Publications
Action Against Hunger’s international network produces a variety of published works from context analysis and regional assessments to community surveys and field reports.
Recent Publications
ACF Democratic Republic of Congo: Impact of Cross-Sectoral Approach to Addressing Konzo in DRC
September, 2014Households in Bandundu Province, DRC rely primarily on agriculture for food; cultivating cassava as the main crop and have limited dietary diversity. Due to the presence of cyanide in cassava, a poisonous chemical in unprocessed cassava, the retting process to leach out cyanide prior to consumption is essential. Improperly processed cassava causes konzo, a neurological ailment triggered by sustained dietary exposure to cyanide.
ACF Kenya: Participatory Risk Analysis & Integrated Approaches to Increasing Resilience of Pastoral Communities in Northern Kenya
September, 2014Households and livelihoods in Merti and Garbatulla Districts of Kenya are highly vulnerable and threatened by an increasing frequency of cyclical, seasonal droughts in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya. Pastoral communities are at risk with the gradual erosion of community resilience and traditional coping strategies by successive shocks and limited development investments.
Action Newsletter: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt: Empowering women in rural Kenya
December, 2013This newsletter is a bi-annual publication for Action Against Hunger's Kenya Mission. The aim is to reach out to various stakeholders and partners to increase awareness about our programmes. This publication highlights the most recent information on current pogrammes, including the unique initiative, Mother to Mother Support Group, that is transforming the lives of hundreds of families.
What Does It Mean to Implement a Research Uptake Strategy? Experiences from the REFANI Consortium - Summary on the Panel Discussion
December, 2013Summary of REFANI's panel discussion on research uptake, held on October 4, 2016 in London.