As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the National Nutrition Committee (ASRT affiliated): "100 million healthy lives: Scientific evidence on the double burden of malnutrition in Egypt"
- The study finds a strong causal relationship between the diversity of household agricultural production and the diversity of diets for pre-school children in Ethiopia. Increasing production diversity by one food group increases dietary diversity by 0.6 food groups.
- However, this relationship does not hold for households living within 3km of food markets, who can purchase foods instead of producing them.
- The findings suggest interventions should focus on increasing incomes from agriculture, educating households on nutrition, and improving market access, rather than expecting all households to diversify production.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomesessp2
Women's empowerment in agriculture and its impact on nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia was examined. Survey data from over 7,000 households across 5 regions was used to calculate the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) for each respondent. The average WEAI score for Ethiopian women was 0.67, lower than some other countries. Leadership and time domains contributed most to disempowerment. Regression analysis found higher WEAI scores, more group memberships, more decision-making power over credit and income, more autonomy in production, and less workload were associated with greater dietary diversity for children and women.
Seasonality continues to significantly impact rural household diets in Ethiopia. Diet diversity increases at the end of the lean season when food availability is lowest. Households consume on average 2,444 calories per day but rely heavily on cereals during lean periods. Expanding irrigation and improving market integration could help households access more diverse foods throughout the year.
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) held its twenty second Senior Policy Seminar on March 09-10, 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria under the theme : “Agriculture and Food Policies for Nutrition in Africa”. Panel member Dr Adebisi Araba, Africa Director, International Center for Tropical Agriculture attended the event.
Scaling Up Nutrition Action for Africa: Where Are We and What Challenges Need To Be
Addressed To Accelerate Momentum
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Nutrition (GAIN), United Kingdom
The document discusses the problem of malnutrition in India and its causes and consequences. It notes that despite economic growth, malnutrition indicators remain unacceptable with 42.5% of children underweight, 48% stunted, and 19.8% wasted. Malnutrition is determined by economic, environmental, health, and cultural factors like poverty, lack of sanitation, weak health services, and inadequate nutrition knowledge. The document proposes several policies and programs to address malnutrition, including strengthening mid-day meal schemes, campaigns to prevent hospital malnutrition, regulating adulterated foods, ensuring access to land and fisheries, biofortification of crops, and improving nutrition education.
Implications for Policy and Programming: Reflections from the RENEWAL Study,...Jo Vearey
This document discusses the implications of an inadequate diet among urban informal settlers in South Africa. It finds that residents of informal settlements have double the HIV prevalence of formal urban areas and are more likely to have deficient dietary diversity scores. A variety of foods is needed to ensure adequate nutrient intake, but many low-income people select cheaper, less healthy diets high in sugar and fat due to economic factors. An inadequate diet can lead to both undernutrition and overnutrition. Addressing food insecurity requires looking at issues of access, availability, and utilization in a holistic way.
- The study finds a strong causal relationship between the diversity of household agricultural production and the diversity of diets for pre-school children in Ethiopia. Increasing production diversity by one food group increases dietary diversity by 0.6 food groups.
- However, this relationship does not hold for households living within 3km of food markets, who can purchase foods instead of producing them.
- The findings suggest interventions should focus on increasing incomes from agriculture, educating households on nutrition, and improving market access, rather than expecting all households to diversify production.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomesessp2
Women's empowerment in agriculture and its impact on nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia was examined. Survey data from over 7,000 households across 5 regions was used to calculate the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) for each respondent. The average WEAI score for Ethiopian women was 0.67, lower than some other countries. Leadership and time domains contributed most to disempowerment. Regression analysis found higher WEAI scores, more group memberships, more decision-making power over credit and income, more autonomy in production, and less workload were associated with greater dietary diversity for children and women.
Seasonality continues to significantly impact rural household diets in Ethiopia. Diet diversity increases at the end of the lean season when food availability is lowest. Households consume on average 2,444 calories per day but rely heavily on cereals during lean periods. Expanding irrigation and improving market integration could help households access more diverse foods throughout the year.
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) held its twenty second Senior Policy Seminar on March 09-10, 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria under the theme : “Agriculture and Food Policies for Nutrition in Africa”. Panel member Dr Adebisi Araba, Africa Director, International Center for Tropical Agriculture attended the event.
Scaling Up Nutrition Action for Africa: Where Are We and What Challenges Need To Be
Addressed To Accelerate Momentum
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Nutrition (GAIN), United Kingdom
The document discusses the problem of malnutrition in India and its causes and consequences. It notes that despite economic growth, malnutrition indicators remain unacceptable with 42.5% of children underweight, 48% stunted, and 19.8% wasted. Malnutrition is determined by economic, environmental, health, and cultural factors like poverty, lack of sanitation, weak health services, and inadequate nutrition knowledge. The document proposes several policies and programs to address malnutrition, including strengthening mid-day meal schemes, campaigns to prevent hospital malnutrition, regulating adulterated foods, ensuring access to land and fisheries, biofortification of crops, and improving nutrition education.
Implications for Policy and Programming: Reflections from the RENEWAL Study,...Jo Vearey
This document discusses the implications of an inadequate diet among urban informal settlers in South Africa. It finds that residents of informal settlements have double the HIV prevalence of formal urban areas and are more likely to have deficient dietary diversity scores. A variety of foods is needed to ensure adequate nutrient intake, but many low-income people select cheaper, less healthy diets high in sugar and fat due to economic factors. An inadequate diet can lead to both undernutrition and overnutrition. Addressing food insecurity requires looking at issues of access, availability, and utilization in a holistic way.
AFFORDABILITY OF Nutritious foods IN ETHIOPIAessp2
This document summarizes research on the affordability of nutritious diets in Ethiopia. It finds that between 2001 and 2017, the cost of the least expensive diet providing adequate calories and nutrients for an adult woman increased 67% from $0.91 to $1.52. While real prices of some staple foods have decreased in recent years, prices of nutrient-rich foods like dairy, eggs, and meat have increased substantially. However, overall affordability has improved due to rising incomes. Still, ensuring adequate supply of nutritious foods is important to keep their prices low.
Putting Children First: Session 2.1.A Winnie Sambu - Child poverty and hunger...The Impact Initiative
This document summarizes child poverty and hunger in South Africa. Over 18 million children live in the country, with 62% living below the upper poverty line and 13% suffering from hunger. Two-thirds of food poor children live in three provinces - KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo. Stunting rates remain high and dietary diversity is low, especially among low-income households. While surveys collect some nutrition data, gaps exist in regular collection of dietary intake and anthropometric measurements at local levels. Expanding social grants and providing nutritional support for mothers could help address these issues.
Nutrition-sensitive food systems: from concepts to practice: Resources for de...Francois Stepman
15 May 2017. Brussels. Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: presentation by Cristina Amaral, Director, FAO liaison office with the European Union and Belgium
Charlotte Dufour, FAO Nutrition policy and programme officer
Domitille Kauffmann, FAO Nutrition and resilience and capacity development advisor
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) report ranks India 101st out of 116 countries in 2021 based on undernourishment, child wasting, stunting, and mortality rates. India's GHI score of 27.5 indicates serious hunger levels. While India has made progress since 2000 by reducing undernourishment and child mortality, child stunting remains very high at 34.7% and child wasting is the highest of all countries at 17.3%. The Indian government criticized the report, arguing the methodology is unscientific and does not account for efforts made during the Covid pandemic to ensure food security.
Measuring Food Insecurity in the Sustainable Development GoalsFrancois Stepman
15 September 2021. In 2013, FAO launched the “Voices of the Hungry” project, establishing a new globally valid tool called the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). The latter provides an approach for measuring the severity of people’s food insecurity condition by looking at their own experiences, allowing to hear the voices of the people who struggle daily to have access to safe and nutritious food.
The objective of this RUFORUM webinar was to introduce FIES as a tool for measuring food insecurity at different levels and raise awareness among the participants on FAO’s work linked to food security data and the SDGs.
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE): Evaluation studies essp2
The SURE program is a government-led multisectoral intervention in Ethiopia that aims to reduce undernutrition through a package of interventions like joint household visits, cooking demonstrations, and media campaigns. Evaluation studies of SURE used a quasi-experimental design and found that children's dietary diversity is positively associated with reduced stunting, and that household production of fruits and vegetables was linked to increased child dietary diversity and reduced stunting. However, the studies also found variability in the delivery of nutrition messages across households and limited awareness of nutrition guidelines among local officials.
1) Undernutrition remains a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 40% of children stunted and over 20% underweight.
2) Investing in nutrition has large economic returns due to increased productivity and reduced healthcare costs. However, agricultural growth alone has not translated to improved child nutrition outcomes.
3) Closing nutrient gaps will require addressing constraints like improving market access for nutritious foods, investing in infrastructure to transport perishable foods, and focusing on gender and sanitation issues that impact childcare and feeding practices. Multi-sectoral cooperation is needed to achieve nutrition targets.
The document outlines India's serious problem with malnutrition, discussing statistics showing over 40% of underweight children globally are in India. It analyzes the current situation, noting India lacks a comprehensive national program and other nutrition programs do not fully address the problem. The document then proposes a national strategy and essential interventions to directly and indirectly combat malnutrition through improving nutrition, health services, sanitation, and more.
The document discusses key findings from the Global Nutrition Report. It highlights that:
1) Malnutrition creates challenges for both individuals and societies. 2) Africa is off track to meet global nutrition targets but there is hope if countries make stronger commitments. 3) Nutrition is central to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The document calls for countries and organizations to make specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound commitments to address malnutrition in all its forms. It suggests three actions readers can take to support better nutrition globally.
The Role of Mycotoxin Contamination on Nutrition: The Aflatoxin Story
Amare Ayalew, Program Manager, Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA), Ethiopia
A Sub-National Food Security Index for Ethiopia: Assessing Progress in Region...essp2
This document summarizes the findings of a study that developed a Sub-National Food Security Index for Ethiopia using data from 1999-2000 and 2004-2005 household surveys. The index equally weights undernourishment rates, prevalence of underweight children, and child mortality rates. The results show improvements in all regions between 2000-2005, with the largest improvements in Afar and SNNPR regions. Both rural and urban areas saw significant decreases in undernourishment rates. Overall, the analysis finds progress but that food insecurity remains a serious problem in many regions of Ethiopia.
Presentation by Esther Omosa from the International livestock research Institute (ILRI), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
The document is the 2014 Global Hunger Index report which analyzes hunger levels around the world. It finds that the global hunger level has declined 39% since 1990 but remains serious. It also reports that Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia have the highest hunger levels. The report calls for making elimination of hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies a priority and for integrated, multi-sectoral approaches and increased accountability to further reduce world hunger.
The economic case for investing in nutritionGlo_PAN
Presented by Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the launch of "African Leaders for Nutrition" at the African Development Bank Annual meeting (23 May 2016, Lusaka, Zambia).
More info: Glopan.org/african-leaders-nutrition
This document summarizes the challenges of tackling hunger and malnutrition in India. It notes that underweight prevalence among children under 5 varies significantly between states, from 60% in Madhya Pradesh to 20% in Mizoram. While 16 states have made improvements, 13 states have seen worsening malnutrition rates. Reasons for high malnutrition include inadequate access to food, lack of maternal education, poor sanitation, and unsafe drinking water. The document also discusses legal actions initiated through the Supreme Court to establish the right to food, and outlines issues and challenges with implementing a proposed National Food Security Act.
This document discusses the link between agriculture and nutrition, with a focus on gender dimensions. It finds that South Asia has high rates of child malnutrition despite economic growth. Gender plays a key role, as women's nutritional status and decision-making power affect child nutrition. Studies from India and Bangladesh show that agricultural interventions targeting women, like vegetable gardens and fishponds through women's groups, improved nutrition more than those not involving women. Empowering women through land rights, groups, and access to resources can help agriculture better address undernutrition in South Asia.
The document summarizes the Global Hunger Index (GHI), which measures and tracks hunger globally using three indicators: undernourishment, child underweight, and child mortality. The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale based on these indicators. In 2012, 20 countries had alarming or extremely alarming hunger levels according to the GHI. While global hunger has declined since 1990 according to the GHI, it remains serious at a score of 14.7. South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest hunger levels. The document also discusses how land, water, and energy scarcity pose challenges to ensuring sustainable food security.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Multi-Sectoral linkages to improve diet, nutrition and food security workIFPRIMaSSP
This Keynote address was presented by Dr. Alexander Kalimbira (Head of Nutrition Department at LUANAR) at the agriculture nutrition event on "Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe.
AFFORDABILITY OF Nutritious foods IN ETHIOPIAessp2
This document summarizes research on the affordability of nutritious diets in Ethiopia. It finds that between 2001 and 2017, the cost of the least expensive diet providing adequate calories and nutrients for an adult woman increased 67% from $0.91 to $1.52. While real prices of some staple foods have decreased in recent years, prices of nutrient-rich foods like dairy, eggs, and meat have increased substantially. However, overall affordability has improved due to rising incomes. Still, ensuring adequate supply of nutritious foods is important to keep their prices low.
Putting Children First: Session 2.1.A Winnie Sambu - Child poverty and hunger...The Impact Initiative
This document summarizes child poverty and hunger in South Africa. Over 18 million children live in the country, with 62% living below the upper poverty line and 13% suffering from hunger. Two-thirds of food poor children live in three provinces - KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo. Stunting rates remain high and dietary diversity is low, especially among low-income households. While surveys collect some nutrition data, gaps exist in regular collection of dietary intake and anthropometric measurements at local levels. Expanding social grants and providing nutritional support for mothers could help address these issues.
Nutrition-sensitive food systems: from concepts to practice: Resources for de...Francois Stepman
15 May 2017. Brussels. Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: presentation by Cristina Amaral, Director, FAO liaison office with the European Union and Belgium
Charlotte Dufour, FAO Nutrition policy and programme officer
Domitille Kauffmann, FAO Nutrition and resilience and capacity development advisor
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) report ranks India 101st out of 116 countries in 2021 based on undernourishment, child wasting, stunting, and mortality rates. India's GHI score of 27.5 indicates serious hunger levels. While India has made progress since 2000 by reducing undernourishment and child mortality, child stunting remains very high at 34.7% and child wasting is the highest of all countries at 17.3%. The Indian government criticized the report, arguing the methodology is unscientific and does not account for efforts made during the Covid pandemic to ensure food security.
Measuring Food Insecurity in the Sustainable Development GoalsFrancois Stepman
15 September 2021. In 2013, FAO launched the “Voices of the Hungry” project, establishing a new globally valid tool called the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). The latter provides an approach for measuring the severity of people’s food insecurity condition by looking at their own experiences, allowing to hear the voices of the people who struggle daily to have access to safe and nutritious food.
The objective of this RUFORUM webinar was to introduce FIES as a tool for measuring food insecurity at different levels and raise awareness among the participants on FAO’s work linked to food security data and the SDGs.
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE): Evaluation studies essp2
The SURE program is a government-led multisectoral intervention in Ethiopia that aims to reduce undernutrition through a package of interventions like joint household visits, cooking demonstrations, and media campaigns. Evaluation studies of SURE used a quasi-experimental design and found that children's dietary diversity is positively associated with reduced stunting, and that household production of fruits and vegetables was linked to increased child dietary diversity and reduced stunting. However, the studies also found variability in the delivery of nutrition messages across households and limited awareness of nutrition guidelines among local officials.
1) Undernutrition remains a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 40% of children stunted and over 20% underweight.
2) Investing in nutrition has large economic returns due to increased productivity and reduced healthcare costs. However, agricultural growth alone has not translated to improved child nutrition outcomes.
3) Closing nutrient gaps will require addressing constraints like improving market access for nutritious foods, investing in infrastructure to transport perishable foods, and focusing on gender and sanitation issues that impact childcare and feeding practices. Multi-sectoral cooperation is needed to achieve nutrition targets.
The document outlines India's serious problem with malnutrition, discussing statistics showing over 40% of underweight children globally are in India. It analyzes the current situation, noting India lacks a comprehensive national program and other nutrition programs do not fully address the problem. The document then proposes a national strategy and essential interventions to directly and indirectly combat malnutrition through improving nutrition, health services, sanitation, and more.
The document discusses key findings from the Global Nutrition Report. It highlights that:
1) Malnutrition creates challenges for both individuals and societies. 2) Africa is off track to meet global nutrition targets but there is hope if countries make stronger commitments. 3) Nutrition is central to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The document calls for countries and organizations to make specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound commitments to address malnutrition in all its forms. It suggests three actions readers can take to support better nutrition globally.
The Role of Mycotoxin Contamination on Nutrition: The Aflatoxin Story
Amare Ayalew, Program Manager, Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA), Ethiopia
A Sub-National Food Security Index for Ethiopia: Assessing Progress in Region...essp2
This document summarizes the findings of a study that developed a Sub-National Food Security Index for Ethiopia using data from 1999-2000 and 2004-2005 household surveys. The index equally weights undernourishment rates, prevalence of underweight children, and child mortality rates. The results show improvements in all regions between 2000-2005, with the largest improvements in Afar and SNNPR regions. Both rural and urban areas saw significant decreases in undernourishment rates. Overall, the analysis finds progress but that food insecurity remains a serious problem in many regions of Ethiopia.
Presentation by Esther Omosa from the International livestock research Institute (ILRI), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
The document is the 2014 Global Hunger Index report which analyzes hunger levels around the world. It finds that the global hunger level has declined 39% since 1990 but remains serious. It also reports that Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia have the highest hunger levels. The report calls for making elimination of hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies a priority and for integrated, multi-sectoral approaches and increased accountability to further reduce world hunger.
The economic case for investing in nutritionGlo_PAN
Presented by Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the launch of "African Leaders for Nutrition" at the African Development Bank Annual meeting (23 May 2016, Lusaka, Zambia).
More info: Glopan.org/african-leaders-nutrition
This document summarizes the challenges of tackling hunger and malnutrition in India. It notes that underweight prevalence among children under 5 varies significantly between states, from 60% in Madhya Pradesh to 20% in Mizoram. While 16 states have made improvements, 13 states have seen worsening malnutrition rates. Reasons for high malnutrition include inadequate access to food, lack of maternal education, poor sanitation, and unsafe drinking water. The document also discusses legal actions initiated through the Supreme Court to establish the right to food, and outlines issues and challenges with implementing a proposed National Food Security Act.
This document discusses the link between agriculture and nutrition, with a focus on gender dimensions. It finds that South Asia has high rates of child malnutrition despite economic growth. Gender plays a key role, as women's nutritional status and decision-making power affect child nutrition. Studies from India and Bangladesh show that agricultural interventions targeting women, like vegetable gardens and fishponds through women's groups, improved nutrition more than those not involving women. Empowering women through land rights, groups, and access to resources can help agriculture better address undernutrition in South Asia.
The document summarizes the Global Hunger Index (GHI), which measures and tracks hunger globally using three indicators: undernourishment, child underweight, and child mortality. The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale based on these indicators. In 2012, 20 countries had alarming or extremely alarming hunger levels according to the GHI. While global hunger has declined since 1990 according to the GHI, it remains serious at a score of 14.7. South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest hunger levels. The document also discusses how land, water, and energy scarcity pose challenges to ensuring sustainable food security.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Multi-Sectoral linkages to improve diet, nutrition and food security workIFPRIMaSSP
This Keynote address was presented by Dr. Alexander Kalimbira (Head of Nutrition Department at LUANAR) at the agriculture nutrition event on "Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe.
Some Welfare Consequences of COVID-19 in Ethiopiaessp2
1) The study examines the impacts of COVID-19 on food marketing margins in Ethiopia using phone surveys of farmers, wholesalers, and retailers conducted in February 2020 and May 2020.
2) The surveys found that over 50% of farmers reported receiving less income in May compared to usual times, though most planned to continue vegetable production. Wholesalers reported decreased transport options and client numbers but stable or lower costs, while most retailers saw lower client numbers but stable or lower costs and losses.
3) Retail prices for the main vegetables remained quite stable between February and May, suggesting marketing margins absorbed most impacts of COVID-19 disruptions on vegetable supply chains in Ethiopia during the
Food gardens have the potential to help address malnutrition in children aged 0-5 years in South Africa. While food gardens may improve access to micronutrients like vitamin A, it is unclear if they can provide sufficient nutrition on their own. For food gardens to be effective, they must be paired with nutrition education programs and focus on growing nutrient-dense crops. Larger, more structured programs in schools and early childhood centers may have better outcomes than small household gardens alone.
1) Investing in nutrition, especially for children under age 2, has among the highest impacts and returns of any development intervention. Malnutrition costs low-income countries billions and stunts cognitive development.
2) Interventions to promote breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and hygiene have among the lowest costs per disability adjusted life year saved. Simple, low-cost solutions can significantly improve nutrition outcomes.
3) Investing in both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs through sectors like agriculture, social protection, and water/sanitation can maximize the impact on nutrition while minimizing costs. Multisectoral approaches are needed to fully address undernutrition.
The document summarizes a study on the feeding habits and nutritional status of young children and mothers in cocoa producing households in southwest Côte d'Ivoire. The study found that dietary diversity was low, with 80% of women and 94% of children consuming less than 3 food groups. Chronic malnutrition rates in children were high at 48.7% while 35.4% of households experienced food insecurity. The conclusions recommend adopting sustainable food production systems to address malnutrition and food insecurity in the region.
Malnutrition is a major problem in India, with over 1/3 of the world's malnourished children living in India. The document outlines the scope and causes of malnutrition in India. Major causes include poverty, food prices, dietary practices, lack of breastfeeding, and gender inequality. It then proposes multi-sector solutions that address the issue across the entire lifecycle through both direct interventions like supplements and feeding practices, and indirect interventions like access to water/sanitation, education, and socio-cultural factors. The solutions framework is based on principles of addressing the nutrient deficit, breaking intergenerational cycles, and coordinated multi-sector actions. Mega coordination across ministries and sectors is needed to effectively implement the solutions
The document presents the results of a rapid country scan conducted in the Solomon Islands to review existing policies, programs, and projects related to the agriculture-nutrition nexus. It finds that the Solomon Islands' national policy on food and nutritional security appropriately focuses on reducing malnutrition, anemia, overweight and obesity, and non-communicable diseases. The scan also identifies various government ministries and NGOs working in the agriculture and health sectors on initiatives linked to the policy's goals.
This document summarizes information about global food supply and issues. It discusses how population growth and income affect food demand. Poorer countries typically see higher population increases but lower supply increases. Food distribution, not production, is often the main problem due to infrastructure and policy issues. The document also outlines some key Indian government food supply programs like mid-day meals to address malnutrition. Overall solutions proposed include reducing population growth, boosting agricultural productivity, and spurring economic growth for the poorest.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)- Dr...Yogesh Arora
A presentation on severe acute malnutrition and nutritional rehabilitation center. Various preventive, promotive, and curative aspects of SAM are discussed in this presentation.
The document summarizes Afghanistan's nutrition policy and recommendations. It notes that Afghanistan has suffered from war and poverty for decades, resulting in widespread undernutrition among women and children. The public nutrition policy prioritizes promoting child and maternal nutrition through various interventions like nutrition education, infant feeding programs, and treating acute malnutrition. Key issues include high rates of micronutrient deficiencies like iron, iodine and vitamin A among children. Poverty is widespread, with 40% of Afghans living on less than $0.45 per day. Recommendations include increasing nutrition awareness, promoting appropriate infant feeding practices, reducing micronutrient deficiencies, strengthening treatment of acute malnutrition, and building national nutrition monitoring and response capacity.
This document discusses malnutrition in India. It states that India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, with over 200 million malnourished. Nearly half of Indian children under age 5 are stunted and underweight. Malnutrition contributes to over 50% of child deaths in India and costs the country 2.95% of its GDP annually. While the government has implemented programs to address malnutrition, such as mid-day meals in schools, challenges remain and innovative solutions are still needed to fully tackle this problem.
This document summarizes the key findings of a survey on food knowledge, attitudes, and practices conducted in rural areas of Malawi that are targeted by IFAD-supported agriculture programs. The survey aimed to document local food consumption patterns, levels of dietary diversity, and factors influencing nutritious food consumption. It found that staple crops like maize are widely grown but not properly processed, household diets are dominated by starchy staples with little diversity, and livestock are kept more for income than food. While the programs have increased food availability, nutrition education is still needed to translate this to improved nutrition.
Biofortification – Nutritionally Enriched Staple Crops, the Foundation of the...IFPRIMaSSP
The document discusses biofortification as a strategy to address malnutrition. It provides the following key points:
- 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
1) The document analyzes the nutritional challenges facing Egypt, including the double burden of malnutrition where undernutrition and overnutrition exist simultaneously.
2) It finds that Egypt's previous food subsidy system, which subsidized foods like oil, sugar, and rice, likely exacerbated issues of overnutrition and did not help reduce undernutrition.
3) The probability of overnutrition in both children and mothers increased with higher subsidy amounts from the ration card program, especially in urban areas, indicating the subsidies incentivized consumption of calories but not nutrients.
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These set of slides were presented at the BEP Seminar "Targeting in Development Projects: Approaches, challenges, and lessons learned" held last Oct. 2, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt
Caitlin Welsh
POLICY SEMINAR
Food System Repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine War
2023 Borlaug Dialogue Breakout session
Co-organized by IFPRI and CGIAR
OCT 26, 2023 - 1:10 TO 2:10PM EDT
Joseph Glauber
POLICY SEMINAR
Food System Repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine War
2023 Borlaug Dialogue Breakout session
Co-organized by IFPRI and CGIAR
OCT 26, 2023 - 1:10 TO 2:10PM EDT
Antonina Broyaka
POLICY SEMINAR
Food System Repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine War
2023 Borlaug Dialogue Breakout session
Co-organized by IFPRI and CGIAR
OCT 26, 2023 - 1:10 TO 2:10PM EDT
Bofana, Jose. 2023. Mapping cropland extent over a complex landscape: An assessment of the best approaches across the Zambezi River basin. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023
Mananze, Sosdito. 2023. Examples of remote sensing application in agriculture monitoring. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023
This document discusses using satellite data and crop modeling to forecast crop yields in Mozambique. It summarizes previous studies conducted in the US, Argentina, and Brazil to test a remote sensing crop growth and simulation model (RS-CGSM) for predicting corn and soybean yields. For Mozambique, additional data is needed on crop cultivars, management practices, planting and harvest seasons. It also describes using earth observation data and machine learning models to forecast crop yields and conditions across many countries as part of the GEOGLAM program, though this is currently only implemented in South Africa for Africa. Finally, it mentions a production efficiency model for estimating yield from satellite estimates of gross primary production.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2023. Statistics from Space: Next-Generation Agricultural Production Information for Enhanced Monitoring of Food Security in Mozambique. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Kickoff Meeting (virtual), January 12, 2023
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2023. Statistics from Space: Next-Generation Agricultural Production Information for Enhanced Monitoring of Food Security in Mozambique. Component 1. Stakeholder engagement for impacts. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023
Centro de Estudos de Políticas e Programas Agroalimentares (CEPPAG). 2023. Statistics from Space: Next-Generation Agricultural Production Information for Enhanced Monitoring of Food Security in Mozambique. Component 3. Digital collection of groundtruthing data. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023
ITC/University of Twente. 2023. Statistics from Space: Next-Generation Agricultural Production Information for Enhanced Monitoring of Food Security in Mozambique. Component 2. Enhanced area sampling frames. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023
Christina Justice
IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIES
A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls
Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)
OCT 18, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
Rice is the most consumed cereal in Senegal, accounting for 34% of total cereal consumption. Per capita consumption is 80-90kg annually, though there is an urban-rural divide. While domestic production has doubled between 2010-2021, it still only meets 40% of demand. As a result, Senegal imports around 1 million tons annually, mainly from India and Thailand. Several public policies aim to incentivize domestic production and stabilize prices, though rice remains highly exposed to international price shocks due to its importance in consumption and reliance on imports.
Abdullah Mamun and Joseph Glauber
IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIES
A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls
Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)
OCT 18, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
Shirley Mustafa
IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIES
A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls
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2. Introduction
1. Malnutrition is one of the factors that has a negative impact on societies.
2. Which means that healthy nutrition is the basis of health and development,
healthy children learn better than others, healthy people increase their
productivity and their ability to get out of poverty.
3. Hence, the role of the country, such as ministries and agencies or civil society
organizations, are interested in the situation of malnutrition.
Ministry of Health
100 million Healthy Lives
Ministry of Education
4. Since CAPMAS is the main source of data Egypt, CAPMAS is always
seeking to build capacity and develop research to monitor and analyze all issues
facing the society
5. The sample size is 26000 household
45% represents the percentage of households
in urban regions, while 55% represents the
percentage of households in rural regions.
Sampling
1. Methodology
Household Income Expenditure Consumption Survey
6. The sample was divided into 26 weeks, including the first and
second quarters.
The third & fourth quarters: keep track of the same households,
previously considered in the first & second quarters, respectively.
Taking all the children in the HHs of the sample that were visited
in the first and second quarters of the age between 6 - 59 months
to measure the weight and height of these children, as well as the
questions were placed on child mortality in 2017/2018
1. Methodology
Reference Period
Household Income Expenditure Consumption Survey
7. Indicators of nutritional status in children
Child nutrition indicators are one of the most important indicators
that measure the utilization of food security, which is the main
determinant of child health and development. Lack of food,
unbalanced food, and chronic childhood illnesses are associated
with poor nutritional status among children.
9. Average Calorie Intake
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Cairo
Alexandria
PortSaid
Suez
Damietta
Dakahlia
Sharkia
Qualiobia
KafrelSheikh
Garbeyya
Menoufia
Beheira
Ismailia
Giza
BaniSuef
Fayoum
Menia
Assiut
Sohag
Qena
Aswan
luxor
FrontierGovs
Total
Kcal/person/day
Fig 5.1: Average Per Capita Daily Energy Intake -2015
0.0%
10.0%
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30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Cairo
Alexandria
PortSaid
Suez
Damietta
Dakahlia
Sharkia
Qualiobia
KafrelSheikh
Garbeyya
Menoufia
Beheira
Ismailia
Giza
BaniSuef
Fayoum
Menia
Assiut
Sohag
Qena
Aswan
luxor
FrontierGovs
Total
%ofpopulation
Fig 5.2: Prevelance of Daily Per Capita Energy Deficit - 2015
Urban Govs
Lower Urban
Lower Rural
Upper Urban
Upper Rural
Frontier
Urban
Frontier
Rural
FIG 5.3: DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION SUFFERING
CALORIE DIFICIENCY
• The minimum daily per capita intake in Egypt is on
average 2,462 Kcal/per person/day.
• 16.3 percent of the population do not meet their
minimum daily energy in-take (14.5 million),
• The energy gap increases notably in Upper Egypt,
affecting 70% of the population in Qena, about 61%
of the population in Sohag and 58.6% in Aswan
• 65% of the population suffering calorie deficiency
are found in Upper Egypt
10. Contribution of National Food Subsidy Program to Household Calorie
Consumption
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Cairo
Alexandria
PortSaid
Suez
Damietta
Dakahlia
Sharkia
Qualiobia
KafrelSheikh
Garbeyya
Menoufia
Beheira
Ismailia
Giza
BaniSuef
Fayoum
Menia
Assiut
Sohag
Qena
Aswan
luxor
Frontiers
AllEgypt
%oftotalcalorieintake
Fig 5.12: Contribution of Food Subsidy Programme to
Total Calorie Intake, 2015
% calorie intake from ration cards
% of calorie intake from subsidized bread
Region 2015 Pov Rates
SC1: 100%
removal of
Subsidy
SC2: Removal
of Richest 50%
Urban Govs 15.11 18.25 15.93
Urban Lower 9.67 12.74 9.90
Rural Lower 19.71 25.27 20.13
Urban Upper 27.40 31.77 27.58
Rural Upper 56.70 61.87 57.30
Urban Frontier 19.27 22.04 19.95
Rural Frontier 28.95 37.64 30.66
Total 27.76 32.33 28.26
Table 5: Impact of Food Subsidy
Reforms on Income Poverty
12. Malnutrition amongst children
Stunting and obesity tend to be higher in
Urban areas, reaching 18.4% and 13.7%
respectively, compared to 15.2% and
7.7% in rural areas.
4.7% of households have stunted children and
children with obesity in the same household
13. Stunting According to the Rate of Overcrowding
15.4
20.8
16.2
0
5
10
15
20
25
Two individuals or less per room More that two individuals per
room
Total
Children of overcrowded households are the most vulnerable to stunting.
20.8% of the children who live in overcrowded HHs (more than two individuals in the
room) suffer from Stunting , while 15.4% of stunting children live in lower overcrowding
HHs
14. Stunting According to have a Sanitation
15.3
17
16.2
14
14.5
15
15.5
16
16.5
17
17.5
Sanitation No Sanitation Total
17% of children suffer from stunting, live in households do not have a
sanitation , while 15.3% of them, live in Households do have a sanitation
15. Stunting According to Monetary Poverty
18.5
15.3
16.2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
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20
Poor Non Poor Total
Monetary poverty is linked to child malnutrition. 18.5% of children in poor
households suffer from stunting, compared with 15.3% of children in non-poor
households
16. LOOK FORWARD
• Collect heights and weights for women.
• You are welcome for any suggestion about
adding questions to HIECS Questionnaire