Agriculture, Nutrition, & Health


Pesticide Risk Reduction Pesticides kill pests but also their natural enemies. Their inappropriate uses can harm farmers, consumers, and the environment. Over-reliance on pesticides impairs the natural balance of the crop ecosystem. It also contributes to a vicious cycle of... Sanitation and Human Health Sanitation and Human Health Resources on ECHOcommunity This is a list of resources that speak especially to issues of sanitation and human health. Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture In recent years, much attention has been given to the connections between agriculture and nutrition in the development sector as a whole. These connections may seem obvious: we get nourishment from the food we eat, and we eat food produced by... Food Preparation for Health This category is more than recipes. Methods of preparation can enhance (release) or reduce nutrients available. Food Emergencies https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/6dc0e3ee-c5a4-4f21-bcbd-2938f443c7ce Macro/Micro Nutrient Considerations Human Nutrition FAO -  Good nutrition is our first defence against disease and our source of energy to live and be active. Nutritional problems caused by an inadequate diet can be of many sorts, and when they affect a generation of youngsters, they can lower... Food Safety Food Safety on ECHOcommunity "Food safety is linked, directly or indirectly, to the achievement of many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially those pertaining to ending hunger and poverty, and promoting good health and well-being. Food and nutritional security is realised only when essential elements of a healthy diet are safe to eat. Safe food is also vital to the growth and transformation of agriculture needed to feed a growing and more prosperous world population, the modernisation of national food systems, and a country’s favourable integration into regional and international markets.
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