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Integrating nutrition outcomes into agriculture development for impact at scale: Highlights from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund.
- Source :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition; May2019 Supplement S3, Vol. 15, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund programme supported research and scaling up of nutrition‐ and gender‐sensitive agriculture innovations from 2009 to 2018. Women and girls were identified as agents of change and were targeted as the main programme beneficiaries. Projects were implemented in 25 countries through multistakeholder partnerships among universities, research institutions, public and private sectors, and civil society groups, reaching over 78 million people, mainly women and children. Approaches specific to nutrition included growing more nutritious crops, improving dietary diversity, value added processing, food fortification, and nutrition education. Scale‐up for impact was achieved through a number of pathways that started with evidence through rigorous research, followed by a combination of elements such as understanding local and regional contexts to identify specific bottlenecks and opportunities for the deployment and adoption of successful innovations, selecting politically effective or influential partners to lead the scaling up process, and investing in long‐term local capacity and leadership building. Overall, the knowledge generated in the programme indicate that well‐designed nutrition‐sensitive agriculture and food‐based interventions can have meaningful impacts on pathways that will lead to better health and well‐being of women and children through improving household and individual access to nutrient‐rich foods. Longer intervention times are needed to demonstrate changes in health indicators such as reduced stunting. This overview paper summarises the programme and showcases examples from studies that demonstrate the impact pathway for nutrition interventions that encompass efficacy and effectiveness studies, value‐added processing, cost effectiveness of interventions, and bringing a proven intervention to scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION of agricultural laborers
DEFICIENCY disease prevention
ENRICHED foods
AGRICULTURE
CULTURE
DIET
FOOD supply
HEALTH status indicators
HYGIENE
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL requirements
NUTRITION education
NUTRITION policy
PUBLIC health
SELF-efficacy
MICRONUTRIENTS
WOMEN
THEORY
HUMAN services programs
FOOD security
NUTRITIONAL status
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17408695
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136749195
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12812