1. The document summarizes the Together for Nutrition 2015 conference in Ethiopia which brought together evidence on cross-sectoral approaches to improving nutrition. 2. Key topics included trends in Ethiopia's nutritional indicators, the role of nutrition interventions and programs in agriculture, gender, and social sciences in shaping nutrition. 3. The conference aimed to take stock of current nutrition status, drivers of improvement, and future directions for action across multiple sectors including food production, social safety nets, and women's empowerment.

1. Together for Nutrition 2015
Evidence on Working across Sectors for Improved
Nutrition in Ethiopia

2. Background
Committed government to achieve transformation:
1. Rapidly changing economic situation in Ethiopia
• Rapid economic growth
• Large welfare improvements in the country; poverty declined from
44% (1999/00) to 39% (in 2004/05) to 30% (in 2010/11)
2. Nutritional indicators of children improved significantly
• Stunting: 58% (2000) to 40% (2014)
• Underweight: 41% (2000) to 25% (2014)
• Wasting: 12% (2000) to 9% (2014)

3. Objective symposium
• However, nutritional indicators still bad and room for improvement
• Lots of knowns on impact of programs, lots of unknowns as well
• Nutritional change often complicated because multi-sectorial approach
required
• Objective of the “Together for Nutrition” conference:
1. Provide evidence on the current status (and change) of nutritional
indicators
2. Look at evidence of drivers for nutritional improvement (increased food
consumption, agricultural production, safety nets, community based
nutrition programs, women empowerment and education, roads,
biofortification, etc.)
3. Look towards the future

4. In 2014, Transform Nutrition partnered with POSHAN to organize
the first Together for Nutrition conference in India
T4N brings together evidence and
programmatic experience on
working across sectors to
strengthen actions for nutrition
Features presentations, posters
and panel discussions featuring
national and international leaders
in nutrition

5. Set-up “Together for Nutrition” conference
• Program:
Overview
1. Food and nutrition in Ethiopia: Trends and drivers
2. The role of nutrition-specific interventions in shaping nutrition behaviors
3. Agriculture, gender and nutrition
4. New horizons for social science research on nutrition
5. Moving forward
6. Poster session
• Presentations available on:
http://www.slideshare.net/essp2 and www.togetherfornutrition.org

6. • ESSP Addis-based collaborative program of the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ethiopian Development
Research Institute (EDRI)
• Funded by USAID and DFID
• Three pillars:
1. Generate applied agricultural, food, and nutrition policy research
2. Strengthen capacity of Ethiopian policy research institutions
3. Communication and outreach of research findings to local and
international stakeholders
• For more information: essp.ifpri.info

7. • Transform Nutrition uses research-based evidence to inform and inspire
effective action to address under-nutrition
• A consortium of five international research and development partners
(IFPRI; icddr,b; IDS; Public Health Foundation of India; Save the Children)
• Three research pillars:
1. Scaling up nutrition-specific interventions
2. Enhancing nutrition-sensitivity of agriculture, social protection and
women’s empowerment programs
3. Building enabling environments for nutrition
• Funded by the UK Department for International Development
• For more information: www.transformnutrition.org