Addis_gaps_Nutrition


 * Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands **
 * Project Design Workshop **
 * 30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia **


 * World cafe on gaps - nutrition **

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).


 * How to integrate nutrition in the work?**
 * 1) Conduct formative research to identify nutrition problems, livestock, roots...
 * 2) Identify ongoing projects, nutrition indicators, intra-household food distribution patterns
 * 3) Assess resources and nutrition knowledge (feeding practices, intra-household practices, diet practices).
 * 4) Co-evaluate high nutrient varieties (QPM, legumes, fruits, roots, livestock, medicinal plants)
 * 5) Develop enhanced varieties (e.g. protein maize) and do pilot studies in the community
 * 6) Identify partners and collaborate with them to assist on nutrition education, to develop whole packages;
 * 7) Increase sustainable intensification to create opportunities for diversification and intercropping and household income generation.
 * 8) Consider gender implications when selecting and implementing nutrition interventions.
 * 9) Consider health and nutrition implications of water availability, storage and use.

Challenges:
 * Lack of nutrition expertise involved in sustainable intensification efforts;
 * Incorporating nutrition during implementation.
 * Developing a strategy that addresses consumption at household level.
 * Do we focus on diversity or specialisation?

Opportunities:
 * Link up with other organisations e.g. WFP, UNICEF, local NGOs, national and regional health bureaus. For nutrition and health, ICRAF.