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HOMESTEAD FOOD PRODUCTION: A MULTI- SECTORAL INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION

20 January, 2015

Framework for actions to achieve optimum fetal and child nutrition and development*

*2014 Black Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low‐income and middle‐income countries

Interventions or programs that address the underlying determinants of fetal and child nutrition and development (food, care, health) and incorporate specific nutrition goals and actions. Nutrition‐sensitive programs can serve as delivery platforms for nutrition‐specific interventions, potentially increasing their scale, coverage and effectiveness.

Nutrition‐sensitive Interventions and Programs*

*2013 Lancet

Conceptual framework of the relationship between household food production strategies and health and nutrition outcomes

Participation in household food production interventions

Agricultural inputs Gender‐ sensitive agriculture training

Nutrition education

Increased production

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nutrient‐ rich foods Nutrient‐ rich foods consumed by household

Increased consumption

• f nutrient‐

rich foods by women and children Improved intake of macro‐ and micro‐ nutrients by women and children

Improved maternal and child nutritional status

Nutrient ‐rich foods sold

Increased household income

Increased spending

• n health

Increased spending

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nutritious foods

Improved utilization

• f vitamins

and minerals Improved maternal and child health

• utcomes

2012 Webb‐Girard: The effects of household food production strategies on the health and nutrition outcomes of women and young children.

Characteristics of HKI’s HFP program model

• Utilizes existing community structures and systems to

establish Demonstration Farms (DFs) who received agriculture support and nutrition education;

• Integrates home gardening with small animal

husbandry, poultry/fowl production and fish farming;

• Promotes year round access of indigenous

micronutrient‐rich crops and animal source foods, many

• f which are already being produced by households; and
• Improves on local farming practices to extent possible.

Program Model Cascade HKI

Local NGOs

Gov’t Comm Leaders

Others

Head Members Demonstration Farm

Intervention inputs:

• Input support: seeds, seedlings and saplings, poultry (local

breeds) or/and support for poultry sheds, poultry vaccines, fish cultivars, horticultural inputs, animal fodder, and gardening tools like water cane and pipes

• Training in Essential Agriculture Techniques including animal

husbandry at different levels – extension agents from NGOs, community health volunteers, village and subdistrict government

• Training in Essential Nutrition Actions and behavior change at

different levels – health staff from NGOs and government

• ffices, health volunteers, and targeted women
• Establish of links for marketing & resource access
• Important: Input support shouldn’t be 100% free of cost

Agriculture Training

Agriculture

• Year‐round vegetable and fruit

production;

• Seed, seedling and sapling

production;

• Integrated pest management;
• Organic fertilizer and pesticides; and
• Small scale irrigation

Nutrition Training Nutrition

• The Importance of Dietary Diversity;
• Undernutrition and its Causes;
• The Importance of Micronutrients;
• Hygiene Practices; and
• Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices.

Animal Husbandry Training

• Chicken Rearing;
• Chicken Coop Construction;
• Chicken feeding;
• Chicken vaccination; and
• Catfish rearing.

Nutrition Education

• Based on formative research;
• Nutrition training provided to health workers,

kaders, agriculture and animal husbandry extension workers, and religious leaders;

• Uses IEC materials such as food cards, health

practice game boards, and a recipe book;

• Cooking demonstrations; and
• Nutrition education during religious

meetings.

• Households continue with their garden

activities once the program support has ended;

• Income earned from selling garden produce

was even higher than during project participation;

• Consumption patterns were still more diverse

in comparison with a control group; and

An independent evaluation showed that the HFP is sustainable*:

*Source: Bushamuka, V. N. et. al. FNB 2005

Target Phase 1 (2012) Phase 2 (2013‐ 2015) Total Households (HH) 1,601 2,400 4,001 Demonstration Farms (DF) 80 120 200 Current exposure time 21 months (Feb 13‐ Dec 14) 10 months (Mar‐ Dec 14) Planned exposure time 31 months (Feb 13‐ Sept 15) 18 months (Mar 14‐Sept 15) Villages 74 Sub‐districts 17

• Improve the food security and nutrition conditions

among vulnerable households in Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) district, East Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province in eastern Indonesia.

• Promote and facilitate improved household food

security and nutrition through Homestead Food Production (HFP).

• Improve the capacity of households to produce

year‐round micronutrient rich foods (fruits, vegetables, small animals (e.g. chickens, eggs) for their own consumption.

• Improve the nutritional practices and behaviours of

those households.

HKI’s Project Goals

Source: 2012 Baseline survey, 3 rounds of LQAS survey

Change in Food Consumption Scores from baseline after 18 months of implementation

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Poor Borderline Acceptable 2012 (Dec) 2013 (Sep) 2014 (Jan) 2014 (Jul)

Comparison between the Ministry of Agriculture’s Sustainable Food Reserve Garden Model (Kawasan Rumah Pangan Lestari/KRPL) and HKI’s Homestead Food Production Model Component Ministry of Agriculture HKI Improving food security through utilization of the home garden Yes Yes Increasing food diversity Yes Yes Demonstration farms as a source of inputs Yes Yes Group approach Yes, with 20 HHs per village Yes, with 20 HHs per DF Training Yes Yes Focus Income Generation Nutrition and Income Generation

“Life has to be changed!”

“HKI [Helen Keller International], through its Homestead Food Production program in

• ur village, has improved my family’s life

because we now plant organic vegetables and raise poultry as well as catfish in our

• yard. Production of those vegetables,

chicken and catfish is so good that I can sell some to the market and it has improved our economic condition while fulfilling the basic needs of my family…. I am sure the result of this activity will help me to provide enough money to pay for my children’s school

• fees. I really hope that the government will

continue supporting this activity,”

• Vulnerable households can:
• diversify their diet by increasing consumption
• f micronutrient‐rich foods, including poultry

and fish

• generate income, also to be spent on foods
• HFP has the potential to reduce micronutrient

deficiencies;

• Considering its multiple benefits, HFP is an option

to improve household food security, nutrition and livelihoods and contribute to achieving the MDGs.

In Summary

THANK YOU.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ‐Helen Keller

pgupta@hki.org