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Linkages Between the Natural Environment and Select Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from USAID-supported Research Collaborations

Linkages Between the Natural Environment and Select Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from USAID-supported Research Collaborations

Author(s): Dr. Anila Jacob

Publication Date: 2016

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At the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (October 2016), Dr. Anila Jacob of the USAID Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) project shared research linking biodiverse natural systems with food security and nutritional outcomes.

Dr. Jacob’s findings reveal how food security is enhanced by wild foods and other contributions from healthy ecosystems such as pollination, the provision of wild foods, and natural pest control.

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