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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Accelerating Agri-Nutrition: The Role of Agriculture in Improving Nutrition in Kenya

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I am keen to find out what other institutions/countries are doing to link agriculture to nutrition for improved health outcomes. (Agri-Nutrition)

"How do we bridge the disconnect between nutrition and agriculture?" The response requires us all to work together across sectors to create systems that are sensitive to nutritional outcomes.

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Submitted by bssf on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 04:09 Permalink

During November to December in 2017 I was involved in carrying out a Baseline Study of the project, Water and Saline resilient agriculture in coastal regions in Bangladesh. During this empirical study it has been revealed that before engaging with that project 90% of women never met any agriculture extension services. Those who met or received extension services they were mainly received an orientation of how to produce vermi compost and it was sponsored by an NGO. But the sad scenario is that they could not practice what they received! So it is pivotal to review extension method when we will introduce nutrition sensitive agriculture.       

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Submitted by wallace.mawire on Sun, 03/11/2018 - 19:38 Permalink

also wish to get updates on the same topic