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4 September 2015

USAID/Tanzania

Feed the Future:

Helping Scale

Agriculture-

Nutrition

Linkages

FTF ALIGNMENT & GOT/Z COORDINATION

• Agricultural Sector Development Program through Tanzania’s Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) country investment plan

• New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

• Tanzania Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan (TAFSIP)

• Tanzania National Nutrition Strategy

• PMO (Business Coordination)

• MAFSC, MANR (Zanzibar), TFNC, MOHSW

INVESTMENT

• Over $40M in overall nutritional investments (includes both

USAID Economic Growth and Health Offices)

• $70M annual investment through Feed the Future

• FTF ZOI: 5 regions (Manyara, Dodoma, Morogoro, Iringa & Mbeya) + Zanzibar

Increase food availability, access, stability and utilization

THREE PIVOTAL PATHWAYS BETWEEN

AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION

• Food production: own consumption, food prices, processing and storage

• Agricultural Income: food purchases, healthcare and educational expenditures

• Women’s empowerment: control over income, resource allocation, time-use & workload, and care capacity

(IFPRI / SPRING, 2014)

STAPLES (RICE & MAIZE)

Improving competitiveness and productivity of the rice and maize

value chains (agriculture income)

Enhancing rural h/h nutrition by promoting women-focused value

chain development and improved consumption/ diet (food production)

• $500k in savings accumulated by SILC groups

• 145k have received production and food security training

• Rice yields: average 3.2 tons/ha, up to 5

Crop Diversity

Incorporation of legumes and vegetables in maize cropping systems

HORTICULTURE

• $3,750 average gross margins/hectare

• Over $39M total in incremental sales (2009-present)

• 12,000+ households with access to home gardens

• Zanzibar (before: 70-80% of horticulture produce consumed

imported from mainland; currently imports are now at 30%)

• OFSPs (sweet production, storage, uptake, and marketing)

• Scaling household vegetable seed kits (AVIs)

FOOD PROCESSING & FORTIFICATION

1. Adding Value to Production (processing)

2. Increase the supply of and demand for nutritious and fortified

foods, especially among vulnerable populations (fortification)

• Distribution of 50+ dosifiers for maize fortification (SANKU)

• Edible oil fortification

• Social awareness campaign on food fortification

• Micro-nutrient powders (MNPs) distribution

SAFE: medium-scale millers (Dodoma & Morogoro) around

processing and fortification….sector-wide trainings

AGR - NUTRITION RESEARCH: iAGRI

iAGRI Consortium- MAFSC – SUA collaboration:

• 15 student dissertation topics pertaining to Agriculture-Nutrition

(1/2 students of them are from MAFSC)

Potential of Lactic Acid Fermentation In Reducing AflatoxinB1 And Fumonisin B1 In

Tanzania Maize-Based Complimentary Gruel

Effect of Nutrition Information on Feeding First Food Enriched With Orange Fleshed

Sweet Potatoes on Vitamin A Status in 6-12 Months Children in Morogoro Region,

Tanzania

• Collaborative Research project, headed by Dr. Joyce Kinabo:

“From Soil Elements to Food Nutrients: Improving Nutrient Content of Food through Agriculture”

MAKING NUTRITION MORE VISIBLE

• Distribution of 3,000 nutrition SBCC parent

kits in all districts in Manyara, Dodoma, and

Morogoro

• New Farmer kit: SBCC to promote discussion

at household level on what to grow, as well as

awareness of male parents to support their

wives in taking care of children

• Link to FTF partners via CHWs, farmer

groups, extension, and farmer field days &

nutrition messaging

RAISING INCOMES ALONE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO

SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE NUTRITION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN;

SO…..

• Need for a more robust orientation/training in nutrition among the multitude of

actors/conduits of info exchange: LGAs/extension, VBAAs, SILC groups…etc.

• FTF partners & integration: Shared objectives and indicators (progress and

outcome-oriented, use of WEAI) and in work planning (messaging, dietary

diversity, etc.)

• Women empowerment: addressing women’s constraints, dietary patterns, time,

differences in access and control of resources compared to men in the same

household

Initiative to promote gender-appropriate agricultural technologies to reduce

women's time & energy

More operational research and future impact evaluation

NUTRITION IS EVERYWHERE, BUT NOWHERE

A multi-sectoral affair: we all have a stake in nutrition

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