Post on 21-Jan-2020
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!