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Collaborative project: Scaling up Nutrition - Implementing Potentials of nutrition-sensitive and diversified agriculture to increase food security. Subproject 2 (Scale-N)
Project
Project code: 2813FSNU06
Contract period: 01.07.2015
- 31.12.2018
Budget: 290,776 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: global food security, nutrition education, value chains, diversified production, knowledge transfer, networking, human nutrition, food pattern
Sustainable improvement of food quality is the aim of this participative project . Dimension and causes of malnutrition are determined by a household survey, which is the basis for the development of means of intervention to increase food availability and food utilization. Providing practical knowledge in the field of food diversity, meal preparation, hygiene, storage and needs-based diet is a key element of Scale-N. A nutrition and health survey will be conducted as baseline data collection. Information on food consumption, preparation methods, food source and storage, as well as health-related parameters will be recorded. These data will be used for the development of intervention concepts as well as basic data set for assessing the success of the intervention. Losses of relevant micronutrients through storage, cooking processes and meal composition will be analyzed. This allows the development of vitamin conservative cooking methods and the enhancement of micronutrient bioavailability by modifying traditional dishes. An impact assessment is carried out by a second survey at the end of the project period, which is compared with the baseline survey.
Section overview
Subjects
- Resource management
- Agroeconomics
- Nutritional behaviour
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutritional Science (140)
