This document provides an overview of the CRP4: Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health program. It has 5 main components: 1) Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains, 2) Biofortification, 3) Control of Agriculture-Associated Diseases, 4) Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Programs, and 5) Informing Policy and Decision making. The program aims to improve nutrition and health of poor people through shaping agriculture. Key partners include CGIAR centers like IFPRI, ILRI, and national agricultural research organizations. The anticipated 2011 budget is $58.8 million. IITA is well aligned to contribute to components on biofortification, food safety, and water-related

1. CRP4: Agriculture for Improved
Nutrition and Health
CG Partners (12)
IFPRI and ILRI (Lead centers), Bioversity, CIAT, CIMMYT,
CIP, ICARDA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IITA, IWMI, World Fish
Other Partners
Health and Nutrition institutes, agricultural research
organizations, farmers organizations, private sector,
etc,
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2. CRP4’ Vision
To accelerate progress in improving the nutrition and health
of poor people by shaping agriculture and food systems
affecting those in marginal environments and those
experiencing the impacts of agriculture intensification.
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3. CRP4 Components
1. Component 1: Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains (0 SC)
2. Component 2: Biofortification (2 SC)
3. Component 3: Control of Agriculture-Associated Diseases
(4 SC)
4. Component 4: Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health
Programs (0 SC)
5. Component 5: Informing Policy and Decision making across
Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition (0 SC)
(6).Cross-cutting issues: Gender, Capacity Strengthening,
Communication and Advocacy
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4. CRP4 Components
1. Component 1: Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains
(0 SC)
2. Component 2: Biofortification
Subcomponent 1: HarvestPlus
Subcomponent 2: Biofortified Food Basket for Latin
America and the Caribbean
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5. CRP4 Components
3. Component 3: Control of Agriculture-Associated
Diseases
Subcomponent 1: Improving Food Safety
Subcomponent 2: Diseases Related to Agricultural Water
Management—Risk Assessment and Mitigation
Subcomponent 3: Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases
Subcomponent 4: Occupational Health
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6. CRP4 Components
4. Component 4: Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Health Programs
(0SC)
5. Component 5: Informing Policy and Decision making
across Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
(0SC)
(6).Cross-cutting issues: Gender, Capacity Strengthening,
Communication and Advocacy
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7. IMPACT PATHWAYS OF COMPONENT1
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8. CRP4: Anticipated Budget for 2011 by
Component (Total=$58,816k)
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
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0
Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Component 4 Component 5
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9. CRP4: Anticipated Budget for 2011
Center ($000) Percent
Bioversity 3,490 5.93
CIAT 3,994 6.79
CIP 1,596 2.71
HarvestPlus 20,993 35.69
ICARDA 906 1.54
ICRAF 728 1.24
ICRISAT 1,816 3.09
IFPRI 12,186 20.72
IITA 2,656 4.52
ILRI 9,651 16.41
WORLFISH 800 1.36
Total 58,816 100.00
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10. CRP4: Proposed Management Structure
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11. IITA Role in the Development of the
CRP4 Proposal
1. IITA scientists participated in e-discussion that led to the 20-pager
concept note in May 2010
2. IITA scientists participated in the on-line consultation from June 28 to
July 14.
3. Two IITA scientists took part in the workshop for the development of
the proposal at at ILRI/Addis Ababa on 28-30 July 2010.
4. IITA scientists were members of the three writing teams: on
HarvestPlus (Maziya-Dixon); Improving food safety in particular
mycotoxins (Bandyopadhyay); Diseases related to agricultural water
management- risk assessment and mitigation (Djouaka, Rousseau and
Coulibaly), Occupational Health (Hoeschle-Zeledon andTamo); and
Informing Policy and Decision making across Agriculture, Health, and
Nutrition (Coulibaly and Manyong)
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12. CRP4 and IITA MTPs
– Strong alignment to AH
AH Strategy Outputs CRP4 components
O1 on varieties with enhanced C2 on biofortification
micronutrients and reduced anti-
nutritional factors
O2 on improved diets and human health C4 (Integrated agric, health, and
of vulnerable and increased market nutrition programs) and C1
opportunities (Nutrition-sensitive value chain)
O3 on reduced health risks from C3 (Control of agriculture
mycotoxins associated diseases)
O4 on impact and policy C5 (Policy and decision-making
across agric, health and nutrition)
– CRP4 is relevant to parts of IITA MTPs on R&T, CL, BP
(breeding and value chains) and OT (policy and
economics)
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13. Future Role of IITA in CRP4
1. IITA Program on AH aligns well with CRP4.
2. The IITA comparative advantage lies on the following sub-
components in that decreasing order of priority: 3.1 on food safety
(mycotoxins and plant toxins e.g. HCN in cassava), 2.1 on HarvestPlus,
3.3. on water-related diseases in particular malaria and agriculture, 3.4
on occupational health, 4 on integrated agriculture nutrition and health,
and 5 on policy monitoring and evaluation.
3. Role of IITA in the management structure of CRP2 is uncertain. The
presence of an IITA scientist could be an added advantage.
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