comprehensive multi-dimensional programming for nutrition edye kuyper
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INGENAES
Approach to Integrating
Nutrition within Agricultural
Extension Systems
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What we stand for
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Integrating
Gender and
Nutrition
within Agricultural
Extension
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Outline
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b • Agricultural extension & nutrition: –Overview of the need & the global
context
• The INGENAES response • INGENAES competency framework • A “menu of options” • Institutional commitment
Dialogue
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b • How can community health workers and agriculture extension staff support each other’s nutrition-sensitive efforts?
• How to improve diets and food
systems without overburdening staff, systems?
Agricultural Extension Services (AES 101)
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• AES staff forge strong trust relationships in the communities where they work
• AES influence production and management decisions, support farmer association
The “old” model: • male agents advise male farmers on how
to grow more staples and/or cash crops • Agents have introduced crops that have
displaced crops traditionally grown and/or marketed by women, may be less nutritious
Why INGENAES?
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b • Women comprise 43% of the global agricultural labor force, yet: – In most countries, women are underrepresented
in AES staff – Women farmers are infrequently reached by AES – Services are not tailored to the unique needs of
women farmers
Why INGENAES?
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b • Despite decades of investment, agricultural development has not improved nutrition at the micro level. – Agricultural interventions often negatively impact
nutrition – Agricultural projects positively impact child
nutrition when: • nutrition is planned for, • women are empowered, and • nutrition education/SBCC is an integral component
How INGENAES Operates
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b • Activities underway in Bangladesh, Zambia, Nepal, and Honduras (Tajikistan, Uganda, Sierra Leone & Guatemala coming soon)
• Demand-driven: – in-country partners are engaged to understand
what we can offer, – plan to address local needs created in partnership
with local partners
• Context-specific, addressing pluralistic extension
Competency Framework
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Competency
Content Area
Competency Description
Include type of competency (knowledge, attitude, skill), level in Bloom taxonomy, and 2-3 sentences describing the competency
Learning Changes in skills, knowledge and attitudes that happen during a learning event and can be assessed during the event. (Achievement-Based Objectives)
Transfer Specific, expected actions that will be practiced/tried in work. Transfer points form the basis for supportive supervision
Impact Longer-term or ultimate changes that will occur within the organization or community as a result of practicing this competency or this one along with others
Nutrition Promotion in INGENAES: the What
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b • Support year-round food & nutrition security: all the food groups all year round for all the household
• Diversify consumption
• Improve postharvest handling for home and for market
Throughout: • Empower
women and engage men
• Create demand for healthy diets
• Adult learning principles
Competency Framework
Nutrition Promotion in INGENAES: the What
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• WASH as it’s impacted by agriculture – Hygiene in food preparation – Irrigation risks – Livestock, related sanitation & hygiene
• Promote appropriate agricultural practices relevant to nutrition: – Responsible agrochemical use (in pregnancy,
to reduce LBW) – Rest/care esp. for perinatal & lactating
women
• Market-oriented advisory services – Create demand for nutritious products:
partnerships w/ industry, health sector…
Throughout: • Empower
women and engage men
• Create demand for healthy diets
• Adult learning principles
Competency Framework
The INGENAES Menu:
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b • Nutrition Institutional Reflection Framework – Guided process for evaluating how nutrition
connects to core principles – Goal: elicit institutional commitment to nutrition
• Tip/Fact/Activity Sheets – For frontline workers with and without training
• Technical notes, discussion papers and case studies – For policymakers, donors, program managers
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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Dialogue!