The integrated nutrition initiative of USAID will reach 250,000 individuals in the southern delta region of Bangladesh and will promote community - centred food based nutrition education strategies.
It was disclosed at an implementation and planning workshop on "Integrated Agriculture and Health Based Interventions for Improved Food and Nutrition Security." Project "Improving Food Security of Women and Children by Enhancing Backyard and Small-scale Poultry Production" was jointly organised by the Government of Bangladesh, USAID and Unicef at CIRDAP International Conference Centre on Thursday.
Presided over by Additional Secretary of Agriculture Ministry Anwar Faruque, the programme was addressed among others by planning commission member Ujjwal Bikash Dutta, mission director, USAID Bangladesh Richard Greene, FAO representative in Bangladesh Mike Robson, nutritionist of FAO, Lalita Battacharjee, nutrition expert of Unicef Bangladesh Hedy Ip, Sarder Ilias Hossain, and joint chief, ministry of fisheries and livestock spoke at the programme.
Ujjwal Bikash Dutta said, these two USAID funded projects are aimed to enhance food security and nutrition in the vulnerable areas of Bangladesh.
"This integrated nutrition initiative will reach 250,000 individuals in the southern delta region of Bangladesh and will promote community - centred food based nutrition education strategies," he added.
Richard Greene said, the three years $4.2 million Integrated Agriculture and Health Based Interventions for Improved Food and Nutrition security project, funded by USAID will be implemented in collaboration with the government of Bangladesh and Unicef.
He further said, this project will ensure technical support and the establishment of sustained nutrition behaviour among agriculture and health service delivery structures.
The other three years $2.5 million project, also funded by USAID, will reach 12,600 households in five upazilas of Khulna and Barisal division in southern Bangladesh, he added. The nutrition strategy will also focus on actions for effective coverage of both direct nutrition specific interventions through the health system as well as indirect nutrition sensitive interventions through the agriculture sector.
These activities will be implemented through community clinics, district and upazila level hospitals will also be trained for establishing and maintaining integrated homestead gardens. This project will make a significant contribution towards reducing food and nutrition insecurity and enhancing household income of targeted rural and peri-urban population of the southern delta region of Bangladesh, with special attention to women and children. Poultry value chain production for 200 small-scale farmers and 3,400 backyard poultry producers will be enhanced through improved animal health services, input supplies and marketing of poultry products. Furthermore, beneficiaries’ households will be involved in 630 farmers’ field school and women groups.
It was disclosed at an implementation and planning workshop on "Integrated Agriculture and Health Based Interventions for Improved Food and Nutrition Security." Project "Improving Food Security of Women and Children by Enhancing Backyard and Small-scale Poultry Production" was jointly organised by the Government of Bangladesh, USAID and Unicef at CIRDAP International Conference Centre on Thursday.
Presided over by Additional Secretary of Agriculture Ministry Anwar Faruque, the programme was addressed among others by planning commission member Ujjwal Bikash Dutta, mission director, USAID Bangladesh Richard Greene, FAO representative in Bangladesh Mike Robson, nutritionist of FAO, Lalita Battacharjee, nutrition expert of Unicef Bangladesh Hedy Ip, Sarder Ilias Hossain, and joint chief, ministry of fisheries and livestock spoke at the programme.
Ujjwal Bikash Dutta said, these two USAID funded projects are aimed to enhance food security and nutrition in the vulnerable areas of Bangladesh.
"This integrated nutrition initiative will reach 250,000 individuals in the southern delta region of Bangladesh and will promote community - centred food based nutrition education strategies," he added.
Richard Greene said, the three years $4.2 million Integrated Agriculture and Health Based Interventions for Improved Food and Nutrition security project, funded by USAID will be implemented in collaboration with the government of Bangladesh and Unicef.
He further said, this project will ensure technical support and the establishment of sustained nutrition behaviour among agriculture and health service delivery structures.
The other three years $2.5 million project, also funded by USAID, will reach 12,600 households in five upazilas of Khulna and Barisal division in southern Bangladesh, he added. The nutrition strategy will also focus on actions for effective coverage of both direct nutrition specific interventions through the health system as well as indirect nutrition sensitive interventions through the agriculture sector.
These activities will be implemented through community clinics, district and upazila level hospitals will also be trained for establishing and maintaining integrated homestead gardens. This project will make a significant contribution towards reducing food and nutrition insecurity and enhancing household income of targeted rural and peri-urban population of the southern delta region of Bangladesh, with special attention to women and children. Poultry value chain production for 200 small-scale farmers and 3,400 backyard poultry producers will be enhanced through improved animal health services, input supplies and marketing of poultry products. Furthermore, beneficiaries’ households will be involved in 630 farmers’ field school and women groups.
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