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Digest No. 1176



5 June 2015



Discussion 115







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Innovations in agriculture to improve nutrition.

Share your success stories.



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Dear Members,

Today we close the online discussion on Innovations in agriculture to improve nutrition<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/agriculture_innovations_nutrition>. First of all we would like to thank all participants also on behalf of our partner LANSA (Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia) for their time and for sharing with us their experience. Please see below a message of the discussion's facilitator Alan Dangour and the summaries of the latest contributions.

We will keep the forum open over the weekend in case some of would still like to take part. By mid-June we will then send you the summary of the discussion.

Please visit the discussion website<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/agriculture_innovations_nutrition> for further information or dowload the proceedings<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/115_Agriculture_Innovations_Nutrition/PROCEEDINGS_EN_Agriculture_Innovations_Nutrition.docx> to read all comments received.

Thank you very much once again and see you at the next online discussion.

Your FSN Forum Team









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Dear Colleagues,

As our consultation period draws to a close, we take this opportunity to thank you for your fantastic contributions to this important debate.  We are delighted that we’ve engendered such a tremendous response and very grateful to you all for taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences.



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There is clearly a lot of knowledge already in this field, and there are also many innovations in agriculture and the food system more broadly, which have been tested and proposed for further research.  We are grateful for your willingness to share your ideas with us in such a collegiate manner.  We will aim to draw together the general themes and specific ideas generated by the consultation in a single document in the next few weeks so please do keep an eye on the forum page.

Moving forward, the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia<http://lansasouthasia.org/> (LANSA) programme plans to launch a Call for Research under its second Responsive Window in July 2015.  We hope to attract research proposals seeking to conduct high quality formative and feasibility research on ‘Innovations in Agriculture for Nutrition’ in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.  We shall use your ideas to shape the Call for Proposals.

We hope that the research funded by LANSA will generate sufficient evidence to support the future scale-up and formal testing of innovations to improve nutrition and food security in the Region.  Please do consider this opportunity and share it with your colleagues when it is announced.

Finally, we thank you again for your support and contributions to this consultation.  It has been an extremely rewarding and refreshing process.

With very best wishes,

Prof. M S Swaminathan

Dr. Alan Dangour

Read Alan's comment online<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-45>









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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Florence Egal, Food Security and Nutrition expert, Italy



Florence suggest shifting the focus from agricultural innovation to a food system approach. Local governments should take the lead and engage in sustainable territorial planning in consultation with all relevant actors. In addition, she advocates for food-based nutrition education that can lead to changes in household food production. [...]

Read Florence's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-43>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Jane Sherman, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Italy



Jane points to the fact that not enough has been said about the pathways from agriculture to better nutrition. More importance should be given to show how and why increased productivity, greater income, improved quality or variety of food production can result in improvements in diet and health. [...]

Read Jane's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-42>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]G.N.V. Brahmam, India



G.N.V. shares some info on home gardening and social marketing. While these concepts are not new per se, their application still presents room for improvement. [...]

Read G.N.V. Brahmam's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-41>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, India



Bibhu argues that it is necessary to do three things: increase the area of cultivation of non-cereal crops,  boost local women self-help groups and influence governments and other large players. Bibhu identified the third element as the most difficult. [...]

Read Bibhu's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-40>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]A. Laxmaiah, National Institute of Nutrition, India



A. Laxmaiah calls for promoting the production of green leafy vegetable and fruits in the backyards of rural houses in order to boost productivity and curb micronutrient deficiencies. [...]

Read A. Laxmaiah's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-39>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Vidhya Das, India



Vidhya shares an article on tribal farmers reclaiming denuded landscapes. [...]

Read Vidhya's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-38>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Sreedevi Shankar Kobaku, India ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, India



Sreedevi advocates the application of phosphate solubilizing bacteria to improve yield and nutrition value of crops such as spinach. [...]

Read Sreedevi's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-37>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Krishna Sannigrahi, CABI SAI, India



Krishna highlights that very little work has been done to assess the cost-effectiveness of agricultural interventions. He argues that addressing nutrition starts from addressing inefficient public spending and lack of collaboration between the different agencies involved in rural development and agriculture. [...]

Read Krishna's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-36>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]John Weatherhogg, Italy



John tells us about a project that included the underplanting of paddy with fodder species so as to get more forage in the stubble after the paddy had been harvested. However, in this particular case, the cultural change and social discipline involved in getting all famers to undertake the same practices and to share equitably the improved feed for their livestock proved to be a challenge. [...]

Read John's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-35>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Ghady Chedrawi, FAO, Italy



Ghady introduces us to the Dimitra Clubs, a gender-sensitive participatory approach implemented by FAO.  They are groups of women and men, mixed or not, who decide to organize themselves to work together to bring about changes in their community. They meet regularly to discuss their problems and take action to solve them. These communication spaces for discussion and action have been set up with great success in isolated and remote rural communities of Sub-Saharan Africa (DR Congo, Senegal, Niger, Burundi, and Ghana). [...]

Read Ghady's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-34>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Omar Ali, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh



Omar shares a story about the successful mungbean production in Bangladesh that had a beneficial impact on nutrition supply, job opportunity, income generation, poverty alleviation and soil health improvement. [...]

Read Omar's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-33>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Debashish Chanda, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Bangladesh



Debashish tells us how GAIN has enriched rice in order to address micronutrient deficiency of zinc, which is prevalent in Bangladesh. [...]

Read Debashish's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-32>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Akhter Ahmed, IFPRI, Bangladesh



Akhter highlights an IFPRI pilot study that identified actions and investments in agriculture that can leverage agricultural development for improved nutrition and stimulate pathways to women’s empowerment within agriculture. [...]

Read Akhter's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-31>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Mohammad Jafar Emal, IFAD/RMLSP/MAIL, Afghanistan



Mohammad, writing from Kabul, gives us an overview of a project to develop backyard poultry production, a significant asset to the rural population of Afghanistan. [...]

Read Mohammad's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-30>





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[cid:image004.png@01D09FA1.5812EA10]Lisa Kitinoja, The Postharvest Education Foundation, United States of America



Lisa focuses on the importance of postharvest handling, storage, processing and distribution practices, which are needed to ensure that high quality, nutritious foods grown on farms or in home gardens make it to the table. [...]

Read Lisa's contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-innovations-agriculture-improve-nutrition-share-your-success-stories-29>





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