The study aimed to identify feasible complementary feeding practices for caregivers in Malawi during the lean season when food insecurity is highest. Through a Trials of Improved Practices methodology with 36 caregivers, the study found that it is feasible to improve practices in four key areas: providing vegetables, fruits, fats, and increasing food quantities. While most caregivers could not increase animal-source foods, alternative protein sources like legumes and groundnuts were acceptable. Fathers also played an important role in trialing improved practices by providing financial and food resources. The findings will inform the development of behavior change materials to promote improved infant feeding during lean seasons.
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Poster prepared by S. Anitha, Y. Muzanila, A. Mwangwela, A. Abass and P. Okori for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Improving mid-day meal delivery and encouraging micronutrient fortification t...POSHAN
This presentation was made by Ms. Urmi Bhattacharya (J-PAL) in the session on ‘Food supplementation programs for nutrition in the Indian context: Current status and future directions’ at the POSHAN Conference "Delivering for Nutrition in India Learnings from Implementation Research", November 9–10, 2016, New Delhi.
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Improving nutritional outcome of children in Tanzania and Malawi africa-rising
Poster prepared by S. Anitha, Y. Muzanila, A. Mwangwela, A. Abass and P. Okori for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Improving mid-day meal delivery and encouraging micronutrient fortification t...POSHAN
This presentation was made by Ms. Urmi Bhattacharya (J-PAL) in the session on ‘Food supplementation programs for nutrition in the Indian context: Current status and future directions’ at the POSHAN Conference "Delivering for Nutrition in India Learnings from Implementation Research", November 9–10, 2016, New Delhi.
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Agrobiodiversity and dietary diversity for improved nutritional status of mot...Transform Nutrition
A presentation given by Maureen Cheserek at the Transform Nutrition regional meeting 'Using evidence to inspire action in East Africa' Nairobi, Kenya 8 June 2017.
Insights from formative research from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on maternal die...POSHAN
This presentation was made by Dr. Sebanti Ghosh (Alive & Thrive) in the session on 'Implementation research on delivery of interventions during pre-pregnancy through lactation' at the POSHAN Conference "Delivering for Nutrition in India Learnings from Implementation Research", November 9–10, 2016.
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Presented by Muntita Hambayi
Presented at Report Launch "Mapping Linkages Between Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi"
Ufulu Gardens, 28th April, 2015
Dal convegno "Alimentazione, stili di vita e salute dei bambini" - 4 maggio 2010, Roma. Childhood obesity in the United States: key administration initiatives - Suzanne Heinen
TESTING A READY-TO–USE–SUPPLEMENTARY-FOOD (RUSF) OF HIGHER PROTEIN QUALITY ON...Adetutu Sadiq
My Final Symposium Presentation for the Summer Research Program I was a part of at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
I worked in Child malnutrition in Malawi.
Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Dietary Intake of Women of Reproductive A...asclepiuspdfs
Forty percent (%) of Zambian children under age 5 were stunted in 2013. Stunting begins with a woman’s pre-pregnancy nutrition status and is often associated with poor dietary diversity, including low intake of animal-source foods (ASFs). This study assessed food attitudes, dietary intake of women of reproductive age (WRA), and costs of key nutrients in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. A mixed-method approach was used, including participatory observation, focus-group discussions with WRA (nulliparous adolescents and pregnant, breastfeeding, and multiparous women), interviews with community health workers (CHWs), and nutritional analysis of WRA’s diets (n = 33). The study found WRA and CHWs considered nutrition to be important, but a lack of financial resources, inflexible complementary feeding advice, and competing priorities compromised their dietary quality. All WRA’s diets were high in maize and other plant-based foods, and relatively low in ASFs and wild foods. WRA were unlikely to meet their metabolic demands for some amino acids, namely, lysine and tryptophan. Mean iron intake in adolescents was inadequate and calcium intake across groups met less than 50% of requirements (recommended nutrient intake). However, mean intake of energy, protein, zinc, and vitamin A across all groups appeared adequate compared to the recommended intake for lifestage. Further efforts on community and national levels, including strengthening the teaching capacity of CHWs in nutrition; increasing the availability, accessibility, and utilization of ASFs; and further development of context-specific food-based guidelines, are necessary to ameliorate food security challenges that underpin the ongoing high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and stunting in Bundabunda Ward and similar contexts.
Prof Fergus Lowe - InsideGov Conference, London 2013fooddudes
The Behaviour Change Approach to Changing Children's Eating Habits and Physical Activity
Prof. Fergus Lowe, CEO Food Dudes, was the closing keynote speaker at the InsideGov Event - "Working in partnership to reduce childhood obesity"
Diversifying diets and driving commercialization of dryland cereals and legum...ICRISATESA
This is a presentation on what ICRISAT is doing in Kenya to promote utilization of more nutritious foods with the aim of diversifying diets and creating a demand pull for nutritious drought tolerant crops - sorghum, millets, pigeonpea, greengrams, groundnuts and cowpeas.
Agrobiodiversity and dietary diversity for improved nutritional status of mot...Transform Nutrition
A presentation given by Maureen Cheserek at the Transform Nutrition regional meeting 'Using evidence to inspire action in East Africa' Nairobi, Kenya 8 June 2017.
Insights from formative research from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on maternal die...POSHAN
This presentation was made by Dr. Sebanti Ghosh (Alive & Thrive) in the session on 'Implementation research on delivery of interventions during pre-pregnancy through lactation' at the POSHAN Conference "Delivering for Nutrition in India Learnings from Implementation Research", November 9–10, 2016.
For more information about the conference visit our website: www.poshan.ifpri.info
Presented by Muntita Hambayi
Presented at Report Launch "Mapping Linkages Between Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi"
Ufulu Gardens, 28th April, 2015
Dal convegno "Alimentazione, stili di vita e salute dei bambini" - 4 maggio 2010, Roma. Childhood obesity in the United States: key administration initiatives - Suzanne Heinen
TESTING A READY-TO–USE–SUPPLEMENTARY-FOOD (RUSF) OF HIGHER PROTEIN QUALITY ON...Adetutu Sadiq
My Final Symposium Presentation for the Summer Research Program I was a part of at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
I worked in Child malnutrition in Malawi.
Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Dietary Intake of Women of Reproductive A...asclepiuspdfs
Forty percent (%) of Zambian children under age 5 were stunted in 2013. Stunting begins with a woman’s pre-pregnancy nutrition status and is often associated with poor dietary diversity, including low intake of animal-source foods (ASFs). This study assessed food attitudes, dietary intake of women of reproductive age (WRA), and costs of key nutrients in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. A mixed-method approach was used, including participatory observation, focus-group discussions with WRA (nulliparous adolescents and pregnant, breastfeeding, and multiparous women), interviews with community health workers (CHWs), and nutritional analysis of WRA’s diets (n = 33). The study found WRA and CHWs considered nutrition to be important, but a lack of financial resources, inflexible complementary feeding advice, and competing priorities compromised their dietary quality. All WRA’s diets were high in maize and other plant-based foods, and relatively low in ASFs and wild foods. WRA were unlikely to meet their metabolic demands for some amino acids, namely, lysine and tryptophan. Mean iron intake in adolescents was inadequate and calcium intake across groups met less than 50% of requirements (recommended nutrient intake). However, mean intake of energy, protein, zinc, and vitamin A across all groups appeared adequate compared to the recommended intake for lifestage. Further efforts on community and national levels, including strengthening the teaching capacity of CHWs in nutrition; increasing the availability, accessibility, and utilization of ASFs; and further development of context-specific food-based guidelines, are necessary to ameliorate food security challenges that underpin the ongoing high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and stunting in Bundabunda Ward and similar contexts.
Prof Fergus Lowe - InsideGov Conference, London 2013fooddudes
The Behaviour Change Approach to Changing Children's Eating Habits and Physical Activity
Prof. Fergus Lowe, CEO Food Dudes, was the closing keynote speaker at the InsideGov Event - "Working in partnership to reduce childhood obesity"
Diversifying diets and driving commercialization of dryland cereals and legum...ICRISATESA
This is a presentation on what ICRISAT is doing in Kenya to promote utilization of more nutritious foods with the aim of diversifying diets and creating a demand pull for nutritious drought tolerant crops - sorghum, millets, pigeonpea, greengrams, groundnuts and cowpeas.
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- Grupo ventilador centrífugo con una o dos turbinas según el modelo.
- Cuadro eléctrico de maniobra y protección según normas europeas.
- Salida de aire al lado izquierdo o derecho según las necesidades de la instalación.
- Posibilidad de fabricar equipos a medida según especificaciones técnicas (caudal de aire, presión, salto térmico, motores ATEX, etc.).
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Seems-Nutrition Presentation, Malawi, December 10, 2019IFPRIMaSSP
Strengthening the Economic Evaluation of Multisectoral Strategies for Nutrition (SEEMS-Nutrition), a presentation by Aisha Twalibu, Lilongwe, Dec 10, 2019
Does nutrition education improve complementary feeding practices and mothers nutrition knowledge? A case study of Western Kenya presented by Jacqueline Kipkorir PhD Student,, Kenyatta University
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http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/improving-nutrition-through-local-agricultural-biodiversity-in-kenya/
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Evaluate strategies for improving household nutritional diversity in Maliafrica-rising
Poster prepared by C.M. Sobgui, H. Diarra, P. Coulibaly, J.B. Tignegre and A. Tenkouano for the AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March–1 April 2016
Supplementary nutritional programmes in indiaDrBabu Meena
This presentation was made to describe the scarcity of food in the country and to teach about the steps taken by the government. This decribes about the various nutritional supplementation progammes in the India, their advantage and disadvantages.
1. IMPROVING COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING DURING THE LEAN SEASON:
RESULTS OF A TRIALS OF IMPROVED PRACTICES STUDY
IN THE MCHINJI DISTRICT, MALAWI
Meghan Anson, Mbirika Simwaba Concern Worldwide, Malawi
BACKGROUND
METHODS
CONCLUSIONS
The seasonality-nutrition scenario, where food stocks run low,
food prices increase and food consumption decreases, poses
food and nutrition security challenges in Malawi.1 The annual
“lean season” from October to March impacts the quality,
diversity and frequency of meals, with particular consequence
on complementary feeding of children 6-23 months of age.2
Causes of undernutrition during the lean season:
In Malawi, Concern Worldwide supports the government to
scale-up maternal and child nutrition service delivery during
the 1,000 Special Days under the Support to Nutrition
Improvement Component (SNIC) initiative. Concern
conducted a Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) study in the
Mchinji District to identify key complementary feeding
practices that are feasible for caregivers to perform during
this period when household resources are most constrained.
The study employed consultative formative research methods
to collect qualitative data from 36 mothers of children 6-23
months of age in 2 Traditional Authorities. Data collection
tools were adapted from generic TIPs instruments. Following
the standard TIPs methodology, data were collected through
a series of three household visits over a 15-day period in
March and April 2016. The visits assessed household food
availability and current complementary feeding practices,
counselled and negotiated one to two improved practices to
trial over a 10-day period, and evaluated results from the trial.
• It is feasible for caregivers to improve poor complementary feeding practices during the lean
season, particularly in four key areas.
• The majority of caregivers were unwilling or unable to increase the provision of animal-source
foods. Alternative sources of iron and protein, including legumes and groundnuts, were both
acceptable and feasible for caregivers to provide.
• Although caregivers were more likely to successfully increase the provision of eggs rather
than meat or fish, providing one egg daily was not a feasible recommendation.
• Fathers played an important role in the trialing of improved feeding practices, often providing
financial resources and/or procuring food items themselves.
• Further training and sensitization on infant and young child feeding practices and counseling
skills for frontline workers, volunteer promoters, and lead mothers is needed.
• The TIPs identified acceptable, contextualized feeding practices. These practices will be
developed into behaviour change communication materials designed to complement the
nationally standardized Care Group modules and deployed district-wide.
FINDINGS
1. Wijesinha-Bettoni, Ramani, et al., 2013. Considering Seasonal Variations in Food Availability and Caring Capacity
when Planning Complementary Feeding Interventions in Developing Countries. International Journal of Child Health
and Nutrition, 2, 335-352.
2. Food and Agriculture Organization, 2014. Improving complementary feeding based on locally available foods:
Learning from caregivers through Trials of Improved Practices in Kasungu and Mzimba districts of Malawi. Nutrition
Division, viii.
Day
1
• Initial Assessment Visit
Day
4
• Counseling and Negotiation Visit
Day
5-14
• Improved Feeding Practices Trial
Day
15
• Final Assessment Visit
Improvements in complementary feeding were observed in four key areas:
Food Insecurity
Inadequate
Care Practices
Poor Public
Health
Reduced access to food:
depleted stocks + rise in prices
Increased women’s workload:
reduced frequency, quantity,
and quality of meals
Increased rainfall:
increased exposure to disease,
(diarrhoea, malaria, ARI)
Trial outcomes from the four key areas of improved practices (n = 36 mothers):
Improved Practices
Feeding
Vegetables
Offering Fruit Adding Fats
Increasing
Quantity
Offered Accepted Tried Succeeded Modified
9 8 8 5 2
16 9 9 4 3
17 11 10 8 1
15 7 7 3 3