NUTRITION & FOOD
SECURITY
Multi-sectoral and integrated
nutrition-sensitive interventions for
enhanced nutrition security
Context
• Agricultural investment in sub-Saharan
Africa has increased food production at
smallholder level
• However, malnutrition rates are still high
due to focusing only on interventions that
increase food availability
• This demands integrating nutrition
sensitive interventions in agricultural
projects that build household’s knowledge
and capacity in nutrition
Our innovative approach
• We integrated Nutrition Sensitive
interventions in existing African Chicken
Genetic Gains (ACGG) project to improve
women and children diets through three
path ways: increased production;
increased expenditure; and women
empowerment
Future steps
• Adopting lessons learned into other similar
projects
• Building the capacity of partners to sustain
the outcomes
Partners EIAR, TALIRI, MOA
Kumlachew Geremew
k.geremew@cgiar.org
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ACGG-ATONU Plate
LIVESTOCK GENETICS
Nutrition Education
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mon
ths
6-11
mos
12-
23
mos
24-
35
mos
36+
mos
8 food group
score
0.7 1.9 3.0 3.8 3.9
7 food group
score
0.7 1.7 2.7 3.3 3.5
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
MeanDDS
Context
Children’s Dietary Diversity Improved
§ To enhance dietary diversity for nutrition
security at smallholder level, nutrition
knowledge is imperative
§ Integrating nutrition sensitive interventions
into the chicken value chain would have
significant contribution to enhance food
security and poverty reduction
§ Multi-sectoral collaboration is the key for food
and nutrition security