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A4NH 2017 Annual Report

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) 2017 Annual Report report highlights the program's accomplishments and activities during the first year of its second phase.

Detailed in the report are research, events, and results from across A4NH's five research flagships and four focus countries, including:

• In-depth analyses of food systems in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Viet Nam, with a recently released report on findings in Ethiopia;
• Details on the release of 29 new biofortified crop varieties, extending reach to 3.6 million farming households;
• The first license for Aflasafe to be granted to a private company in Africa, for production, sale, and distribution in Senegal and Gambia to protect crops from deadly aflatoxin;
• A special issue of Global Food Security dedicated to Stories of Change, an innovative initiative building a resource base of experiential knowledge that explores drivers of change in improving nutrition;
• Research into how rice intensification in Africa can be achieved without increasing the risk of malaria; and
• Efforts on incorporating equity into A4NH's research agenda.

An interactive version of the report is available, while the full report can be downloaded here.