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MEAS Symposium 2015 June 3, 2015 “Leading Issues in Agriculture Extension Service - Part II” Emerging Issue: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Extension Services Valerie Rhoe Davis Senior Technical Advisor, Agriculture – Gender & Nutrition Catholic Relief Services

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Page 1: Emerging Issue: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Extension Services

MEAS Symposium 2015

June 3, 2015

“Leading Issues in Agriculture Extension

Service - Part II”

Emerging Issue: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Extension Services

Valerie Rhoe DavisSenior Technical Advisor,

Agriculture – Gender & NutritionCatholic Relief Services

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Nutrition-Sensitive Lens

Agriculture

Nutrition

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Nutrition-Sensitive AES & Ag-Nutrition Pathways

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• Agriculture Production-Nutrition Pathway: increasing high-quality food availability and access (nutrient-rich & safe through own production

• Agriculture Income-Nutrition Pathway: income from agriculture wages / commodity sales being used to purchase more nutrient-rich foods or services or products that support nutrition (health services, WASH services, etc)

• Women’s Empowerment-Nutrition• Agriculture affects women’s social status and empowerment • Agriculture affects women’s time • Agriculture affects (and be affected by) women’s health and

nutritional status

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Crop diversification (nutrient-dense/ Biofortification)

Livestock rearing practicesSeed/ Crop storage Small-scale irrigation

Food safety

Nutrition-Sensitive Lens

Agriculture Production

Nutrition

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Food Quantity & Quality matters - Aflatoxin Control

Pre & Post-harvest techniques

Ag Production-Nut Pathway

CRS is supporting the use of PICs in 12 countries; consider the nutritional gains….PICS Team Purdue- D.Baributsa

CRS using PICs in 12 countries;

So lets consider the nutritional gains….

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Animal - Human health interaction…

Thinking outside of our box – what can EAS promote to improve human health along with livestock rearing practices?

Ag Production-Nut Pathway

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Ag Income-Nut Pathway

Not just ↑ income; influencing its use for nutrition-related behaviors. Coupling Agriculture Extension with Nutrition Messages & Female Empowerment

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Interventions that improve couples communication within the household such as CRS’ Faithful House Approach (Burundi) or USAID Zambia Mawa’s Area Association approach, we’ve noticed more equitable decision & joint planning on the use of income earned

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THANK YOU

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Disclaimer

This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development, USAID. The

contents are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.