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LINKING AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNT

LINKING AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNT. BY I.F. ADU Nigerian Academy of Science.

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LINKING AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNT

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  1. LINKING AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, IMPACT AND LESSONS LEARNT BY I.F. ADU Nigerian Academy of Science

  2. “At this second, a baby girl is being born somewhere in the world. She is being born to a mother who is undernourished and young, 18 years old. It is likely that the baby is stunted in length and low in weight even though she was born at full term. If she survives, her growth will be more likely to falter. Her ability to learn will be unreservedly damaged, as her ability to develop other skills needed for the labour market, home and community. She will also be more susceptible to infectious diseases.. later in life, she will be more likely to suffer from the so-called diseases of affluence such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and diet related cancer. During her childbearing years, she will bear low birth weight babies of her own, continuing the cycle of poverty and ill health from one generation to the next and society will be worse off, both socially and economically.” – Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, ED, UNPF.

  3. The story of Nigeria, a country currently faced with many development challenges, which in spite of her huge human and mineral resources has: Human Development Value 0.511 Life Expectancy 47.7 years Adult Literacy 72.7% Infant Mortality 79/1000 live births U5M 187/1000 live births (Malnutrition contributes 53%) Protein-energy malnutrition 750/million people Underweight for age (5 Yrs) 29% Expenditure on health 1.4% of GDP Health Personnel Attended 35% of births Living on us $ 1/day 71% Living below us $ 2/day 92% Gross enrolment in education 53% HIV/AIDS Infection 5%

  4. Agricultural projects are anchored on the insight that agricultural initiatives are key to addressing food and nutrition security • The insight is based on simple input-output model that assume a linear and casual relationshipCheap food Improved nutrition outcomes Availability Affordability/Access?

  5. REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES

  6. IMPACT • Some of the projects have increased food production while they lasted but have had no impact on National food security. • Food production growth due mainly to expansion of cropped areas rather than increase in productivity. • Population growth, change in food preferences, urbanisation, inflation and cross border demand have continued to affect food availability, accessibility and affordability. • Hence the poor health (nutrition) indices given the agriculture – nutrition – health – environment nexus.

  7. LESSONS LEARNT • Increased food production per se may not translate to improved nutrition outcomes. • Model oversimplifies the factors that affect output. • Hence the need to consider an all inclusive model that provides for a non-linear relationship and feedback

  8. THE WAY FORWARD • Agricultural projects and policies must have nutritional outcomes. • Accept nutrition as a National Development Priority. • Evolve a coherent cross-sectoral/ministerial policy strategy and programmes. • Evolve more innovative structure/arrangement that allows vision to guide both food and nutrition security. • Design strategies ( e.g.biofortification) that will increase the production of micronutrient rich foods. • Develop models that assess impact.

  9. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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