Program: Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Specific Objectives
- Increased production and consumption of diversified foods in hygienic homes
Six out of every ten households consume only two non-nutritious meals a day, with the average monthly per capita consumption falling to a stark $0.04 per person. In the region, 48% of children face food deprivation, and in refugee-hosting districts, 16% of children eat fewer than two meals daily. Refugees rely heavily on the World Food Programme (WFP) for food, but the rations provided are insufficient in both quantity and quality for a healthy and productive life. This dire situation is primarily due to factors such as low productivity in subsistence farming, limited income to purchase food, lack of nutritional awareness, poor sanitation and hygiene practices, climate change, environmental degradation, and high population growth rates.
To address this, we implement climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices and a Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach. We enhance the skills of extension staff and peer trainers (Lead Farmers, Poultry paravets, and community health advisors) to support families in planning nutritious food production, integrating local poultry, fruits, nuts and vegetables through kitchen and orchard gardening, promoting open defecation-free communities, and creating green villages through tree growing, food forests, apiary production, and energy-saving technologies. Additionally, we collaborate with local health facilities to provide community-based health outreaches.