1. Food Security and Nutrition Team
IMPROVING THE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF VC HOUSEHOLDS SCORE ANNUAL REVIEW, 17th – 21st OCT 2016 NILE RESORT JINJA
Presented by:
Food Security and Nutrition Team
FRANCIS OBITA, JOANITA NNANYUNJA, MEDI MISSAGA, ROBINAH NNANUNGI, MICHAEL BONGOMIN

2. Strategies High level Outcome:
Strategy 1: Increased HH food production
Strategy 2:
Improve food utilization at HH
High level Outcome:
Food Secured and well nourished vulnerable children and their households
Strategy 3:
Refer cases to Nutrition services
Strategy 4:
Link HHs/Groups to Agric services & programmes

3. Approaches 1. Farmer Field Schools Behaviour change communication
2. Urban horticulture
3. Customized knowledge and Skills transfer
Behaviour change communication
Positive Deviance + Hearth
Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition
Value chain development

4. How we fit in the BIGGER picture…
1. National Development Plan SCORE FSN activities are directly contributing to the 3rd chapter (Development) of the NDP II through the various interventions in the food security and nutrition thematic areas.
2. Uganda Nutrition Action Plan SCORE FSN interventions directly contribute to 3 out of 5 objectives of the UNAP following the much proposed multi-sectoral approach, and these are objectives 1, 2 and 3
3. National Agriculture Policy Uganda SCORE FSN interventions contribute directly to all 6 objectives of the policy.
4. African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Plan (CAADP). SCORE FSN interventions contribute to all the 2 declarations of the 2014 AU sitting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
5. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SCORE’s FSN interventions are directly contributing towards the achieving of seven SDG goals #1 (end poverty in all its forms), #2 (end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture), #3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) #7 (access to affordable and sustainable energy), , #8 (Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all), #12 (sustainable production and consumption of food), #13 (Combat Climate Change)

5. FFS Results - Cumulative
Reduced vulnerability
Activities
Season long learning,
Registration as PMGs,
Commercial farming, food crop production
PHH and Value Addition training
Savings
FFS Group enterprises
Outputs
11,372 HHs in FFS
508 FFS groups formed
357 Registered PMGs
Food security crops cultivated
Commercial production carried out
Agronomic practices tried and validated
Farmers certified
Outcomes
Period without interruption in food access 7 – 9 ½ months
78% of HHs apply Good Agronomic Practices
Increased productivity
Only 19% go a day without food
SDG 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

6. FFS Results – graduation of groups

7. Horticulture Results – Cumulative
Activities
Training in Backyard gardening/intensive gardening techniques
Establishment of Backyard gardening using sack mounds, compost-pit kitchen gardens, mandala gardens
SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Outputs
23,869 HHs trained in backyard gardening
11,167 HHs established backyard gardens
Over 20 varieties of vegetables cultivated
Outcome
Average of UGX 31,000/= per HH per year from backyard gardens
4.1% down from 48% don’t eat “Glow” foods regularly
Reduced vulnerability

8. Behaviour Change Communication Results – Cumulative
Activities
Nutrition Education and Dialogues
Cooking Demonstrations
Radio Spot messages and talk shows
Train Nutrition Peer Educators
Promotion of use of Energy-saving Stoves
Outputs
165 sub-counties covered in Nutrition Education/dialogue
250 main Nutrition Educ/Dialogues and cooking demos held
39,322 persons attend Nutrition Educ/dialogue and cooking demo sessions
Nutrition peer educ programme established
Outcome
64% of HH have good nutritional practices
94.2% of HHs consume a balanced diet
Reduced vulnerability
SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

9. Trends in Nutritional Outcomes

10. Nutritional Case Management Results – Cumulative
Outcomes
99.5% of cases managed to completion
Efficient case management system
Reduction in the prevalence of wasting and underweight
Outputs
708 malnutrition cases referred
SCORE desks at some Health Facilities
Activities
Routine screening of U-5 children
Referral of cases
Follow up of discharged or defaulted cases
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

11. Bring on Malnutrition!!!
We are ready to shoot it down!

12. Linkage to Agricultural Services Results – Cumulative
Reduced vulnerability
SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Activities
Value Chain Development PoA
Output 1
357 PMGs registered
Outcome 1
PMGs have been included in Sub-county and district Dev plans
Outcome 2
Some PMGs and HHs have access to lucrative markets
Output 2
Over 80 FFS/PMGs linked to other Projects/programs
Outcome 3
About 45% of linked groups have received input or funding support

13. 2016 Targets vs Achievements
Activities
Central
North
West
East
Total
Target
Achieved
Direct households to be supported through FFS
684
835 
990
635 
216
108 
198
123 
2,000
1,701 
Number of vulnerable children supported through JFFLS 26 9  93
112  40
80 
141
153 
300
354 
Beneficiaries participating in behaviour change activities for improved nutritional statuses and practices
250
xx 
422 
810 
1,075 
1,000
2,307 
Number of households with backyard gardens (60%)
750
154 
62 
282 
557 
3,000
1,055 
Number of groups completing their learning cycles 33
10  44
25*  12
13  11
11 
100
59 
Number of acute malnutrition cases identified and put on treatment (%) 50
24  5  0 
200
39 

14. Results: Qualitative – Quotes, stories and Pictures
2016 Most Significant change presentation by Regions
South-West: Reduction in # of malnutrition cases
North: Increased engagement of HHs in production activities
Central: Improved nutritional status

15. Key Learning –best practices and Areas for strengthening
FFS validated as a best practice rural extension approach
Nutrition Peer Education critical for improvement in nutritional practices
Backyard gardening difficult to sustain or scale up. Most HHs have then as demo mainly.
The referral system with NPE rather than VHTs more efficient.

16. Challenges & opportunities
Service linkage to both public and private sector quite dynamic and unstable.
Continuous dependence on Rain-fed farming system. Need to mechanise and irrigate!
High influx of counterfeit Agro-inputs in the market. Big risk to investment in Agriculture
Intra-Organizational linkages (SCORE-SKY, SCORE-DSP, SCORE-ALIVE)
PPP for Sustainability of Value chain engagement by the PMGs

17. COP Priorities – Focus for Year 6
Code
Activities
Targets
2.1.1
Maintanance FFS
1500
2.1.2
Household trained in horticulture/BYG and have backyard gardens
2000
2.2.1/2.2.2
Households trained on nutrition/ Cooking demons
1000
2.3
FFS groups registered and graduated 50
2.3.1
Malnourished children referred
Ringrazio e Arriverderci!