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The Significance of Stunting

Posted on June 19, 2013

It is often said that a picture can tell a thousand words. Sometimes the same can be said for an indicator. Stunting – a measurement of chronic malnutrition – is one such indicator. Whilst stunting might not be a term … Continue reading →

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New Book Release! Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Food Security

Posted on April 18, 2013

With some of my Bioversity colleagues, Danny Hunter and Teresa Borelli, and colleague/chef Federico Mattei, we edited a new book entitled “Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health.” The book is part of the Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity series … Continue reading →

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New UNICEF Nutrition Report Released

Posted on April 18, 2013

UNICEF’s nutrition report has just been released and I think it is a great contribution to what has been a big year for nutrition within the development agenda. The last time we saw a report from UNICEF on nutrition statistics … Continue reading →

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Business case for Sustainable Diets

Posted on February 12, 2013

This is a repost from the Guardian’s Sustainable Business Blog. See original post here. Making the business case for sustainable food Scrutinising the issues around diet, disease and poverty will allow us to make informed choices about how to tackle … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Biodiversity Books

Posted on February 12, 2013

There are so many beautiful books out there but two that stand out on biodiversity are FAO’s Gardens of Biodiversity and Slow Food’s Almanac 2012. Both are downloadable as PDFs here and here. Not only should we use biodiversity, so … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Life strengthens their nutrition program in Timor Leste

Posted on January 7, 2013

Check it out! Since the year 2000 Seeds of Life (SoL) has been active in reducing hunger in Timor-Leste, and is now taking steps to further integrate nutrition into its food security efforts. 58% of Timor-Leste’s population experiences reduced growth … Continue reading →

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Roman Holiday

Posted on January 1, 2013

This year I was the recipient of the Premio Daniel Carasso for nutrition and sustainable diets. A video was made by Laurent Benhamou (Crunk video productions) of our last days in Rome.

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2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 15,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading →

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Rice, Miguel, dogs and development: A Bali Experiment

Posted on December 24, 2012

Some photos of our Bali trip are here. Bali was always one of those places I dreamed of going to. Derek had been there 20 years ago, and after a work trip to Timor Leste that happened to fall over … Continue reading →

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Timor Leste: No Joy in the Brilliance of Sunshine

Posted on December 24, 2012

“Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, … Continue reading →

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