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Nutrition workshop

22-23 September 2014

• Independent program evaluation

• Strategy and trends

• Mobilising science

• Impact assessment

Independent Science and

Partnership Council

Roles

Nutrition workshop 2014 http://ispc.cgiar.org

Science Fora

• SF11: The agriculture/environment

nexus

• SF13: Nutrition and health outcomes:

targets for agricultural research

• SF15: Poverty reduction


Objective of SF13

To use recent evidence across a range of disciplines to identify priority research needs and new scientific approaches and facilitate new and stronger partnerships, through which the agricultural community can add most value to the delivery of nutrition and health outcomes


- 21 ECS attended the SF

- Mentoring during SF to help them meet

experts in their field

- Competition open to the 21 for support for

exchange visits to create new partnerships

- Seven such exchanges being supported this

year

Follow-up to SF13

Early career scientists (ECS)


• Videos (and power-points) of

presentations in plenary sessions

are available at ISPC website

• Summary of SF13

• Evaluation of ISPC Science Fora

• Brief number 43 just published

Publications post SF13



1. Distinguish between research for nutrition vs food security

2. Agriculture interventions need to be part of public health

3. Consider diets as a whole

4. Agriculture should contribute to diet diversity, quality and food

safety

5. Indicators of progress need to be more proximal than stunting

6. The importance of different household members

7. Explore partnerships with the private sector

8. Agriculture contributes to nutrition, education and social

support programs

9. Qualitative approaches help understand linkages

10. Evaluation methods needed which cross ‘fields’

Key messages from SF13

Special section of Food Security

Nutrition workshop 2014 www.ispc.cgiar.org

• 13 papers identified on topics from the

Science Forum

• Target is for submission to Food

Security in December

• On-line in February

• Hard-copy in April 2015

This workshop

Objectives


- to help inform the second round of CRP proposals in terms

of delivering improved nutrition outcomes from agricultural

research

- to feed discussion outputs into the special issue publication

where appropriate

- 44 participants expected (CRPs, private sector, NGOs,

donors)

Format

Monday


Theme: "Research to increase access to an affordable, nutritious and safe diet" Morning – speakers Afternoon – mainly discussion


Tuesday

Theme

“Evaluating the impact of agricultural interventions and investments

on nutrition”

Morning speakers

Afternoon mainly discussion

Format

Post-workshop intentions


Intention to publish a Brief of the main

agreed discussion points

No attribution, unless requested

Input to introductory paper to special

section of Food Security