NUTRITION AS AN INPUT AND AN OUTCOME OF RESILIENCE

SIDE EVENT:

IFPRI 2020 Conference

The side event is jointly organized by FAO and IFRC.

Introduction

Charlotte Dufour, Nutrition officer, FAO

Number of disasters, number of people affected and killed by natural disasters 1975-2011

Source: EM-DAT the OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

All these 22 countries in protracted crisis show high levels of food insecurity and of malnutrition (SOFI 2010)

Source: FAO, IFPRI and WHO – SOFI 2010

These 34 countries account for 90% of the global burden of malnutrition.

Source: Lancet series 2013

Bringing Nutrition and Resilience together

Resilience and Nutrition on the top of political agendas and donors strategies:– Triggered by failure to address and prevent food

and nutrition crises effectively – Persistence of malnutrition highlights chronic

and structural vulnerabilities beyond emergency needs

Resilience cannot be achieved without addressing malnutrition and vice-versa

MAKING RESILIENCE PROGRAMMES MORE NUTRITION-SENSITIVE

Conceptual and operational linkages

Domitille Kauffmann ,Nutrition & Resilience advisor - FAO Nutrition Division

Side Event : Nutrition as An Input and an Outcome of ResilienceIFPRI Conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security

Wednesday 15th May 2014 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Convergence between nutrition and resilience programming

Effective resilience and nutrition programming both call upon: A systemic approach (multi-sectoral, multi-level and

multi-stakeholder) A twin-track approach, linking emergency and

development A context-specific approach Strong local/country/regional ownership and political

leadership

1/ ENABLE THE ENVIRONMENT:

Institutional strengthening and risk and crisis management

governance

2/ WATCH TO SAFEGUARD:

Information and early warning systems, situation

analysis

4/ PREPARE & RESPOND to CRISIS:

Preparedness and response to crisis

3/ APPLY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES:

Protection, prevention, and, approaches and good practices

Four Integrated Thematic

Pillars

Strengthening nutrition in the legislative and policy environment for resilience

Use malnutrition data to advocate for more investments in nutrition and resilience Link or integrate food and nutrition security,

and resilience / DRM policy frameworks Build stronger linkages between nutrition-

related development policies and coordination mechanisms, and those related to humanitarian response

Integrating nutrition in information systems

Indicators of food consumption such as dietary diversity effective for early warning

Consider nutritional indicators (especially stunting) as potential indicators of the erosion of people’s resilience in situation analysis and surveillance.

Understand the causes of malnutrition by livelihoods groups to anticipate the likely impacts of future shocks on vulnerable groups.

Making prevention, preparedness and response more nutrition-sensitive

Use nutrition indicators to identify and target nutritionally vulnerable groups

Design multi-sectoral resilience-building interventions based on an analysis of the causes of malnutrition by livelihood groups.

Make nutrition an explicit objective of resilience-building programs.

Monitor progress against a set of indicators, including individual nutritional status and food consumption

Ensure resilience programmes meet the nutritional needs of, and support, both women and men through a gender-sensitive approach.

Features of nutrition-sensitive resilience-building interventions

Provide nutrition education, especially for vulnerable groups

Promote diversification of food intake and of livelihoods Link social protection measures with resilience and

nutrition frameworks to help protect assets from shocks Multi-sectoral and integrated progammes that address

key determinants of malnutrition (incl. FS, health, water & sanitation, education, care practices)

Multi-stakeholder partnerships to enhance nutritional impact

Looking ahead: challenges

Scientific evidence on the contribution of nutrition to resilience programming? Integrate nutrition in resilience measurement

and measure the nutritional impact of resilience programmes Capacities for nutrition-based multi-sectoral

planning as part of resilience programming?