Addis gaps Nutrition

Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands Project Design Workshop 30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

World cafe on gaps - nutrition

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).

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How to integrate nutrition in the work?

1. Conduct formative research to identify nutrition problems, livestock, roots...
   1. Identify ongoing projects, nutrition indicators, intra-household food distribution patterns
   2. Assess resources and nutrition knowledge (feeding practices, intra-household practices, diet practices).
2. Co-evaluate high nutrient varieties (QPM, legumes, fruits, roots, livestock, medicinal plants)
3. Develop enhanced varieties (e.g. protein maize) and do pilot studies in the community
4. Identify partners and collaborate with them to assist on nutrition education, to develop whole packages;
5. Increase sustainable intensification to create opportunities for diversification and intercropping and household income generation.
6. Consider gender implications when selecting and implementing nutrition interventions.
7. Consider health and nutrition implications of water availability, storage and use.

Challenges:

• Lack of nutrition expertise involved in sustainable intensification efforts;
• Incorporating nutrition during implementation.
• Developing a strategy that addresses consumption at household level.
• Do we focus on diversity or specialisation?

Opportunities:

• Link up with other organisations e.g. WFP, UNICEF, local NGOs, national and regional health bureaus. For nutrition and health, ICRAF.