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Policy briefImproving nutrition in Simbu and Eastern Highlands with nutrition-sensitive value chains: the way forward for the Government of Papua New Guinea 2025
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No results found.The Highlands region boasts the highest proportion of households engaged in agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Despite this, only one in six children in the Highlands consumes a nutritionally adequate diet to ensure appropriate growth and development. As a result, up to 61 percent of children in the Highlands are found to be stunted and up to 14 percent wasted.To ensure children in the Highlands, as well as women of reproductive age, receive adequate nutrition there is an urgent need to examine food value chains using a nutrition-sensitive approach: from both the supply side (the way foods are produced and made available) and the demand side (factors influencing consumer demand and consumption).Recognizing this need, in 2021 FAO in consultation with government and development partners conducted an assessment to identify requirements to support nutrition-sensitive value chain (NSVC) development in two Highlands provinces: Simbu and Eastern Highlands. The assessment found clear opportunities for stakeholders including national and provincial governments to support NSVC development in the two provinces to not only improve nutrition but to enhance economic and social development. -
Book (stand-alone)Nutrition-sensitive value chain analysis for carrot and papaya in Al Batinah North, Oman 2022
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No results found.The Sultanate of Oman is experiencing a nutrition transition, characterized by shifts in diet, lifestyle and disease burden. The National Nutrition Strategy of Oman 2014-2050 and the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy SARDS 2040 have emphasized the importance of adequate intake of fruits and vegetables while decreasing the consumption of energy-dense foods. FAO collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR) and Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC) to conduct an inclusive Nutrition Sensitive Value Chain Analysis (NSVCA). The geographical focus was on Al Batinah North, one of the main agricultural governorates in Oman. Two commodities were selected by MAFWR and the Ministry of Health based on a scoring method: papaya and carrots. This NSVCA aimed at mapping the current landscape of constraints and opportunities in supply and demand of safe and nutritious food commodities across these two value chains. It focuses on SMEs related to food and agriculture, farmer organizations, smallholders and other actors along the value chains. The NSVCA contributes mainly to SO1, SO3 and SO4 through improved knowledge of the food system in Oman and providing a variety of evidence based intervention and investment opportunities along the value chain. The findings will allow decision-makers to identify specific policy interventions which will leverage the potential of these value chains for both income generation and better nutrition outcomes. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetCourse: Sustainable Food Value Chains for Nutrition
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No results found.This fact sheet promotes the course Sustainable Food Value Chains for Nutrition. Food systems play a central role in promoting the consumption of diverse, nutritious and safe food for all and in fighting all forms of malnutrition. In order to navigate the complexity of food systems and identify entry points for nutritionsensitive policy and investments, sustainable food value chains for nutrition (SFVCN) have emerged as a useful tool and are increasingly recognized as a way to operationalize nutrition-sensitive food systems.
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