Increase the HDDS of smallhloder farmers through training extention agents and smallholder farmers on food diversification with gender-sensitive awareness raising of nutrition.
Description
In parallel with the intervention on the goals 1 and 2 above, extension agents and smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda will receive awareness raising activities of nutrition. SAA will conduct the trainings by the cascade extension model with ToT-educated extension agents in collaboration with health workers and social affair agents. The trainings will range from basic knowledge of nutrition to cooking demonstration for daily balanced diets using nutritious crops (e.g. indigenous vegetables, introduced biofortified crop varieties) and be conducted in a gender-sensitive manner. As a result of the trainings, improvement of the food diversification at the household level can be expected from two different factors: increased self-consumption of nutritious crops and increased purchase of nutritious foods.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Agriculture-based nutrition improvement
Description
Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) surely commits to improve nutritional status of 22,000 smallholder farmers in total in Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda through a holistic approach combining Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture (NSA) with Regenerative Agriculture (RA) and Market-oriented Agriculture (MOA) in a complementary manner (See the attached concept note for details).
SAA sets three measurable goals with the budget of $4,800,000 for five years (2021-2025);
1) Extension agents and smallholder farmers are properly trained on sustainable production, processing and consumption of nutritious crops (biofortified crops, legumes, vegetables, etc.) and quality control of stored agricultural products,
2) Extension agents and smallholder farmers are properly trained on market-oriented farming and/or agribusiness so that the farmers' purchasing powers of nutritious foods are enhanced by increased incomes, and
3) Extension agents and smallholder farmers are properly trained on food diversification with gender-sensitive awareness-raising of nutrition.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Impact >
Diet
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percent increase in household dietary diversity score (HDDS) |
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| Baseline | 0% | 2021 |
| Target | 30% |
