Worldfish: Nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems approaches implemented in Asia
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Worldfish: Nutrition Sensitive Fish Agri-Food Systems Workshop, presented by Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Research Program Leader, Value Chains and Nutrition.
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Worldfish: Nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems approaches implemented in Asia
- 1. Nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems approaches implemented in Asia Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted Research Program Leader, Value Chains and Nutrition
- 2. Nutrition-sensitive Fish Agri-food Systems in Bangladesh North-west: Pond polyculture Carp species and small fish 1500 households with small homestead ponds North-east: Enhanced stocking of small fish species Community groups, 500 households managing water bodies
- 3. Increased Fish Supply Fish Production •Large increases in nutrient-rich small fish production •3.5 fold increase in total fish production in household ponds •2 fold increase in fish production from inland water bodies •Increased production of dried small fish from water bodies
- 4. Increased Fish Consumption •Quantity and frequency of nutrient-rich fish consumed - In women - In children, starting with complementary feeding from 6 months of age
- 5. Integrated Nutrition-sensitive Approach • Vegetables (orange sweet potato (OSP)) on pond dykes and in homestead gardens • Promotion of consumption of nutrient-rich fish and vegetables and increased dietary diversity
- 6. Integrated Nutrition-sensitive Approach Strengthening family and community engagement •Women and men in decision-making and work load sharing in production •Women’s work load •Intra-household food allocation •Men’s purchase of foods •Community women as promotors for production and consumption
- 7. Nutrition-sensitive Approach in Myanmar Homestead Pond Polyculture: Carp species and small fish Vegetables in homestead gardens and on pond dykes
- 8. Nutrition-sensitive Approach in Myanmar Fish - Rice Food System Fish production in canals around rice plots
- 9. Nutrition-sensitive Fish - Rice - Vegetables Food Systems in Cambodia
- 10. Nutrition-sensitive Approaches Odisha and Assam, India • Homestead pond polyculture: Carp species and small fish • Enhanced stocking of wetlands with small fish species • Fish production in women-managed village tanks
- 11. Development of Fish-based Products for the First 1000 Days of Life in Bangladesh Fish chutney Complementary food Fish powder
- 12. Food Safety in Fish Products in Myanmar •Pesticides used in fish during drying •Microbes / Parasites •Alfatoxins in rice and fish •Arsenic, Lead, Cadium
- 13. Fish Powder in School Feeding Midday Meal in Odisha State, India
- 14. Development and Piloting of Convenient Ready-to-eat, Nutritious, and Safe Fish-based Products in Cambodia •Fish powder product for malnourished children
- 15. Nutrition-sensitive Fish Agri-food Systems Moving Forward • President of IFAD: at a high level side event at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (September 2018) on the importance of prioritizing nutrition-sensitive agricultural development. To illustrate IFAD's approach, he gave an example from #Bangladesh, where IFAD has been supporting the introduction of nutrient-rich indigenous small fish into fish culture systems. Over the next three years, IFAD has committed to ensure 50% of all new projects will be #nutritionsensitive. • Bangladesh Country Investment Plan 2: Nutrition-sensitive food systems • USAID, BMGF, other funding agencies: Funding nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems interventions • India; Several States: Nutrition-sensitive projects • Government of Cambodia, UN Agencies: Piloting fish and fish-based products in public programs • Institute of Marine Research, Norway, Nansen Programme: analyses of nutrient content and food safety in fish species
- 16. Food Systems Framework High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) 2017 Report no. 12 Food Systems and Nutrition United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- 17. Thank you Nourishing Nations Contribution of nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems to achieving the SDGs
Editor's Notes
- Consumption to production The focus is: what should IFAD invest in - in partnership with WorldFish to meet, strengthen and expand its development goals in India?
- The project is based on two fish production technologies: production of carps and the nutrient-rich small fish mola in small household ponds in Rangpur and Dinajpur; and sustainable management of wetlands with stocking of a small amount of mola in water bodies in Sunamganj. The ponds are managed by individual households, the water bodies by community groups, each group of about 25 households. The project period covered two full seasons of fish harvesting/production.
- We do not have full analyses of the data sets; the project was completed in May 2013. However, we have some data for the first season of production.
- Again, we need to complete data analyses on dietary diversity and fish consumption. However, we have indications form the first production season. Much emphasis on inclusion of fish in complementary feeding, at the initiation of complementary feeding – at 6 months of age. Emphasis of increasing the amount and frequency of consumption of small fish in the diets of pregnant and lactating women. We have developed a pre-prepared complementary food powder – rice, orange sweet potato, small fish and oil, especially targeted for children 6 – 8 months of age. We have developed a woman’s product: a fish chutney: dried fish, lightly fried in oil and spices (one spoonful) to be used with the main meal. We are working hard to make sure that these products are tasty and acceptable, as well as with a strong marketing strategy to get high usage.
- The Bangladeshi diet is dominated by the staple rice, and consists of vegetables and fish – in small amounts. We wish to increase dietary diversity, especially focusing on nutrient-rich fish species vegetables. Therefore, in this project, beginning with pond aquaculture, we have included production of nutrient-rich vegetables, with focus on orange sweet potato – rich in vitamin A on pond dykes and homestead gardens. We have also included a strong component of promotion of consumption with , with training of trainers by Helen Keller International, and local women as promoters: nutrition education, awareness, cooking demonstrations.
- In pond aquaculture, women are engaged in taking care of the ponds, feeding the fish and harvesting for home consumption. In production of orange sweet potato, women are engaged in production, harvesting, cooking and feeding children. This project starts with fish production, and therefore both men and women are very interested, as increased fish production increases family income – to meet help meet the needs of the family; e.g. food purchases, schooling of children, health costs. As this project links production and consumption of both fish and vegetables, it gives an unique opportunity for both men and women to be engaged. At the same time, more work is being added to the women’s work load. We need to be innovative and engage all family members to share in the women’s work load – e.g. caring and feeding of the child, cooking. The role of mother-in-law in food distribution, ensuring that women and the adolescent girl as well as the young child are fed nutrient-rich foods must be addressed – norms, attitudes and practices must be addressed, and innovative ways for getting change sought. In Bangladesh, men do most of the marketing, and therefore the messages regarding the needs for dietary diversity and nutrient needs of different family members must reach men, so that they can make informed choices. Rapid appraisals and focus group discussions showed that community women engaged in the project highlighted many positive benefits – empowerment, greater status due to their role and knowledge, increased physical mobility.
- A. HLPE. 2017. Nutrition and food systems. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome. (this is already being used, see how A4NH, CIAT and others have used)
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