Factsheet - Wageningen UR

International course
Agriculture nutrition
linkages
Ensuring nutritional impact of agricultural projects
Ethiopia, 12 – 23 October 2015
Despite the world-wide increase of food availability,
there are still around one billion people undernourished.
Fee:
3,400 Euro
This is far above the target of MDG 1. There is now
Deadline subscription:
31 August 2015
Deadline NFP fellowships:
24 March 2015
substantial evidence that malnutrition has life-long
negative impacts on productivity and the incomegenerating
potential
of
the
population.
Agricultural
programmes need to become more nutrition sensitive.
We invite the professionals
Making agricultural programs nutrition
sensitive
Why does a reduction in poverty not automatically result
in
improved
nutritional
status?
Can
agricultural
You
are
nutrition sensitive? These are the key issues we will be
−
−
security,
nutrition
and
poverty
and
their
be able to apply conceptual frameworks to
ensure
nutrition
agricultural
sensitive
value
development
chain
programmes
and
and
policies;
−
formulate
or
implementation
adjust
of
the
design
agricultural
and
development
programmes and policies to enhance the impact
−
programmes
or
interventions
position
in
and
evaluation
of
a
food
and
a position in action-oriented research, advisory
teaching,
directly
relevant
to
food and
proficiency in English is required.
During the course, participants are invited to work on
their own cases and those of fellow participants. The
thematic
approach
in
the
programme
offers
the
flexibility to elaborate on specific themes participants
would like to address. As a participant you will take
home: tangible results for your cases and new in-depth
insights to address nutrition issues within agriculture
development programs.
to
contribute to structural development.
CDI is ISO 9001-2008 certified
co-ordinating
Develop insights & work on your cases
be able to apply tools for developing and
monitoring
or
nutrition security;
on nutrition;
−
managing
development programme;
or
interconnectedness;
−
a
nutrition security programme or an agricultural
−
understand the concepts of food systems, food
non-
a policy or planning officer with responsibility for
monitoring
Contribute to improving nutrition
−
or
planning, management, implementation and/or
practical. Participants will learn from experts but also
nutrition sensitive. The topics in this course are:
governmental
including food and nutrition security;
The training approach will be both interactive and
by making agricultural development programmes more
a
promoting community and household livelihood
exploring in this course.
from each other’s experiences from all over the world.
for
level in one of the following positions:
development help reduce under-nutrition? If so, how
should projects be designed to make them more
working
governmental organisation at national or sub-national
Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR
Food systems, a thematic approach
Further practical information
−
Application, the procedure is:
1)
Apply
at
the
website
of
CDI,
Wageningen
UR: www.wageningenur.nl/cdi You will receive a
confirmation and more information within a
week. Early application is recommended as
some procedures to finalise subscription (f.e.
funding, visa) can take some time.
2) CDI is unable to assist you in obtaining
financial support, however if you want to apply
for a NFP/MENA Fellowship, CDI will provide
you with the full instructions and the web
address for registration in ATLAS. ATLAS is the
(After Dahlberg, 1994)
online application form for an NFP / MENA
The programme addresses issues through a thematic
Fellowship.
approach, using the food system approach with state of
at www.nuffic.nl/nfp or www.nuffic.nl/mena. A
the art concepts, tools and background information.
limited number of scholarships is available. As
Issues dealt with are, amongst others:
this application process takes time and requires
1.
Identifying the local nutrition issues, i.e. what
−
the
eligibility
NFP / MENA Fellowships include travel and
full board and lodging.
Pathways, key concepts and approaches to link
−
value chain development to food and nutrition
impact;
4.
check
start as soon as possible.
Identification of potential crops to increase
nutrition;
3.
can
several documents, we recommend that you
problems are to be solved?
2.
You
excursions, administration).
−
Addressing
economic
variables
(i.e.
productivity) through strengthening the linkages
Fee includes all course related costs (materials,
Participants will be awarded with a Certificate
of attendance. The programme of the course
might be changed to incorporate new insights.
between value chains and nutrition impact;
5.
Design of effective intervention strategies to
reach
Bottom
(Including
a
of
the
focus
Pyramid
on
consumers
project
cycle
management);
6.
Insight into the broader (international) food and
nutrition policy framework and the stakeholders
involved;
7.
An introduction to monitoring and evaluation,
i.e. an overview of key indicators to include in
an organisational learning agenda.
Proven
concepts
&
state-of-the-art
science and methodology For an overview
of
all
the
understanding
of
agriculture
From September 2013, all participants of our
courses offered in Wageningen will use tablets
as a learning tool.
nutrition
linkages. A case study in the field will allow the
participants to gain all practical experiences needed to
implement it in their own situation.
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