2015 Integrated Nutrition Conference USAID/AGP-AMDe Project
NUTRITION-SENSITIVE AGRICULTURE: A Foundation for Optimal Nutrition and Productivity Integrating Nutrition for Strengthened Market Systems ⦿
Targets smallholder farmers ⦿ Integrates nutrition training and behaviour change communications into agriculture value chains ⦿ Gender sensitive
Ensuring Nutritional Quality of Food
Women’s Nutritional Status
Women’s SocioEconomic Status Women’s Childcare Management
Post-harvest handling / Processing
Allocation of Income Food Prices
On-Farm Food Production
Improving Food Production
Empowering Women
Income Generation
Increasing Incomes
Targeted Nutrition Messaging to Men Evokes Household Nutrition Behavior ⦿ Cascade training through cooperatives to reach smallholder farmers ⦿ Messaging focuses on hygiene and farm and food diversification ⦿ Posters, videos and flyers printed in local languages
92 Home economic agents
1,212
Lead farmers Development agents
The program created cookbooks with simple recipes that target farmers to improve diet diversification
50,703 Farmers
Results The survey indicated the training significantly (p>0.01) innuenced the nutrition knowledge and practice of farmers: ⦿ New crop cultivation: those who received training are 23% more likely to cultivate a new crop ⦿ Intercropping practices: those who received training are 25% more likely to intercrop ⦿ Handwashing practices: those who participated in training are 23% more likely to wash their hands after using the toilet ⦿ Nutrition knowledge: those who attended trainings demonstrated more knowledge on different types of food, with
those receiving training being 24% more likely to know about types of food that provide energy, 33% more likely to know about on types of food that are important for growth maintenance, and 34% more likely to know about foods that can assist with protection from disease than those who did not attend training.
Conclusion and Implication for East Africa ⦿ Improved nutritional knowledge and practices of trained farmers ⦿ Increased awareness of food groups ⦿ Increased production and consumption of a variety of vegetables ⦿ Increased hygiene/sanitation practices AGP-AMDe is a ve-year USAID and Feed the Future program working across six value chains, from production to export to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger for rural households. Program activities integrate nutrition activities and learning to improve dietary diversity of farmers and overall nutritional status of their families. REFERENCES
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1. CSA. Ethiopian DHS, 2011. Central Statistical Agency , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , ICF International Calverton, Mary- land, USA 2. IFPRI: AGP-AMDe baseline study, 2011. 3. AGP-AMDe nutrition knowledge and practice survey, 2015.