highlights from ifad funded "small fish and nutrition" project in bangladesh
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Presented by Shakuntala Thilsted at the International Fund for Agricultural Development headquarters in Rome, July 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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Highlights from IFAD funded “Small Fish and Nutrition” project in Bangladesh
Shakuntala Haraksingh ThilstedSenior Nutrition Scientist, WorldFish
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Project Sites and Target Households
North-west: 1,500 households with small homestead ponds
North-east: community groups, 500 households managing water bodies
Project duration: 32 months; completion May 2013
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Projects Goals
• Increase household income• Improve nutrition (focus on the first
1,000 days of life)
through increased fish (nutrient-rich) production and consumption
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Innovative Integrated Approach
• Vegetables (orange sweet potato (OSP)) on pond dykes and in homestead gardens
• Promotion of consumption of nutrient-rich fish and vegetables and increased dietary diversity
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Project Highlights
Fish production
• Large increases in nutrient-rich small fish production
• 3.5 fold increase in total fish production in household ponds
• 2 fold increase in fish production from waterbodies
• Increased production of dried small fish from waterbodies
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Project Highlights
Increased Fish Consumption
• Quantity and frequency of nutrient-rich fish consumed- In women- In children, starting with complementary feeding from
6 months of age
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Project Highlights
Strengthening family and community engagement
• Men and women in decision-making and work load sharing in production
• Women’s work load • Intra-household food allocation• Men’s purchase of foods
• Community women as promoters for production and consumption
- empowered - status - mobility
• Adoption of pond aquaculture and OSP production by non-project households
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Project Highlights
Knowledge Sharing and Technology Transfer
• Government of Bangladesh: Departments of Fisheries and Extension - national and local
• Implementing projects- USAID Feed the Future: FTF Aqua - Multi-Year Assistance Programs (MYAPs)
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Way Forward
Within the framework of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Bangladesh: e.g. IFAD funded Haor (wetlands) Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project (HILIP)Regional: e.g. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar