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Project ID: | 00067242 | Description: | MDGF-2008-I-AFG |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 31 Mar 2009 | |
Theme: | MDGF SP-ChildFoodSec&Nutri |
End Date*: | 30 Jun 2013 |
Country: | Afghanistan | Project Status: | Financially Closed |
Participating Organization: | Multiple |
About
Overview:The main objective of the Joint Programme (JP) was to deliver an integrated set of interventions to improve nutrition, food security and agriculture. The JP contributed to good governance by building local capacity and setting up coordination mechanisms with local government stakeholders. The JP directly contributed to agricultural outcomes, food security and nutritional improvements, through various interventions aimed at improving agricultural production and food diversification supporting different types of homestead food production models and by enhancing community agricultural skills. It established the Women Agriculture Cooperative and seventeen food processing centres, which were linked to markets. The capacity of the Cooperative was strengthened through training and knowledge sharing experiences, as well as the provision of improved technologies. The project helped in setting up micro-gardens in selected urban areas, and trained members from the Cooperative in small-scale food processing, preservation and cooking techniques. Among the new improved processing techniques introduced were dairy processing for making cheese and potato processing and packaging. Training on how to dry vegetable, fruits and meat through solar dehydrators was provided and together with the necessary tools and equipment to do. In this manner, the JP has contributed to increased agricultural skills, improved food and nutrition security and enhanced income opportunities. During the process it was also able to identify and address existing gaps, such as the lack of capacity building outside the capital, and the need for female staff at MAIL (Ministry of Agriculture, Integration and Livestock) able to assist women and women’s organizations in the social context. The programme also supported capacity building of health staff, including community health workers on Growth Monitoring and Promotion; Infant and Young Child Feeding; counseling on breastfeeding and improved complementary feeding; Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). It developed packages and publications to support health staff in future expansions, and helped to strengthen the institutional framework for addressing malnutrition and chronic food security issues in an integrated and holistic manner. The JP was actively engaged in all relevant ongoing and newly-developed national plans, including the National Priority Programmes (NPPs), in this manner helping to improve communities’ access to improved health services.
Outcome 1:Child undernutrition and household food insecurity are reduced by 2013 through the implementation of an integrated community nutrition and food security package in 10 districts (in 5 provinces).
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Outcome 2:Policies, strategic frameworks and institutional mechanisms supporting integrated nutrition & household food security interventions are established.
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