http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:18:10 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33979 Scientists and agronomists are racing to develop seeds that are higher yielding, more nutritious, and both drought and climate resilient to meet the challenge of feeding the world in the future.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-%e2%80%93-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-%e2%80%93-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-2/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:59:34 +0000 Meg Towle http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13088 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-%e2%80%93-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-2/feed/ 6 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-1/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-1/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:40:08 +0000 Meg Towle http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13085 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/24/india-is-booming-so-why-are-nearly-half-of-its-children-malnourished-part-1/feed/ 9 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:31:45 +0000 Angelie Singh http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12740 In a world of increasing rates of obesity, it is sometimes hard to remember that another type of malnutrition—undernutrition—remains a major contributor to mortality. Although all ages may be affected by malnutrition, children are most vulnerable to death and long-term disabilities caused by this disease. As such, treating and preventing undernutrition in children contribute to [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/scaling-up-the-right-nutrition-solutions-in-emergencies-but-is-there-enough/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/scaling-up-the-right-nutrition-solutions-in-emergencies-but-is-there-enough/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:17:33 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6951 Ready-to-use supplementary foods (RUSF), fortified with necessary micro- and macronutrients, are central in WFP’s nutrition response in Pakistan– with upwards of 850,000 households receiving these life-saving foods over the coming months. Though other food-based nutrition solutions exist, these specialised nutrition products do not require the addition of water -- decreasing the risk of infections due to a lack of clean water in the current humanitarian crisis.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/scaling-up-the-right-nutrition-solutions-in-emergencies-but-is-there-enough/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:39:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6844 Today, two of the world’s leading companies announce grants and technical support totaling more than $1,000,000 aimed at ending global poverty by 2015. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:34:18 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6764 New York, September 21 – Today, Nestlé pledged a two-year, $400,000 grant to support food and nutrition system initiatives led by the Earth Institute, Columbia University, within the Millennium Villages project. Funds will be used to advance progress towards eliminating hunger, increasing food security, and achieving the nutrition-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 14 [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/15/getting-back-on-track-ending-global-hunger-and-undernutrition/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/15/getting-back-on-track-ending-global-hunger-and-undernutrition/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:54:40 +0000 Jessica Fanzo http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1693 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/15/getting-back-on-track-ending-global-hunger-and-undernutrition/feed/ 1