IFPRI Egypt Strategy Support Program Inauguration, Clemens Breisinger

Egypt SSP Inauguration

Clemens Breisinger

Egypt Strategy Support Program Launch

MARCH 1, 2016 | CAIRO, EGYPT

Objective: to raise incomes of the rural poor and to improve food and nutrition security in Egypt by: • generating policy-relevant evidence • strengthening national capacity buildingInitial program components (under USAID funding):1) Impact evaluation of USAID-funded projects in

Upper Egypt 2) Capacity building of national partners on the

monitoring & evaluation of projects & programs

3) Actionable research and policy advisory

Egypt SSP

C1: Impact evaluation of three USAIDfunded projects in Upper Egypt

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Why do an impact evaluation?

•Governments and international organizations set themselves development goals (e.g. SDGs on poverty, food security and nutrition)•There is only limited funding available, so which programs or interventions are best?• Impact evaluations help provide evidence about which programs are the most effective and most cost-effective at improving the targeted outcome

Why impact evaluation in Upper Egypt•Background• Upper Egypt is a lagging region with a lot of

potential for agricultural development and marketing• Like Egypt as a whole, Upper Egypt faces serious

nutrition challenges, incl. stunting and overweight

•Research questions•How can agriculture be leveraged for improving

nutrition in (Upper)Egypt?•What are the specific and combined effects of

agriculture and nutrition interventions•How can program and project designs of GoE and

donors be optimized to improve nutrition outcomes

1. Food production/consumption pathway

Pathways linking agriculture and nutrition

Leroy J., adapted from: Gillespie et al.. 2012. The Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India: What Do We Know? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1187. IFPRI, Washington DC.



2. Income - expenditure pathway



3. Women employment – time – care



4. Women’s employment – status – HH decision-making pathway



5. Women’s nutrition/health pathway

Interventions/programs in agriculture *can* affect nutrition…… but they do not automatically lead to improved nutrition!

*Leroy, J., Frongillo, E., 2007. Can interventions to promote animal production ameliorate undernutrition? J. Nutr. 137, 2311–2316; Ruel, M.T., Alderman, H., 2013. Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?, Lancet; Leroy, J., Ruel, M., Verhofstadt, E., Olney, D.K., 2009. Micronutrient impact of multisectoral programs focusing on nutrition: examples from conditional cash transfer, microcredit with education, and agricultural programs, Micronutrient Forum. Photocopy. Micronutrient Forum.


Interventions/programs in agriculture *can* affect nutrition…… but they do not automatically lead to improved nutrition!Three key conclusions from previous literature*:

• Interventions need specific nutrition goals and actions• Interventions need to focus on women

*Leroy, J., Frongillo, E., 2007. Can interventions to promote animal production ameliorate undernutrition? J. Nutr. 137, 2311–2316; Ruel, M.T., Alderman, H., 2013. Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?, Lancet; Leroy, J., Ruel, M., Verhofstadt, E., Olney, D.K., 2009. Micronutrient impact of multisectoral programs focusing on nutrition: examples from conditional cash transfer, microcredit with education, and agricultural programs, Micronutrient Forum. Photocopy. Micronutrient Forum.


Pathways linking agriculture and nutritionInterventions/programs in agriculture *can* affect nutrition…… but they do not automatically lead to improved nutrition!Three key conclusions from previous literature*:

• Interventions need specific nutrition goals and actions• Interventions need to focus on women• Need rigorous evaluations to build evidence base

• Current experience and evidence mostly limited to homestead food production

• Very limited on the potential of commercial agriculture to improve nutrition

→ This project has the potential to fill key knowledge gap*Leroy, J., Frongillo, E., 2007. Can interventions to promote animal production ameliorate undernutrition? J. Nutr. 137, 2311–2316; Ruel, M.T., Alderman, H., 2013. Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?, Lancet; Leroy, J., Ruel, M., Verhofstadt, E., Olney, D.K., 2009. Micronutrient impact of multisectoral programs focusing on nutrition: examples from conditional cash transfer, microcredit with education, and agricultural programs, Micronutrient Forum. Photocopy. Micronutrient Forum.

•Objective: to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural project planning and implementation•How: • comprehensive needs assessment to evaluate

current capacities, systems and tools • support local partners in building databases

and tools•Next step: In early April, MoALR and IFPRI

will organize a roundtable meeting with key national and international stakeholders

C2 Capacity building in M&E

•IFPRI research seminar seriesstarting April 2016

•Research priority setting workshoptomorrow, March 2!

C3 Actionable research

Goal: To identify strategic research areas and topics of the Egypt SSP for the period 2016-2020Objectives1) To learn about Egypt’s main development

challenges and opportunities2) To understand which organizations and research

institutions engage in which areas and are concerned with which issues

3) To identify existing knowledge gaps and IFPRI’s potential contributions

… within four broad themes (consistent Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy and IFPRI’s strategy).

Research priority setting workshop

Research themes1) Economic transformation and rural development2) Institutions and social inclusion3) Food supply and natural resources4) Public health and nutritionProcedures (for Themes 1& 2 and Themes 3 & 4 paired)• Rapid-fire presentations

(global research and national perspectives)• Parallel breakout group discussions:

Carousel approach(with 3 focused discussion rounds)

• Plenary discussion(esp. on cross-cutting issues)

Workshop findings will be summarizedin a report and published.

… with an innovative approach

Table A: “Development challenges &

opportunities”

Table B: “Relevant

organizations & areas of work”

Table C: “Knowledge

gaps & research demands”

Egypt SSP Website Launch

Fatma Mahfouz

Egypt Strategy Support Program Launch

MARCH 1, 2016 | CAIRO, EGYPT

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