| Agriculture |
Promotion and support of smallholder horticulture production; investments in research and extension supporting productivity gains in foods rich in nutrients; promoting food market development to increase smallholder farmer incomes and price accessibility to diets rich in nutrients |
Enhanced agriculture extension with messaging on optimal diet choices; facilitating access to rural finances for farmers, food processors and traders (particularly focusing on women’s involvement); interventions supporting optimal levels of consumption of foods rich in nutrients (eg, poultry promotion/vaccination, egg marketing, fruit/vegetable cold chain marketing) |
| Health |
Establishment of high quality, high coverage health services, including nutrition counselling and reproductive health; effective reduction of the burden of infectious diseases; promotion of evidence based dietary guidelines to the population |
Promotion and facilitation of exclusive breast feeding and early child development, targeted food supplementation of underweight mothers; cash transfers for populations at risk; micronutrient supplementation; management of diseases (access to impregnated bed nets, reduction of household air pollution through improved stoves and fuel); maternal deworming (which may improve anaemia) |
| Education |
Universal enrolment and retention of girls in schools; use of schools to provide instruction on nutrition and health; promotion of awareness of a healthy diet through school gardening; enhanced curricular initiatives on diet, and physical activity |
Healthy meals/snacks provided in schools (and other institutions), using locally procured foods, as appropriate; deworming and vaccination at school; after-school outreach education programmes for adolescent girls, focusing on antenatal nutrition and health |
| Water and sanitation |
National and local programmes that eliminate open defecation; universal provision of clean water; promotion of good sanitation and hygiene practices |
Promotion of hygiene and sanitation best practices in households; use of improved water sources; facilitating access to improved toilets |
| Market development |
Micronutrient fortification of widely accessible foods, including salt iodisation; quality and food safety regulation |
Development of rural feeder roads and other infrastructure (facilitating sale of produce and access to a diversity of fresh produce at markets) |
| Resilience building |
Implementing effective social safety nets that smooth income flows and food consumption among vulnerable groups |
Preparedness for rapid establishment of targeted management/treatment of acute malnutrition; targeted use of specialised nutritious food products to individuals at risk in emergencies |
