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Maximizing nutrition in the crop production sector in Ghana

In brief

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO and World Vision

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The crop sector is the largest of all the food sectors, providing sustenance for all 7.8 billion people in the world, as well as 1.3 billion of the 2.5 billion agricultural jobs worldwide. The sector has traditionally focused on providing calories and reducing famine by maximizing productivity. This choice has come to the detriment of production diversity, resulting in many consumers being unable to access the full range of crops, including fruits and vegetables, needed for a healthy diet. Integrating nutrition into the crop production system remains critical to addressing the unacceptably high global prevalence of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. However, uncertainty over what practical approach to adopt remains a challenge for policymakers and practitioners at all levels due to a lack of proven methodological tools. To help address this challenge the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with support from World Vision, has developed an innovative stepwise approach that combines theory and practice by establishing a theory of change and associated impact pathways. This work was carried out as part of a consultative process involving expert stakeholders from Ghana. The results obtained demonstrate the utility of this methodological process in helping political decision-makers and technicians formulate and evaluate nutrition-sensitive policies, programmes and interventions.

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