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2017 FANRPAN Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue Durban, South Africa 🁢 15-17 August 2017

#Dialogue2017

Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU): Nutrition-sensitive interventions

within chicken value chains

Bertha Mkandawire Munthali

http//fanrpan/projects/atonu


OUTLINE

• Introduction

• About ATONU

• Fighting malnutrition

• Making an impact

• ATONU entry points in chicken value chains- the Pathways

• ATONU expected NSI outcomes • ATONU summary of NSI activities


About ATONU

• Improving Nutrition Outcomes through Optimized Agricultural Investments Project.

• The project answers the question of what agriculture projects and programs can do to deliver positive nutrition outcomes/ or address malnutrition

• ATONU works with existing agricultural development projects and programmes

• Identify and design nutrition-sensitive interventions to deliver positive nutrition outcomes

• Assess and collect evidence of the impact of interventions

• Provide technical assistance to ensure effectiveness of nutrition-sensitive interventions in agriculture programmes

Nutritional Status

Diverse Diets Low Burden of

Infectious Diseases

Food access Care practices Safe and hygienic environment

Diverse food production on the farm - Chicken, eggs, vegetables

Chicken value chain

Income: from the sale of

chickens, eggs and

vegetables

SBCC: Nutrition and hygiene education

Women’s empowerment

Adapted from Herforth and Billard 2015

Mitigate health risks

introduced by agriculture

production i.e. chicken

ATONU-ACGG IMPACT PATHWAYS


Provision of nutrition education to families to improve food choices,

health seeking behaviours and child care

Diverse food production on the farm- Chicken, eggs, vegetables and other foods. Women empowered for Income use to purchase nutritious food. Food availability assessments

Promotion of hygiene and sanitation in the production of

agriculture products- chickens and vegetables

Promotion of dietary diversity (sufficient, nutritious, safe) –

through IYCN


Targeted Outcomes Improved

consumption of

chickens and

eggs at household

level

Increased consumption of diverse nutritious diets

Enhanced Women’s

urgency for making

household income

expenditure decisions to

improve diets and health


ATONU Approach to Engaging Households

1. Group sessions 2. Community theatre for nutrition behavior change 3. Home visits 4. Process monitoring


ATONU Entry Points into the Value Chains

1. Production 2. Processing 3. Utilization


1. Improved chicken strains

for increased household

consumption of meat and

eggs

2. Production of vegetables

for increased HH access

to diverse diets

3. Food safety and hygiene

measures in the

production of chickens

and vegetables to avoid

faecal contamination

which causes disease

Production


Processing

1. Processing of vegetables to increase year round accessibility and availability in the family diet

2. Processing of chicken meat and eggs in infant feeding

3. Hygiene and sanitation in vegetable processing and chicken handling


Utilisation 1. Nutrition knowledge on utilization of

chicken meat, eggs and vegetables

and other foods in infant diets and

family meals

2. Hygiene and sanitation education in

food preparation and handling

3. Food safety measures in preparing

and consuming food


I.

Nutrition and hygiene

education care group

II.

Women empowerment

for income decision

making

III.

Vegetable

production

IV.

Capacity building

to deliver nutrition

actions in

agriculture

• Optimal diets in Maternal

Infant and Young Child

Feeding (MIYCF)

• MIYCF care group

model learning

sessions on nutrition

education, hygiene and

sanitation

• Hygiene in food

processing, preparation

and handling

• Community mobilization

and sensitization on

gender

• Men sensitization on

child and maternal

nutrition

• Joint financial planning

and budgeting lessons

• Alternative energy and

time saving

technologies

• Vegetable

production

• Vegetables in

family meals

• Processing for

preservation

• Storage

• Utilization

• Trainings

• BCC material

adaptation for

nutrition in

Agriculture

Rigorous evaluation of the nutrition-sensitive interventions

Summary of action areas to achieve nutrition outcomes

II.

Theatre for behavior

change

• Mobilization of

communities to take

action on nutrition at

household level

• Advocating for change in

behaviors that influence

nutrition

• To promote nutrition

through men engagement

and participation

• To identify areas that

would promote or hinder

nutrition and address

them


EATING FOR HEALTH, NOT FOR HUNGER


THANK YOU

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