. The structure provides an environment with moisture, low light, and humidity, which enables these umbrella-shaped fungi to thrive.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:45:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4DGRPcAxRwmi1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5cE8yISjLsEMqq6eZJzUh9 [New Times] The world marks World Water Day on March 22 amid growing calls for the protection and conservation of water sources to mitigate desertification. Water is life, and nowhere is this as clear as in the role of water in providing nourishment to an ever-growing population.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:51:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5cE8yISjLsEMqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP53hS-Uu91Kk0GT5aWO9DEx [IPS] Nakuru, Kenya -- Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would otherwise find a way out of the animal through cow dung, and dairy farmers have fallen in love with the product.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:50:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP53hS-Uu91Kk0GT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4z5HpfUcGJbCoxzwoq1nFt [VOA] New York -- Nearly 420 million children benefited from free school meals last year, a new World Food Program report said Tuesday, providing an important safety net as hunger reaches unprecedented crisis levels worldwide.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:43:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4z5HpfUcGJbCoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6O-fsq0AyqGNaXKMm36c-X [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Do 90% eat 3 meals day? Yes just after harvest. But 7 months post-harvest 90% won't eat 3 meals.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:23:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6O-fsq0AyqGNaXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4ckYmb19FeDYvmyuk5fxzE [Daily Trust] About 24.8 million Nigerians in 26 states and the FCT could experience acute nutrition and food crisis between June and August following the lingering fuel and cash scarcity in the country.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:33:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4ckYmb19FeDYvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP57UNcz7Zym6rb9ICM-PHur [Times of Zambia] The Africa Food Summit which was held in Dakar, Senegal, recently, highlighted various issues such as the importance of investing in agriculture, arresting soaring inflation in Africa, effects of climate change and effects of the Russia-Ukraine war on the African continent.]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:16:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP57UNcz7Zym6rb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6fqpw9KQFqWarkJyTkC_2b [WFP] Joint US/UN News Release/NIAMEY- The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, and high food prices continues to drive hunger up and push basic meals out of the reach of millions in Niger, demanding immediate and collective action, United States Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome Cindy McCain told journalists at the end of their week-long, U.S.- sponsored field visit to Zinder, Dosso and Tillaberi regions. Following an unprecedented food crisis in 2022, Niger continues to face high levels of food in]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:18:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6fqpw9KQFqWarkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6vntE0Eh0QgO4sICfMfkNm [The Herald] Discussions on the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 aimed to achieve "zero hunger" by 2030 would not be complete without mentioning Bulawayo-based researcher and scientist Ms Dorothy Chipo Madamba.]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:09:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP6vntE0Eh0QgO4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7Bv4pyqUg_BDRQaTQYXBS9 [New Times] On the occasion of the African Day of School Feeding, the Ministry of Education has emphasized the government's commitment to the program, revealing that it has increased the budget from Frw 35billion in 2021/2022 to Frw 78.26billion in 2022/2023.]]> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:44:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7Bv4pyqUg_BDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4y13WAHsMLWH-fx8LWuXng [Ghanaian Times] It is believed that Àkàrà originates from the (Yoru­ba) langauge meaning "bread" or "pastry", or the dish itself. The english name is bean cake, Hausa: kosai, Portuguese: Acarajé is a type of fritter made from cowpeas or beans (black eye peas) from Nige­ria. Also, (Márcio de Jagun, 2015; Jagun, Márcio de, 2017) states that the word drives from the Yoru­ba àkàrà n'jẹ, or "come and eat àkàrà"; the phrase was use]]> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:20:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP4y13WAHsMLWH-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7iMviMAHfwkSoxzwoq1nFt [Greenpeace] Kenya ranks 94th among 121 countries according to the latest Global Hunger Index Report. This puts Kenya among the hungriest countries in the world. The number of Kenyans facing starvation has risen from 4.2 million to 6 million. However, this is not the first time Kenyans are dying of hunger associated with drought and the climate crisis. According to analysis by The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 92 million Kenyans were moderately to severely food insecure between 2014 and 2020. In the last two]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:00:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7iMviMAHfwkSoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7P8nVAkAkKvDRQaTQYXBS9 [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia Physicians' Association (OPA ), a non-governmental professional association, said the prolonged drought in Borana zone of Oromia regional state in Southwestern Ethiopia has apparently brought the most drastic impact on the health of the people.]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:36:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP7P8nVAkAkKvDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5Qw7Z0yFQolEZPHFZJLI3I [Global Press Journal] Kampala -- As fewer Ugandan mothers follow WHO guidance for six months of exclusive breastfeeding, newborns are at risk of infections, stunted growth and malnutrition.]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:51:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5Qw7Z0yFQolEZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5V1smR2kwFMAp41t9tiERU [Namibian] THE Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has spent about N$89 million on the national school feeding programme (NSFP) in a year.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:15:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5V1smR2kwFMAp41t9tiERU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5H2AcXd0XEJ3KSkciKEY1s [The Herald] Zimbabwe is now food secure after achieving bumper maize and wheat harvests in the last few cropping seasons, but the Government remains determined to transform agricultural systems for the sector to contribute positively towards Vision 2030 of an upper middle income society, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera said.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:36:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/onNzLtNMsP5H2AcXd0XEJ3KSkciKEY1s