Achievable Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages: USAID/Bangladesh Approach

Agriculture-Nutrition Team Office of Economic Growth (EG) FtF Nutrition Lead: Dr. Osagie C. Aimiuwu Improved Agricultural Productivity Improved Access to Diverse and Quality food Improved Nutrition-Related Behaviors Improved Private Sector Investments in Agriculture and Nutrition-Related Activities Improved Agricultural Value Chain On-and-Off Farm Jobs

Office of Population, Health, Nutrition and Education (PHNE) Nutrition Lead: Ms. Shannon Young Improved Access to Diverse and Quality food Improved Nutrition-Related Behaviors Improved Private Sector Investments in Agriculture and Nutrition-Related Activities

Office of Food, Disaster, Humanitarian Assistance (OFDHA) Food for Peace Lead: Ms. Shahnaz Zakaria Improved Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Households Improved Agricultural Productivity Improved Access to Diverse and Quality food Improved Nutrition-Related Behaviors Improved Private Sector Investments in Agriculture and Nutrition-Related Activities Improved Agricultural Value Chain On-and-Off Farm Jobs

FtF Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages Group

2 + 2 = 4

2 + 2 = 10

Synergistic Approach

Nutrition Pathways of Interest

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Areas of Cooperation

Training / Studies Communication

Gender Co-targeting ICT (Farmer database, GIS & Knowledge bank)

Indicators For Success

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Training / Studies

Number of people trained in TOT from other projects

Number of training materials exchanged Common nutrition indicators identified Common strategy identified to increase dietary

diversity in FTF ZOI

Training / Studies continued…

Number of exchange visits organized for lead farmers/farmer groups

Funds saved due to cooperation

a) Consultant days saved b) Staff costs saved

Training / Studies Activities Implemented

• 64 staff of AIN, AESAP, Proshar trained by AAPI

• 300 staff of AIN trained by SPRING

• 30 staff of Horticulture Project by SPRING

• Training materials exchanged on nutrition, horticulture, aquaculture by projects

Communication

Number of joint communication activities Number of joint messages agreed upon

Communication Activities Implemented

Community radio of Agri-Information Services MOU by AIN and CIP Horticulture on Farmer

Information Centers (Call Centers)

Gender

Common gender strategy agreed Common activities and messages agreed to increase

WEAI

Follow Ups

Agreement reached on: Regular follow up meetings Making a joint gender manual Shared gender training on WEAI Networking

Co-targeting

Unions identified for cooperation at village level Number of groups trained by more than one project

a) Community groups b) Community agents c) Village resource persons d) Service providers

Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

Common data collection system by smart phone agreed, designed and implemented

Format for set up of knowledge bank with all training materials and survey reports completed

Number of documents in data bank established Joint GIS map set up, working areas of all cooperating

projects shared Common farmer ID system agreed

ArcGIS Online- FtF GeoData Portal

Plan of Action

Facilitate the coordination/collaboration within the group in order to achieve intended objectives

Identify Activities/Technologies that could be

scaled-up (e.g. Deep placement fertilizer, Improved dissemination techniques, Mola harvesting net)

If identified, examine process of scale-up