August 7, 2014 | By Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow Reports on the 1,000 Days

Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, discusses his work with HarvestPlus in Uganda in a Meet-the-Journalist video by The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting:

Good nutrition is vital in the 1,000 Days, the time from when a woman becomes pregnant to the second birthday of her child. It is the most critical time for a child’s physical and cognitive development.

In this Meet-the-Journalist video, Roger Thurow explores innovation of biofortification and how mothers are enlisting the crops they grow in the fight against malnutrition:

Continue reading on the The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting website.

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Roger Thurow Reports on the 1,000 Days

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Archive

Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Accelerating Nutrition

Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations

Guest Commentary - The Future is Now: It’s Time to Make Feed the Future Permanent

Global Food Security Act of 2015: What It Is and Why It Matters

Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations

5 Questions with USAID’s Richard Greene on Nutrition and Food Security

Guest Commentary - Healthy Soils, Healthy Foods

Global Food Security Symposium 2015 Videos Now Available

Guest Commentary - Agriculture: The Common Thread Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals

The Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program: Improving Productivity from Farm to Fork

Special Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief: Global Food Security Symposium 2015

Stopping Malnutrition's Assault on Our Health and Economy

Healthy Food for a Healthy World – Agriculture, Food Systems and Global Nutrition

Leverage Trade Policy to Tap Future Food Markets

Guest Commentary - Investing in Collaborative Conservation to Address Global Food Security Challenges

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