Emerging Issue: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Extension Services
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MEAS Symposium 2015
June 3, 2015
“Leading Issues in Agriculture Extension
Service - Part II”
Emerging Issue: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Extension Services
Valerie Rhoe DavisSenior Technical Advisor,
Agriculture – Gender & NutritionCatholic Relief Services
Nutrition-Sensitive Lens
Agriculture
Nutrition
Nutrition-Sensitive AES & Ag-Nutrition Pathways
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• Agriculture Production-Nutrition Pathway: increasing high-quality food availability and access (nutrient-rich & safe through own production
• Agriculture Income-Nutrition Pathway: income from agriculture wages / commodity sales being used to purchase more nutrient-rich foods or services or products that support nutrition (health services, WASH services, etc)
• Women’s Empowerment-Nutrition• Agriculture affects women’s social status and empowerment • Agriculture affects women’s time • Agriculture affects (and be affected by) women’s health and
nutritional status
Crop diversification (nutrient-dense/ Biofortification)
Livestock rearing practicesSeed/ Crop storage Small-scale irrigation
Food safety
Nutrition-Sensitive Lens
Agriculture Production
Nutrition
Food Quantity & Quality matters - Aflatoxin Control
Pre & Post-harvest techniques
Ag Production-Nut Pathway
CRS is supporting the use of PICs in 12 countries; consider the nutritional gains….PICS Team Purdue- D.Baributsa
CRS using PICs in 12 countries;
So lets consider the nutritional gains….
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Animal - Human health interaction…
Thinking outside of our box – what can EAS promote to improve human health along with livestock rearing practices?
Ag Production-Nut Pathway
Ag Income-Nut Pathway
Not just ↑ income; influencing its use for nutrition-related behaviors. Coupling Agriculture Extension with Nutrition Messages & Female Empowerment
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Interventions that improve couples communication within the household such as CRS’ Faithful House Approach (Burundi) or USAID Zambia Mawa’s Area Association approach, we’ve noticed more equitable decision & joint planning on the use of income earned
THANK YOU
Disclaimer
This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development, USAID. The
contents are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
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