Market-based partnerships and regional approaches to

nutrition

Bruce Byiers, Simona Seravesi

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The enriching business of nutrition

•  Nutrition mounting the agenda •  CAADP Pillar III…from:

food security to nutrition security quantity to quality of food

•  Complex, multi-sectoral,…

•  Increasing business for development/BoP •  Value-chain integration, labour standards •  On-going regional integration agenda •  CAADP investment plans

•  Opportunities! •  Food, health, jobs, development…

Context

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•  What are the main characteristics, drivers and constraints of multi-stakeholder partnerships that tackle under-nutrition?

•  What are the potential benefits of a regional approach?

•  What are the implications for policy-makers and donors?

Questions

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•  Nutrition: Awareness, Availability, Access, Supporting Environment

•  Business & development/BoP: Awareness, Availability, Access and Affordability

•  Similar principles…

•  …what about: •  Objectives? •  Approaches? •  Targets? •  Impacts? •  Sustainability?

Alignment of agendas

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•  Direct Consumer demand Micro-nutrients Commercial? Sustainable?

•  Indirect Producers/small holders Diversification Enriched seeds Education, health Greater economic impact?

•  Enabling/supporting Regulations Government champions Governance and institutions

Availability, Awareness, Access

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•  Commercial viabilty vs coverage •  Awareness is key – information/marketing •  Regulation also – institutional challenges •  BoP needs scale - little on regional

approaches •  Business environment an overriding

constraint •  Approaches able to deal with nutrition

complexity? •  Need for CSOs to share risks, ensure local

linkages, benefits? •  Motivation – does it matter if it is CSR? •  How can local development benefit?

A world of tradeoffs

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•  Challenges & lessons

•  More on roles of partnerships and different partners?

•  How to create more trust and credibility?

•  Drivers, obstacles and opportunities for greater private sector participation?

Discussion topics

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