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Nutrition‐Sensitive Agriculture: What Works and Why Katherine Dennison RD MPH, USAID‐Bureau for Food Security
Iron & folic acid
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Toolbox of Proven Solutions
Improved BF
Vitamin A
Behavior change Food supplementation
WASH
Agriculture
Women’s EmpowermentDisease prevention & control
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The ‘F’ Diagram
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WASH‐Nutrition Conceptual Framework
Water source far from home Inadequate storage Water pricing High amount spent on water
Low water quantity
Unimproved sanitation Poor hand-washingLess money
for food Less time for
food preparation Faecal contamination of home
DiarrheaEnvironmental EnteropathyNematode infection Poor water quality
Poor nutritional status Unprotected water source
Source: O. Cumming, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013
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How Does Agriculture Affect Nutrition?
Food Consumed • Calories • Protein
• Micronutrients
Income Invested in… • Diverse diet,
nutrient‐rich foods
• Health care
• Sustainable livelihood for year‐round food and health care access
Gender in Agriculture• Maximizing
women’s control of income
• Managing time and energy demands
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Main Agriculture & Nutrition Pathways
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Agriculture as a source of food
• Production decisions are influenced by market prices, relative costs and risks, productive assets, preferences and cultural norms
• Processing and storage impact food access and nutrient content
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Evidence on Food Production Pathway
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• Household food production, esp. nutritious foods Ghanaian children in HH keeping poultry twice as likely to have minimum dietary diversity In Burkina Faso, HHs collecting wild foods and those producing food rather than cash crops had better dietary diversity; also in Burkina, women’s BMI improved in a project promoting micronutrient‐rich food consumption.
• I Rn w anda, hemoglobin and serum ferritin both improved among those consuming high‐iron beans. OFSP, vitamin A cassava, and iron pearl millet also have some positive results.
Evidence on Food Production Pathway
Processing & Storage
• Micronutrient Fortification
• Good management, processing and storage can increase food access and reduce stunting (perhaps by 1 SD!)
• Occupational risks:
– E.coli and Salmonella in agricultural wastewater
– Increased malaria where water is stored
– Risks in value chains (e.g., zoonosis)
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• Improve d year‐round income and cash flows to meet household needs, including diverse, nutritious foods, and health care
• Assumes nutritious foods and health services are accessible – reflect s the importance of generating demand and need for nutrition behavior change
Agriculture source of income
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Evidence on Income Pathway
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• Income correlated with stunting reduction at macro level, but evidence at micro level is sparse.
• Increased obesity in rural areas.
• Household income correlated with household dietary diversity, especially for female‐headed households
• Role of non‐agricultural income during lean season
• Correlation between income and diet diversity, but not evidence of effects on nutrition at household and individual level
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Agriculture as a means to women’s empowerment
• Women are more likely to spend added income on the health and nutritional needs of the household
• Women’s access to income is more often considered than time and energy use
Evidence: Women’s Empowerment Pathway
Control over assets and use of income
• Women’s control lead to better diets for women and children
Time Use & Child Care
• Tension between earning income and caring for child
Female Energy Expenditure
• Physical work compromises pregnancy and lactation nutrition
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Enabling Environment: Food Market
• Int ‐ra household decisions on food production, expenditure and savings, and power dynamics are influenced greatly by the enabling environment
• Availability and affordability of diverse, nutritious foods in local markets drive choice, preferences
• Ti me and energy availability are influenced by ease of food preparation
• Disea se bur den influenced greatly by food safety environment, and environmental sanitation
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Achieving Better Nutrition Outcomes
Design nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities, outcomes, and indicators that link with nutrition-specific activities in co-located areas.
Reference the frameworks, principles, and pathways.
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Works Cited
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