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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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On International Women’s Day, RAHI launches women-led projects as part of its SAMBAL initiative (Business News This Week)

March 11, 2021

Business News This Week (India) published an article that announced that RAHI has launched projects aimed at eradication of malnutrition through farm-based micro-projects in hunger hotspots of India, as part of its SAMBAL initiative launched on World Food Day 2020.  The projects shall work exclusively with women farmers to improve food security and food diversity in chosen areas of Koraput, Malkangiri, and Nabrangpur districts of Odisha. These districts are one of the most severely malnourished districts of India. IFPRI has ranked Koraput at 541, Nabrangpur at 575, Malkangiri at 588 among 599 districts studied for prevalence of hunger and malnutrition. 

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