Research Gaps for Food and Nutrition Security under CAADP Namukolo Covic (PhD) IFPRI, Addis Ababa

1. MALABO FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
COMMITMENTS: DATA AND RESEARCH GAPS
ReSAKSS Conference Side Event: 18 October 2016
Research Gaps for Food and Nutrition Security under CAADP
Namukolo Covic (PhD)
IFPRI, Addis Ababa
n.covic@cigar.org

2. Malabo Food Security and Nutrition Commitments-A
• Increase agriculture productivity
• At least 10% Government expenditure on Agriculture
• 6% growth in the Agriculture sector
• Evidence based policies and supportive institutions
• Reduce post harvest losses
• Establishment of multisectoral coordination bodies for
implementation of NAIPs
• Integrate social protection measures to protect
agricultural productivity and resilience

3. Malabo Food Security and Nutrition Commitments-B
• Use agriculture as a key strategy to address hunger
• End hunger by 2025 (Undernourishment to <5%)
• Reduce stunting to 10% by 2025
• Reduce underweight to 5% by 2025
From the CAADP Results Framework
• Minimum diet diversity and minimum meal frequency
for 6-23 months (minimum acceptable diet)
• Minimum diet diversity-women 15-49 years

4. Data and Research Gaps
Malabo/CAADP Results
Framework Item
Data/Research Gap
Increase productivity Lagging diversification. Best combination of interventions
for nutrition impact? Need fertilizers tailor made to local
soil profiles; need to test the agrobiodiversity index
10% Government
expenditure on
Agriculture
What does this mean? Inputs? Roads? What is the best
approach under different contexts? Which combination is
best reflective of meaningful government expenditure
Evidence based policies;
supportive institutions
How is this happening if at all? How responsive is the
process? What are the barriers? What capacities are
needed?
Reduce post harvest
losses
The real situation under different scenarios for different
foods? How can it be prevented? Food contamination?
Multisectoral
Coordination Bodies for
NAIP implementation
What are the most effective structures and modalities?
Capacity need is a barrier; What are best practices to
develop needed capacities?
Integration of social
protection measures +
resilience
Relatively little information. How can Nutrition best be
mainstreamed? Sustainability aspects need attention.

5. Data and Research Gaps
Malabo/CAADP Results
Framework Item
Data/Research Gap
Agriculture as a key strategy to
address hunger
Limited evidence on impact of agriculture on nutrition.
Agriculture must become more nutrition sensitive? How can
this be best achieved under different contexts?
Countries reflect disparities of mainstreaming nutrition.
Undernourishment to <5% There are countries that have reached this yet different forms
of malnutrition persist. Mostly national FBS data. limited
availability/use at sub-national?
Reduce stunting to 10% by
2025
Useful indicator but many causes. Low periodicity of
collection; Difficult to link to agriculture interventions.; What
proportion of stunting reduction can be attributed to CAADP?
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Minimum diet diversity (MDD)
and minimum meal frequency
(MMF) for 6-23 mo
MDD: More direct link to agriculture and economic food
access. Very limited data; Should be considered for
programme impact; Need to know if MMF is correlated to
women’s farm labour intensification impacting care practices.
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Minimum diet diversity-women
15-49 years
More direct link to agriculture and economic food access.
Very limited data; Should be considered for programme
impact; Can we predict MDD based on income or
agrobiodiversity?

6. Concluding remarks
• Where data is available its use is limited
• There are many areas where both research and
data are needed
• Dietary indicators related to nutrition should be
given greater research attention under different
food security scenarios.
• Social protection is advocated for but implication
on national budgets should be given adequate
attention.

7. MALABO FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
COMMITMENTS: DATA AND RESEARCH GAPS
Namukolo Covic (PhD)
IFPRI, Addis Ababa
n.covic@cigar.org