Post on 11-Jan-2016
Responses to paper by Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Patrick Webb
ICN2, Rome, November 14, 2013
1. “Cost-efficacy of food and agriculture-based nutrition enhancing interventions has not been rigorously evaluated.”
Agency Annual Cost Inputs and services provided
World Bank $30/child Vitamin supplements, deworming, CMAM fortification of staples, salt iodization
REACH $36/child Soap, bed-nets, malaria treatment, home gardens, clean water
IFSP Mulanje
$46/person Seeds, irrigation, food-for-work, livelihoods (training, inputs), food technology
SNRP (EU) $61/person Nutrition education, water, hygiene, seeds, village savings banks, extension services
WALA (USAID)
$61/person Seeds, irrigation, nutrition and health education, health services, microfinance
Millennium Villages
>$120/ household
Village storage, seeds, clinics and schools, seeds, internet access, phones
1. “Cost-efficacy of food and agriculture-based nutrition enhancing interventions has not been rigorously evaluated.”
2. “It is important to remember that reducing poverty is important, but insufficient to eliminate nutritional deficiencies.”
5Source: Black et al. (2013) Lancet series IISource: Black et al. (2013) Lancet series II
1. “Cost-efficacy of food and agriculture-based nutrition enhancing interventions has not been rigorously evaluated.”
2. “It is important to remember that reducing poverty is important, but insufficient to eliminate nutritional deficiencies.”
3. “Food price fluctuations may contribute to transitory food insecurity and malnutrition. Policies to strengthen timely price information might reduce such negative effects.”
Source: Lancet series 2013
We pledge to make all efforts to eliminate before the end of this decade: Famine and famine-related deaths Starvation and nutritional deficiency diseases in …natural and man-made disasters
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION World Declaration and Plan of Action for Nutrition Rome, December 1992
Natural Disasters 1900-2011
People affected
People killed