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- Biofortified staple crops can provide 25-100% of daily vitamin A, iron, or zinc needs and have been shown to improve nutrition and health outcomes.
- Introducing biofortified varieties in Malawi, Pakistan, and Guatemala could reduce the cost of nutritious diets by 7-13% for households.
- Biofortification is a cost-effective intervention and has estimated returns of $17 for every $1 invested by improving health and productivity.
- In Malawi, various biofortified crops like vitamin A maize, beans, sweet potato and
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2. UN 2020 SOFI Report highlights:
• 3 billion cannot afford a healthy diet
– pre-COVID-19
• Healthy diets are 5 times more expensive
than diets that meet only dietary energy
needs through a starchy staple
• 57% or more cannot afford a healthy diet -
sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia
• In Malawi
• Energy suff’t – $.28, 1.3% cannot afford
• Healthy diet $2.85, 93.7% cannot afford
3. Access to nutritious diets is often lowest in areas
with the highest malnutrition
MOZAMBIQUE
DHS (2011) and WFP (2017)
< 20
20 – 29
30 – 39
40 – 50
> 50
% Children <5 years with
signs of Chronic
Malnutrition
< 30
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
60-69
> 70
% Households unable to
afford nutritious diet
Source: Frances Knight (2019), presented at a HarvestPlus Brown Bag Webinar on WFP Cost of the Diet study
4. Share of expenditure on maize in total food
expenditure (by quintile)
MALAWI
0.54
0.43
0.36
0.29
0.20
0.40
0.35
0.26
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.15
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
1 2 3 4 5 Total
Shareofexpenditureonmaize
intotalfoodexpenditure
Quintile
Rural Urban
Data Source: Mussa. J. Int. Dev. 27, 546–563 (2015)
5. Micronutrient Sources in Malawi
MALAWI
Calories Protein
Vitamin A Iron Zinc
Source: IFPRI Analysis of Fourth Integrated Household Survey (IHS4), 2016-17
6. Agriculture – Food
• Agricultural Breeding
‒ Focus
o Yield
o Pest resistance
o Disease resistance
o Climate Smart – drought, salinity
‒ Nutrition ???
7. HarvestPlus Crops: Nutritional and Farmer
Benefits
Iron Beans
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 80% of daily
iron needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, virus resistant,
heat and drought tolerant.
Vitamin A Maize
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 50% of daily
vitamin A needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, disease and virus
resistant, drought tolerant.
Zinc Maize
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 70% of daily
zinc needs.
Farmer Benefits: High-yielding, virus resistant.
Iron Pearl Millet
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 80% of daily
iron needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, mildew resistant,
drought tolerant.
Zinc Wheat
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 50% of daily
zinc needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, disease resistant.
Vitamin A Cassava
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 100% of daily
vitamin A needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, virus resistant.
Vitamin A Sweet Potato
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 100% of daily
vitamin A needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, virus resistant,
drought tolerant.
Zinc Rice
Nutritional Benefits: Provides up to 40% of daily
zinc needs.
Farmer Benefits: High yielding, disease and pest
resistant.
8. • Biofortified crops provide 25-100% of a child’s average daily vitamin A, iron or zinc needs.
• Vitamin A biofortified crops improve night vision and reduce vitamin A deficiency and diarrhea—leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in young children.
• Iron biofortified crops reverse iron deficiency and iron-deficiency related anemia, reduce fatigue, and
improve cognitive and physical performance.
• Zinc biofortified crops can improve immune function, and reduce stunting, the risk of diarrheal disease and
respiratory infections, inflammation, pneumonia, vomiting, and fever.
The Evidence: Biofortified Crops Improve Nutrition and Health
Published, peer-reviewed research shows that:
9. Return on investment: As much as $17 in health and productivity benefits for every $1 spent on
biofortification.*
Cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved is estimated at a highly cost-effective $15-20.**
The crops are highly adaptable. Once a start-up investment in biofortified crops is made, they can be
adapted by crop breeders to various regions and conditions at low additional cost.
The Evidence: Biofortification Is a Cost-Effective Strategy
*Source: Copenhagen Consensus
**According to World Bank criteria for
cost-effectiveness of health interventions
10. The Evidence: Vitamin A
Zambia (Vitamin A Maize):
Increase in beta carotene concentrations and total body stores of vitamin A (Gannon et al., 2014; Palmer et al.,
2016), and improvement in pupillary responsiveness (Palmer et al., 2016a)
Potential to help reduce aflatoxin contamination of maize (Suwarno et al., 2019).
Farmers appreciated the yield, cob size, and cob-filling characteristics of the new varieties, as well as the taste
and aroma of vitamin A maize preparations (Diressie et al., 2016)
Consumers in rural Zambia preferred nshima made with vitamin A maize more when compared to non-biofortified
counterparts, even in the absence of nutrition information; nutrition information bringing in greater acceptance
(Meenakshi, et al., 2012)
Malawi (Vitamin A Sweet Potato):
Consumers liked the sensory attributes (e.g., appearance, taste, and texture), and culturally accepted, specifically
with regard to feeding the children (Hummel et al., 2018)
11. Introducing Zincol Biofortified wheat could reduce
nutritious diet cost by 13%
PAKISTAN
3.1
2.7
3.3
2.9
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
Nutritious Diet Nutritious Diet
with Zincol Wheat
Nutritious Diet Nutritious Diet
with Zincol Wheat
Punjab Rural Punjab Urban
DailyCost(USD)ofmeeting
nutrientrequirementsfor5-
personhousehold
WFP (2019)
Source: Frances Knight (2019), presented at a HarvestPlus Brown Bag Webinar on WFP Cost of the Diet study
12. The impact of Zincol on nutritious diet cost varies
by household member
PAKISTAN
WFP (2019)
0.1
0.2
1.2
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
6-23mo
Child
School
Child
Adolescent
Girl
Adult Man PLW Elderly
Woman
DailyCost(USD)ofmeeting
nutrientrequirements
Nutritious Diet
Nutritious Diet with
Zincol Wheat
Rural PunjabSource: Frances Knight (2019), presented at a HarvestPlus Brown Bag Webinar on WFP Cost of the Diet study
13. Introducing SuperChiva biofortified beans could
reduce nutritious diet cost by 7%
GUATEMALA
WFP (2019)
Western Highlands
9.14
8.53
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
Household (5 people)
DailyCost(USD)ofmeeting
nutrientrequirements
Nutritious Diet
Nutritious Diet
with Super
Chiva Beans
Source: Frances Knight (2019), presented at a HarvestPlus Brown Bag Webinar on WFP Cost of the Diet study
14. The impact of SuperChiva on nutritious diet cost
varies by household member
WFP (2019)
0.42
0.92
3.44
1.70
2.65
0.38
0.85
3.09
1.59
2.63
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
6-23mo Child School Child Adolescent Girl Adult Man PLW
DailyCost(USD)ofmeeting
nutrientrequirements
Nutritious Diet
Nutritious Diet with Super Chiva
Beans
Source: Frances Knight (2019), presented at a HarvestPlus Brown Bag Webinar on WFP Cost of the Diet study
GUATEMALA
Western Highlands
15. Biofortification is Critical in Resilient Food Systems
• Reduces the Cost of a nutritious diet
• Shocks to incomes and livelihoods
‒ Dietary change towards staple foods => more resilient micronutrient consumption
• Shocks to food systems directly
‒ Most vulnerable are animal source foods, fruits and vegetables, staples are resilient
• Nutrition program delivery – Vit A caplet distribution
• Biofortification as a base for fortification, ensuring greater reach
Biofortification is the foundation of a more nutritious food system
17. Crop Value Chains – Biofortified/Nutrient-Enriched
Crops
Vitamin A Maize
Iron Beans
Vitamin A Sweet Potato
Vitamin A Cassava
18. • Vitamin A maize
‒ 10 varieties released, 4 commercialised
‒ Food processing has commenced at small scale
‒ Delivery catalyzed by HarvestPlus
‒ Main crop for commercialization
• Vitamin A Sweet Potato
‒ 9 varieties released, all commercialized
‒ Food processing has on a large scale, both at commercial and community level
‒ Delivery catalyzed by CIP
• Iron Beans
‒ 3 varieties released, one commercialised
‒ Delivery catalyzed by ABC
• Vitamin A cassava
‒ 1 variety released, not commercialised
‒ Delivery catalyzed by IITA
Crop Value Chains
19. Biofortification Delivery Framework
• Delivery through developmental channels (partnership
projects)
• Delivery through the commercial route by catalyzing
and enabling partnerships
‒ Crop Research and Development and Testing
‒ Seed Multiplication
‒ Distribution and demand creation
‒ Food partnerships, Processing and Value addition
‒ Retailers and Consumers
• Advocating for biofortification Integration in key
policy documents
‒ Govt and donor engagements
• HarvestPlus Solutions
20. Partnerships
• We have created over 40 partnerships for delivery across the value chain
• Focal points in Govt are DARS (technology anchor) and DNHA
• We have seed companies, CGIAR centres, local and international farmer
organisations, NGOs, CBOs, food aggregators, processors and millers.
21. Policy Framework
• Biofortification is embedded in a number of key policy documents such as:
‒ National Agriculture Investment Plan 2018-2023
‒ National Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Policy (2017-2021)
‒ National Integrated School Health and Nutrition Policy
‒ Malawi Growth and Development Strategy III (2018-2020)
‒ National Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategic Plan (2018-2020)
• This shows how committed the Govt is to scaling up biofortification through
key public sectors
22. Scaling Up Actors
For biofortified crops/foods to reach the targeted rural and peri-urban
communities, within the existing policy framework, there is need:
1. To integrate nutrient-enriched crops, key public seed and
food systems through deliberate policies:
‒ School Feeding Program (biofortified school meals)
‒ Grain aggregating agencies and programs (e.g. ADMARC and NFRA, WFP)
‒ Affordable Input Program (AIP)
‒ Agriculture Nutrition Sensitive Programs
2. For private sector participation in the delivery program (seed
companies, agrodealers, processors, private aggregators
etc.)
3. For development partners to incorporate biofortified nutrient
enriched crops in their nutrition sensitive agriculture
programs