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Jan 2025
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How a School Milk Program is Fighting Hu...

Global Dispatches
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Today’s episode is produced in partnership with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration for a series that examines what works to improve the well-being of people in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings. CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security.

We are calling this series “From Fragility to Stability,” and in today’s episode, we examine how a novel school milk program in Yemen is fighting food insecurity and achieving other impressive results. You will hear from:

  • Adeeb Qasem, Director for Economic Development Initiatives at the HSA Group
  • Lily Bliznashka, a research fellow at the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

 

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