Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia

FAO

Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The project aims to operationalize the linkages between social protection, food security, nutrition and agriculture for a comprehensive approach to contribute to the sustainable eradication of poverty and food insecurity. This approach is tested in six pilot projects, which will provide the evidence base on the impact of an integrated approach on development outcomes. The results will be shared with the Advocacy and Coordination Councils for Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition and Social Protection in the countries concerned, and feed into key policy, legislative and programming processes at the country, regional and global levels and thus supporting the countries in their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Evaluation of the project “Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia
Project code: GCP/GLO/674/RUS
2021

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Russian

Caucasus and Central Asian countries are strongly committed to promoting food security and nutrition among their populations. Although good progress has been made by most countries in the region, food insecurity and malnutrition remain relatively high and greater efforts are needed to address their root causes. Moreover, wide gaps in terms of income, food security and nutrition, and access to social services have caused substantial migration from rural areas to neighbouring countries. The FAO project on developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia aims to promote cross-sectoral collaboration between agriculture, health, education and social protection sectors by carrying out six pilot projects in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. These pilots build capacities at field and governmental level and provide an evidence base to build political commitment and coherence for the development of policies, legislations and programmes at the country, regional and global levels. The evaluation concluded that overall the project has been successful. The building of operational capacity among stakeholders and beneficiaries is processing well through the ongoing pilots, while high-level coordination and policy dialogue, and the contribution to global policy processes and frameworks need more time to materialize. The evaluation makes a number of recommendations to further enhance project design, implementation, monitoring and sustainability, and proposes a second phase of at least 1-2 years to consolidate and expand achievements.
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
Strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia
Brochure
2018

Also available in:

Russian
Armenian
Kyrgyz
Tajik

The brochure describes the six pilots of the project "Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia". Following an explanation of making operational the linkages between social protection, nutrition and agricultural interventions across the food systems, the brochure describes in detail the “School food and nutrition programmes linked to the agricultural sector”, “Strengthening food systems for nutrition sensitive social protection” and “Promoting inclusive economic growth through matching grants” pilots in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
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Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia
Final report 2022
2023

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The FAO project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, analyses the challenges and promotes cross-sectoral collaboration by providing adequate capacity to effectively pursue and manage coherence between agriculture, health, education and social protection sectors.