Workshop on Nutrition and Marketing Diversity in Kenya

28 August 2014. Nairobi, Kenya. Workshop on Nutrition and Marketing Diversity. The workshop was one of the final steps in a 2.5-year collaborative research programme on improving dietary quality through agricultural biodiversity in collaboration with other research centres, local partners and the target community members.

The workshop was one of the final steps in a 2.5-year collaborative research programme of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health on improving dietary quality through agricultural biodiversity in collaboration with the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Giessen University, Germany and Kenyatta University, Department of Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, Nairobi, Kenya.

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health is planning to produce a manual together with our partners – Diverse complementary foods for all seasons which will be used at the community health worker level and for agricultural extension workers to inform about which foods are needed to improve complementary foods throughout the year.

Improving nutrition through local agricultural biodiversity in kenya from Bioversity International

View the other presentations from the workshop:

• Improving nutrition through increased utilization of agricultural biodiversity in Kenya
• Community-based educational intervention improved the diversity of complementary diets in Western Kenya- results from a randomized control trial 
• Does nutrition education improve complementary feeding practices and mother’s nutrition knowledge? A case study from Western Kenya
• Variety for Security: A case study of agricultural, nutrient and dietary diversity among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya