Draft Guidance for USAID-Funded Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

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Despite agriculture's vital link to nutrition, agricultural investments do not automatically improve the nutritional status of farming households. Recently, the term “nutrition-sensitive agriculture” has emerged as a way to define agriculture-focused programming that incorporates specific nutrition goals and actions. Several pathways have been identified to show how nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions can more directly impact nutrition and food security.

During this webinar, Richard Greene, senior deputy assistant administrator with USAID's Bureau for Food Security, shared a two-page draft guidance document that will assist implementers in applying the new USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy to nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs. Greene also discussed his priorities and requested participant feedback. In addition, presenters shared two examples (from the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally Project and the Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services Project) of key opportunities for technical assistance to USAID Missions to improve nutrition-sensitive programming.