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Animal-Protein Alternatives for Food System Sustainability
Posted Feb 7, 2017 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Taking Stock: A Look at the Top Posts of 2016
By Janelle Cruz, Humanitas Global Happy New Year! In keeping with our annual tradition, we wanted to share our top blog posts of 2016! As we embark into 2017, we want to continue sharing inspiring, innovative and current ideas from our team, as well as those of our fellow peers and colleagues. We always love hearing from you and want to share your thoughts and experiences. If you are interested in becoming our next top blog post, please reach out to us at humanitas@humanitasglobal.com Highlights from 2016: World Breastfeeding Week 2016: A Look at the History of Breastfeeding and Breast-milk... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2017 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Human Rights Day: A Cause Worth Celebrating Daily
By Eileen Little, Humanitas Global December 10th marked 68 years since the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, on the second anniversary of the Declaration’s ratification, the United Nations’ General Assembly established an annual Human Rights Day. Since then, the international community has celebrated Human Rights Day by holding campaigns, seminars, and activities to promote awareness for the 30 articles that define the basic rights each and every person is entitled to. And, more importantly, to continue to take a stand for people whose human rights are still not being met. This year the theme of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Digging Deep for Climate Change Resilience in Agriculture
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global Agriculture is inherently vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which threatens current and future global food and nutrition security. Agriculture accounts one one-fifth of total emissions but it also holds immense potential for adaptation and mitigation to climate change while delivering sustainable food systems. At the 2015 Paris Agreement, 94 percent of all countries included agriculture in mitigation and/or adaptation contributions. One primary reason for the recognition of agriculture in climate change action can be attributed to soils role as one of the major carbon pools (following the lithosphere and oceans). This is also... Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The Role of Traditional Knowledge in Eliminating Hunger and Malnourishment
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global For thousands of years humans have exploited living organisms through food, shelter, medicine and clothing. In doing so many peoples have developed a traditional knowledge (TK) revolving around the plant and animal species located in their environment including their direct and indirect uses. There is no internationally recognized definition of TK, but it commonly refers to knowledge, skills and practices confined to a group of people, passed through generations orally and experientially, often forming part of the cultural or spiritual identity. Though TK is responsible for the discovery of morphine, reserpine and aspirin, it is... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Sustainable Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Change: Recommendations from the Committee on World Food Security
Posted Oct 20, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The 2016 Borlaug Dialogue: Nutrition’s Role in Food Security
Posted Oct 12, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Our Childen, Our Future: A Call to Action to Invest in Early Childhood Development
By Nabeeha M. Kazi, President & CEO, Humanitas Global The 2016 Lancet Early Childhood Development Series, with new scientific evidence that builds off of the 2007 Lancet Series on the same topic, launches this week. It comes at a time of renewed international attention on early childhood development (ECD), and doing right by the world's children and their families. Investments in ECD have been growing, with US$1.7 billion from the Inter-American Development Bank and US$3.3 billion from Work Bank supporting more than 423 projects around the world. Since 2000, publications on the subject of ECD have steadily increased and the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The Cost of Eating Healthy
Posted Oct 3, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The Decade of Action on Nutrition: Invigorating Efforts towards a Zero Hunger World
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global Along with endorsement of the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on 1 April 2016 calls for accelerated global action to achieve an end to hunger and malnutrition within the Sustainable Development Agenda and framed by the Rome Declaration. More specifically, the resolution catalyzes governments to develop, set and commit to national nutrition targets for 2025.The Framework for Action further calls on Member States to act across the following six... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Boys Will Be Boys - Food Environment and Food Education I: Partners in Better Nutrition
Posted Sep 27, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Temptations, Peer Pressures and Ignorance – The Influence of our Sociocultural Environment on our Weight
Posted Sep 21, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Boys and Men: A Seat at the Table for Gender Equality
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global “Not only do women make up half the population of the world - but we also brought the other half into it.” Her Excellency, Dr. Joyce Banda. Despite this undeniable foothold in the world, girls and women face inequalities in all aspects of life. According to World Bank data, women and girls aged 15 to 44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, malaria, and war. Roughly 5,000 honor killings are carried out against women around the world every year. Female genital mutilation (FGM), a procedure which offers... Continue reading
Posted Sep 19, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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The Role of Cash Transfers in Improving Child Health and Outcomes
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global Regardless of where a family or caregiver falls on the poverty line, children deserve adequate nutrition, access to healthcare and the opportunity to enroll in and complete school. Yet, children are often unjustly impacted by poverty and disproportionately represented in measurements of poverty. As of 2012 nearly 900 million people were living on US$1.90 a day, the World Bank measure of monetary poverty. UNICEF’s ‘State of the World’s Children 2016’ revealed that children under the age of 17 make up 34 percent of the total population in low- and middle-income countries, they account for 46... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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Can Our Genes Explain Overnutrition?
Posted Sep 13, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Literacy Disparities Explored: Providing Support for Improved Education
Posted Sep 8, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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The Olympic-sized Water Issue Impacting the World
Posted Aug 29, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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Physical Activity and Healthy Food Consumption Habits – The Victims of Urbanization
Posted Aug 29, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Agroforestry in the Humid Tropics of Nicaragua
Posted Aug 22, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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Car-Sharing: Making More Sustainable Cities
By Nicole Graham, Humanitas Global Car-sharing has surged in popularity within the past decade as an affordable and convenient method of renting a vehicle for a short period of time. Contrary to previous methods employed by companies such as Hertz, Enterprise and Avis, car-sharing tends to cater to those who are living in cities and wish to use a vehicle intermittently for errands, quick trips, or weekend activities. In an age when Uber and Lyft are now verbs rather than just company names, car-sharing seems like a logical jump. Users are in control of the car instead of at the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 22, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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A Closer Look: The Complexity Of Overnutrition
Posted Aug 15, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The Convergence of Development and Biodiversity Conservation
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global In the conclusion of this two-part blog I will examine examples of responses to development and biodiversity conservation. Current environmental trends showcase the need for immediate action to reverse degradation and damage while simultaneously identifying development solutions that protect the environment. While there is a universal need for sustainable responses to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is no silver bullet solution. Though environmental conservation and sustainability should be inherent in every response to the SDGs, solutions to poverty in a biodiversity hotspot require a much different response than solutions to poverty in an... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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International Youth Day: Celebrating Young People’s Contributions to the Global Goals
By Nicole Graham, Humanitas Global The role of the youth is changing rapidly. More so now than ever before, children and teens are seen as change-makers who can positively contribute to improving their environments. The United Nations declared 2011 the International Year of Youth with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sharing, “youth deserve our full commitment – full access to education, adequate healthcare, employment opportunities, financial services and full participation in public life.” With the announcement of the post-2015 agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) specifically call upon youths to aid in implementation and success. Creation of the United Nations Major Group... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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Insects and Their Contribution to Sustainable Food Systems
By Savanna Henderson, Humanitas Global Prior to World Breastfeeding Week, the results of a study were published identifying cockroach milk as a potential superfood. While cockroaches lack mammary glands, there is one species, the Pacific Beetle Cockroach that produces a form of milk for its young. The ‘milk’ takes the form of protein crystals in the guts of baby cockroaches, fueling growth and development that exceeds that of other cockroach species (no stunting here!) The crystals have high amounts of protein, fat and sugar and four times the energy of an equivalent mass of cow milk. Unfortunately, milking cockroaches is... Continue reading
Posted Aug 8, 2016 at Hunger-Undernutrition Blog
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The Contradictions of Human Development and Habitat Loss
Posted Aug 8, 2016 at Humanitas Global Development Blog
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