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Global Legume ResearchersMeeting

Achieving ConcurrentAgricultural Productivity and

Nutrition Goals Through

Research

Patrick WebbFeed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab



Twin pillars of USAID Feed the Future:

Accelerate agriculture gro%th through

i&'roved agricultural 'roductivity$ e('anded &arketsand trade

in vulnerable areas )

I&'rove nutritional status of individualsthrough

access to diverse *uality +oods and by

strengtheningrevention,treat&ent o+ undernutrition)



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.ource/ 0lack et al) !"1-2 Lancet series II

Lancet Series 20 !3ndernutrition in all its +or&s 4isres'onsible +or #56 o+ all under 7ve

child deaths$ re'resenting &ore than -&illion deaths each year)819" &illion

children :5 years o+ age stillstunted)



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4Co%'ea enriched 'orridge'rovidesanother o''ortunity +or valueadditionthat can signi7cantly i&'rovein+antand child nutrition)8

3.AI@ RFP arch !"1-



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4The traditional +ood basket containsa cereal$ 'ulses$ oil$ salt and a+orti7ed blended +ood)8

&'( )UTRITI*) (*-.anuar# 20 2/



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De eloping countr# legume1pulse netsupply

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@evelo'ing country'roduction

es$ %e need research on ho%to 'ro&ote higher$ better$&ore resilient$ sustained levels

o+ legu&e 'roduction<



Digher calorie intake has i&'roved nutrition and healt CGIAR 1 92 Annual Report 1995-96

4 erely 'roducing &ore +ood does notensure +ood security or i&'roved nutrition)8Der+orth !"1!2 World 0ank2

4Agriculture interventions do not al%ayscontribute to 'ositive nutritional outco&es)8FAB !"1!2



UpstreamAgronom#

Downstream)utrition

+ulti arselection3bree%ing

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'arma%option

5ousehol%income

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on

Impro e%nutrientsuppl#

Impro e%nutrition

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inco&e$consu&'tion

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return1%a#of labor8!

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in realincome!$1hh

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rise incaloriesuppl#

+hil% nutrition

impro e%-but less thane=pecte%/

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2;:$ fall inun%ernutritio

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M#coto=ins an% legumes

40ioche&ical analysis 'resented that Aspergillusavus and Fusarium oxysporum %ecrease%protein content3 carboh#%rates3 fat3 >bers

an% ash compare% with un7infecte% legume seeds)8

E&baby and Abdel=Galil !""92 Jou. Applied !i. Res.

A &a>ority o+ observational studies 4has +oundstrong associations between a?ato=in

e=posure an% stunte% fetal3 infant3 an% chil%growth )8

Leroy !"1-2 IFPRIhtt'/,,s-)a&a ona%s)co&,readers,!"11,"1,1;,'nutsd1b 1)>'g

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Iron absorption stu%ies@

Rwan%an women with low iron status;

.ource/ Petry et al) !"1!2 Co&&on 0ean Das Li&itePotential as a Hehicle +or Iron 0io+orti7cation Jou. "

Du&an iron absor'tion +ro& beans high in'oly'henols !?6 lo%er P:")"12 than in +ro&

lo% 'oly'henol beans)

i)e) iron absor'tion +ro& lo% 'oly'henol beans #)?6 Absor'tion +ro& high 'oly'henol beans -)#6)

Iron absorbe% from bioforti>e% beans no

higher than normal beans / 4indicating thateJcacious iron bio+orti7cation &ay be diJcult toachieve in beans rich in K'hytates and'oly'henols 8)



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+onclusions

1) es$ legu&es can su''ort i&'roved nutrition)0ut legu&e researchers need to hel' e&'iricallyde&onstrate it)

!) We all need &ore honesty about +easiblecontributions to nutrition$ and rigor appropriate study designs/methods 2)

-) ore explicit logical +ra&e%ork and value=chainanalyses needed to identi+y &ost cost=eMectivecontributions o+ legu&es to nutrition)

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