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Pakistan’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy by Amna Ejaz, Research Analyst, IFPRI-Pakistan.
Presented at the ReSAKSS-Asia - MIID conference "Evolving Agrifood Systems in Asia: Achieving food and nutrition security by 2030" on Oct 30-31, 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar.
Pakistan’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy by Amna Ejaz, Research Analyst, IFPRI-Pakistan.
Presented at the ReSAKSS-Asia - MIID conference "Evolving Agrifood Systems in Asia: Achieving food and nutrition security by 2030" on Oct 30-31, 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar.
3.
Brief Background
Self-sufficient in cereal and grain production
High burden of malnutrition (NNS, 2011)
66% of households cannot afford a nutritious diet, given their current food
expenditures (GoP & WFP, 2016)
High inadequacies in food intake
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform and World Food Programme (2016). Minimum Cost of the Diet – Pakistan. Islamabad,
Pakistan, 2016.
4.
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115 2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Index(2000-01=100)
Food Availability Per Capita (1/2)
Food Production Per Capita (1/6)
Self-Sufficiency Ratio (1/6)
Relative Food Price (1/6)
Trends in Food Availability and
Accessibility in Pakistan
Status of Nutrition over the Decades
(IFPRI & AKU, 2017)
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43 42 42 44 45
38
11 9 11 12
15
11
7
53
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40
32 30
23
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Stunting Wasting Underweight
Trends in Food and Nutrition Security
6.
Government is Taking Ownership
Key Strategies in Place:
o Agricultural and related policies (National Water Policy, National Food
Security Policy, provincial Agricultural Policies, Seed Amendment and Plant
Breeders Rights Act).
o Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Act, Food Fortification Acts
and the Early Marriage Restraint Act
o Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategies
Expanded social safety nets.
o Expansion of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) coverage
o Initiatives under the ‘Ehsaas’ Program
Provincial programs to address stunting, wasting, malnutrition
8.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy
A multi-sectoral portfolio of
both “nutrition-specific” and
“nutrition-sensitive”
interventions
Significantly and sustainably
reduce the burden of
malnutrition in the Country.
Malnutrition &
Food Insecurity
Agriculture
Crop,
Livestock,
Fisheries
Food
Health
Water,
Sanitation
& Hygiene
Education
Social
Protection
9.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy
Guiding Principles:
#5: Plan Multi-sectorally;
implement sectorally; and
review inter-sectorally.
#7: Ensure Private Sector
Engagement
Malnutrition &
Food Insecurity
Agriculture
Crop,
Livestock,
Fisheries
Food
Health
Water,
Sanitation
& Hygiene
Education
Social
Protection
10.
Program Coordination & Governance Framework
Federal
o national policy & planning;
o standardization & regulation;
o coordination & information sharing;
o overall monitoring and evaluation.
Provincial
o Implementation
All provincial governments have developed and endorsed MSNS with
varying stages of development towards integrated PC-1s.
11.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy
Successes and Potential
Challenges.
- ’thinking through a nutrition-
lens’
- Potential (future) issues in
coordination, communication, and
knowledge sharing.
Malnutrition &
Food Insecurity
Agriculture
Crop,
Livestock,
Fisheries
Food
Health
Water,
Sanitation
& Hygiene
Education
Social
Protection
13.
Data Sources: State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019. National Nutrition Survey 2011. Pakistan Demographic and Health
Survey 2012-13; 2017-18
Note: Horizontal bars represent the target set forth by the SDGs for each of the indicators.
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10
15
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40
45
50
Prevalenceof
Undernourish
ment(PoU)
Stunting
Wasting
Underweight
Percentage(%)
National Baseline (2014-15)
PDHS 2017-18
SDG Target 2030
Progress towards SDG-2 in Pakistan