Fish is the most frequently consumed animal-source food in Yemen, apart from dairy. Fish consumption is highest in coastal southern Yemen but also very common in southern inland districts. Nine percent of households in coastal southern Yemen earned income from fishing. Earning fishing income is highly positively associated with consumption of fish or meat and with the frequency of fish or meat consumption. Sustaining fish stocks and fishing livelihoods is critical to food security and nutrition in southern Yemen.
A Call for Evidence-based and Sustained Action for Improving Nutrition in Egypt
Aula Ali - IFPRI Egypt office intern
Habiba Hassan Wassef - Health and Nutrition Policy in Sustainable Development Researcher, National Research Center
Sahar Zaghloul - Vice President, National Nutrition Committee
Clemens Breisinger - IFPRI Egypt Country Program Leader
What are the recommended actions for supporting the 100 million Healthy Lives initiative: based on the existing data and research and on experts and policy makers that attended the joint IFPRI Egypt - NNC seminars, the following actions are recommended: [...]
IFPRI EGYPT Seminar: The 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative: Food availability, access and consumption patterns in Egypt
Mai Mahmoud - IFPRI Egypt
In support of the strategic goals of the "100 Million Health" initiative, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held the second seminar in a series of seminars co-organized with the National Nutrition Committee (affiliated by the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology). The IFPRI Egypt seminar, "Research to support the 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative: Food availability, access and consumption patterns in Egypt", took place at the National Nutrition Institute (NNI) on March 24, 2019.
