SEWOH

One World – No Hunger Initiative

Global Program Food and Nutrition Security/Resilience,

Country Component Ethiopia

Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

Project (NSAP) Presentation

EU Delegation AA

19th May 2016

GIZ NSAP

• The nutrition situation of food & nutrition

insecure people, particularly women of

reproductive age & young children has

improved in the targeted weredas of Tigray

• 12,000 Women (15-49) & 4,500 infants & young

children (6-23)

• Three districts

• May 2015 – December 2017

Low dietary

diversity- MDD

only at 6.8%

MAD betweeen

11 – 20%

Low HH food

security (32%);

low vegetable

and crop

diversity

Counseling

structures are

available

(health and Ag

extension

workers)

High rates of

diarrhea and

waterborn

diseases

High rates of

unimproved

sanitation;

animal feaces

in living areas;

unimproved

drinking water

Low to medium

knowledge;

poor practice in

antenatal care

and clinic visits

Core Problem:

stunting rates 40%

wasting rates 9%

Anaemia rates 44%

How are we going to tackle these challenges?

Field of activity 1:

Nutrition Sensitive

Agriculture

Field of activity 2:

Improved food and

nutrition practices;

Health and CARE

Field of activity 3:

Strengthen

multi-sectoral

coordination for

nutrition security.

1. Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

Home gardens for diversed food consumption and micronutrients

OFSP for Vitamin A consumption

Poultry and small ruminants for animal source foods

Oil seeds production for nutritious oil

1. Nutrition ... cont

Oil processing for nutritious oil for self-consumption

Tomato processing to reduce post harvest losses

Diary processing to enhance shelf life

2. Improved food and nutrition practices; Health and CARE

Trainings on NSA to enhance knowledge

Cooking demonstrations for BC & knowledge

Complementary feeding sessions for knowledge

Water filter for potable water and hygiene

3. Strengthen Multisectoral Coordination

National NSA training material for government extension service

Secondment to the Partner Ministry of Agriculture

Meetings on NSA for increase of knowledge

National Baseline Survey

• International consultant

• One week training

• Conducted b/n 18th January – 5th February 2016 on 400 HHs

• Tablet based & additional paper base 24h dietary recall

The main indicators of the baseline survey were:

• Individual Dietary Diversity Score Women (IDDS-W) for mothers 15-

49 years of age to increase by 0.5 food groups

• Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) for infants and young children 6-23

months of age increase of proportion by 3-5%

• Household Food Insecurity Experience Scale (HFIES) of

interviewed households

• Crop diversity and post-harvest handling of interviewed households

Results obtained on agriculture, DD, WASH & KAP

• 44.5 % illiterate

• 70% have home gardens

• Access to fruits 26.4%

• Improved sanitation facility 12.3%

• Open defecation 51.5%

• Use soap after defecation 66%

• Diarrhea 31.2% of children within 2 weeks

• Under five clinic visit 4.2% & antenatal care 4.1%

• OFSP & Irish potato consumption – less than 5%

Results …. cont

• Hygiene & nutrition counselling 88.4% & 80.9%

• Only 32% food secure

• IDDS-W 3.1%

• 17.1% achieved MAD

• 31.9% nearby dirty water

• Preference of watery porridge 51%

• 6.8% achieved MDD-W

• Fasting without ASFs

• HHs were volunteer but with scattered settlement

Thank you!