Poster prepared by Khumbo Mango, Agnes Mwangwela, Zione Kalumikiza and Vincent Mlotha for the Africa RISING ESA Project Review and Planning Meeting, Lilongwe, Malawi, 3–5 October 2018.

1. Effect of nutrition education and milk processing on nutritional status of under-five
children among dairy farming households in Dedza District of Malawi
Khumbo Mhango1, Agnes Mwangwela1, Zione Kalumikiza1, Vincent Mlotha1
1Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Challenges & Study objective
 Although dairy farming is considered as a nutrition sensitive agricultural
intervention, child malnutrition among diary farming households is
equally high.
 Households, have challenges to reserve more than 2 liters of milk per day
for household consumption due to low milk production, economic
hardships, gender and family dynamics within the households
Main study objective: To assess the effect of nutrition education and milk
processing as strategies designed to increase milk consumption and the
effect on nutritional status of under-five children among dairy farming
households in Dedza.
• Chitsanzo Milk Bulking Group
• Chitsime Milk Bulking Group
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September 2018
We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING sites for their contributions to this work. We also acknowledge the
support of all donors which globally support the work of the CGIAR centers and their partners through their
contributions to the CGIAR system
Introduced technologies
Household milk product processing
 Coagulated products
 Paneer
 Enriched products
 Milk smoothies
 Yoghurt smoothies
 Fermented products
 Yoghurt
 Chambiko (a local fermented product)
Figure 2: Milk products processing trend: intervention vs control
Figure 1: Milk product processing session
Evidence
 Household milk products processing increased at the intervention group
from 3.2 % at baseline to 96.7%
 Consumption of homemade dairy products by under-five children at the
intervention increased from 0.0% to 86.2% (ie banana milkshake)
 This work has been documented as an Msc Thesis, and a Manuscript is
under review in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour
Approaches of taking the technologies to scale
 Engaging Milk Bulking Groups into dairy product processing
 Involving men and grandparents in dairy product processing and nutrition
education sessions
 Using local ingredients and materials (recipe modification to suit the
targeted population)
Proposals for the future
 Social and economic feasibility of household dairy processing
and nutrition education
 Nutrient composition, safety and efficacy of acceptable
households processed dairy products on child nutrition
 Pathways for Scaling up households goat, dairy and legume
utilisation for improved nutrition in the context of sustainable
agroecological intensification
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