Nutrition

Poverty, malnutrition and resulting poor health are highly connected. FSG research shows that agriculture policy can play a role in reducing the burden of malnutrition and ill-health.

FSG focuses on documenting and evaluating different agricultural interventions that have the potential to improve maternal and child nutrition. It recommends policies that can improve diet quality among the poorest and most vulnerable members of society, including infants, young children, and women. These include interventions focused on agricultural production and diversification (such as homestead food garden programs, bio-fortification, fortification of processed foods), as well as policies focused on strengthening the linkages between the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors of government.

Publications and Presentations

Historical Milestones of AFRE International Involvement in Teaching, Research, Outreach, and Capacity/Institution-Building Activities: 1933–2023

Published on January 7, 2025
This report chronicles AFRE's international teaching, research, and capacity-building efforts from 1933–2023, detailing milestones, thematic focuses, and contributions to global agricultural development.
Research and policy for the food-delivery revolution Implications for nutrition, environment, and work may be considerable

Published on August 18, 2022
Meemken, E-M., M.F. Bellemare, T. Reardon, C.M. Vargas. (2022). Research and policy for the food-delivery revolution. Science. 377(6608): 810-813.
MSU FSG Wins a $1.2 Million Award: The Evaluation of the Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Program

Published on June 11, 2018
The project led by MSU FSG aims at increasing the capacity and willingness of consumers, especially low-income consumers, to acquire and consume more nutritious foods.
Farm Family Effects of Adopting Improved and Hybrid Sorghum Seed in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa

Published on January 10, 2018
Smale, M., Assima, A., Kergna, A., Theriault, V., and Weltzien, E. 2018. Farm family effects of adopting improved and hybrid sorghum seed in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa. Food Policy, 74 (January): 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.001
Not Just for the Wealthy: Rethinking Farmed Fish Consumption in the Global South

Published on November 15, 2017
Belton, B., Bush, S.R., Little, D.C. 2018. Not Just for the Wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South. Global Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.10.005