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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................. Vii
1. CORE CONCEPTS ....................................................................... 1
Concepts .............................................................................................. 1
Indicators ............................................................................................. 4
Conceptual frameworks ........................................................................ 6
Links to agriculture .............................................................................. 12
Summary ............................................................................................. 13
2. MALNUTRITION AMONG WOMEN AND YOUNG
CHILDREN ................................................................................. 14
Measures available .............................................................................. 14
Broader impact .................................................................................... 22
Summary ............................................................................................. 25
3. ADDRESSING NUTRITION SECURITY NEEDS
THROUGH AGRICULTURE .................................................... 27
Challenges to meeting food and nutrition security needs ......................... 29
Past agricultural interventions to improve nutrition ................................ 33
Experience in other countries ................................................................ 38
Summary ............................................................................................. 41
4. AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION POLICY ......................... 43
Governance ......................................................................................... 43
Challenges for national coordination ..................................................... 48
Proposal for a National Nutrition Council (NNC) ................................. 49
Summary ............................................................................................. 50
5. INTEGRATING NUTRITION INTO AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH ................................................................................ 52
Role of nutrition scientists ..................................................................... 52
Nutrition research relevant to agriculture ............................................... 52
Constraints on integrated research in nutrition and agriculture in Nigeria . 59
Summary ............................................................................................. 59
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
or sustainable, and usually do not address the root causes of poor nutrition.
Gender equity is important in agriculture and nutrition, because economic
and educational empowerment of women translates into better nutritional
indices in both women and children. However, few agricultural policies or
programmes focus on women producers. Nigeria is not keeping pace with
other countries in the African region, some of which have radically improved
nutritional indices in recent years through a combination of strategic
interventions in agriculture.
At this workshop, experts have offered a rich and impressive variety
of suggestions for action to address malnutrition through agriculture in Nigeria,
and these have been condensed into a prioritised list of actions. Strategies
that have been applied in other countries that offer untapped potential in Nigeria
include: cultivation of biofortified crops, credit lines for farmer cooperatives,
community-driven school meal programmes, urban agriculture, food
fortification, nutrition education targeted at both men and women, and improved
provision of clean water and sanitation. Progress in linking nutrition and
agriculture in Nigeria will depend on overcoming the weaknesses of previous
multisectoral collaboration and leveraging on existing capacity, especially in
agricultural extension and research.
The following proposals emerged at the end of the workshop:
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