RNE Resilience Workshop, 8 -10 Feb, 2015 Egypt

1. Nutrition: an ally for
resilience programming &
gender mainstreaming
 How nutrition can support resilience
programming and gender mainstreaming
 What can you do to enhance the nutritional
impact of your resilience programmes

2. Nutrition is…
An input to, and an outcome of resilience
An effective entry point to address gender
issues where culturally/politically sensitive
An effective entry point for people-centred,
multi-sectoral planning combining a short &
long-term perspective
A reminder to think of both producers and
consumers and not overlook the most
vulnerable households

3. Nutrition: operationalizing the concept of
resilience
Good Nutrition
Adequate food
intake
Agriculture
Safety
nets
Education
Health
services
Food
safety
Sanitatio
n
Employment
Feeding
pratices
Family
planning
Security
Good health
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Political
will
Infrastructure
« Emergency »
« Development»
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Market
access

4. Nutrition to improve governance (Pillar 1)
Use nutrition figures to build the case for
nutrition-sensitive resilience measures
Integrate explicit nutrition objectives and
interventions in resilience/DRM planning
Support synergies between resilience and
FNS policies and coordination mechanisms
Nutrition as an enabling entry point for
gender and equity-sensitive resilience-
enhancing measures

5. Watching nutrition to safeguard people (2)
Include indicators of food consumption &
diet-related coping strategies as early
indicators of impending crisis
Consider nutritional status as an indicator of
the erosion of people’s resilience and of
greater vulnerability
Analyse causes of malnutrition in different
livelihoods groups to anticipate impact of
shock on vulnerable groups

6. Key entry points for nutrition-sensitive resilience
programming
Use nutrition indicators to identify and target
vulnerable groups
Use the causes of malnutrition by livelihoods group
as an entry point for multi-sectoral programming
Make nutrition an explicit objective of food and
agriculture programmes and monitor progress
against these indicators (esp. food consumption)
Ensure programmes meet nutritional needs of, and
support both women and men
Investing in nutrition to better prevent &
respond to shocks and stress (3&4)

7. Investing in nutrition to better prevent &
respond to shocks and stress (3&4)
Approaches that enhance nutritional impact
Strengthen & diversify household livelihoods and
promote dietary diversification  Choose crops not
just for market potential but also to respond to
nutritional needs.
Incorporate nutrition education to improve dietary
practices, especially of young children
Link food and agriculture interventions to social
protection measures
Link food and agriculture to programmes that
address other causes of malnutrition (health, water…)

8. Tips for nutrition technical assistance
Nutrition is a vast field covering different types of
expertise! So…
FAO promotes food-based appraoches  make
sure the nutritionist has experience of working with
food and agriculture and not just treatment!
Be specific in the areas of greatest relevance for
your programme:
Policy / programming?
Information systems / assessment / M&E?
Nutrition education & behaviour change?
Food safety?