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Key Milestones
1980s- Concepts
Agriculture affects nutrition through:
Income, prices, demand for labor, time allocation, energy expenditure
1990s – Research
Agriculture commercialization:
Income effect not sufficient to improve child nutrition (women and WASH may be important)
Breeding for nutrition: idea was born
2000s – Research, Partnerships, Policy Engagement
Beyond calories:
HarvestPlus, diet quality, nutritious foods, micronutrients
Evidence generationon what works, how, where, when
Multi-sectoral work:
Role of women and of other sectors to deliver on nutrition
2020 Conference
Filling Evidence Gap through
Rigorous Evaluations
Working with partners such as Helen KellerInternational to evaluate impacts of agriculturalprograms on maternal and child nutrition
Bangladesh (MOA) commissions a studyto design and evaluate (RCT) a nation-wide project linking agriculture, women’sempowerment and nutrition
Decades of IFPRI Research (led by A. Ahmed) :- Heavy reliance on rice – poor diet diversity- Women’s empowerment important for
production diversity, food security, nutrition- Behavior change key to improving nutrition
Evidence-Based Policy-Making
in Bangladesh
Countries need to translate political momentum into action on the ground …..
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2015
Momentum in Nutrition
Initiative to document country experiences on how to improve nutrition - at scale
Uses a common approach – mix of quantitative and qualitative tools
Generates learning, knowledge; helps translate into improved policy and practice
Creates a learning platform to inform and inspire Builds capacity and fosters sharing of experiential
learning
Stories of Change