1. MALABO FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION COMMITMENTS: DATA AND RESEARCH GAPS
ReSAKSS Conference Side Event: 18 October 2016
Research Gaps for Food and Nutrition Security under CAADP
Namukolo Covic (PhD)
IFPRI, Addis Ababa

2. Malabo Food Security and Nutrition Commitments-A
Increase agriculture productivity
At least 10% Government expenditure on Agriculture
6% growth in the Agriculture sector
Evidence based policies and supportive institutions
Reduce post harvest losses
Establishment of multisectoral coordination bodies for implementation of NAIPs
Integrate social protection measures to protect agricultural productivity and resilience

3. Malabo Food Security and Nutrition Commitments-B
Use agriculture as a key strategy to address hunger
End hunger by 2025 (Undernourishment to <5%)
Reduce stunting to 10% by 2025
Reduce underweight to 5% by 2025
From the CAADP Results Framework
Minimum diet diversity and minimum meal frequency for 6-23 months (minimum acceptable diet)
Minimum diet diversity-women years

4. Data and Research Gaps Malabo/CAADP Results Framework Item
Data/Research Gap
Increase productivity
Lagging diversification. Best combination of interventions for nutrition impact? Need fertilizers tailor made to local soil profiles; need to test the agrobiodiversity index
10% Government expenditure on Agriculture
What does this mean? Inputs? Roads? What is the best approach under different contexts? Which combination is best reflective of meaningful government expenditure
Evidence based policies; supportive institutions
How is this happening if at all? How responsive is the process? What are the barriers? What capacities are needed?
Reduce post harvest losses
The real situation under different scenarios for different foods? How can it be prevented? Food contamination?
Multisectoral Coordination Bodies for NAIP implementation
What are the most effective structures and modalities?
Capacity need is a barrier; What are best practices to develop needed capacities?
Integration of social protection measures + resilience
Relatively little information. How can Nutrition best be mainstreamed? Sustainability aspects need attention.

5. Data and Research Gaps Malabo/CAADP Results Framework Item
Data/Research Gap
Agriculture as a key strategy to address hunger
Limited evidence on impact of agriculture on nutrition. Agriculture must become more nutrition sensitive? How can this be best achieved under different contexts?
Countries reflect disparities of mainstreaming nutrition.
Undernourishment to <5%
There are countries that have reached this yet different forms of malnutrition persist. Mostly national FBS data. limited availability/use at sub-national?
Reduce stunting to 10% by 2025
Useful indicator but many causes. Low periodicity of collection; Difficult to link to agriculture interventions.; What proportion of stunting reduction can be attributed to CAADP?
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Minimum diet diversity (MDD) and minimum meal frequency (MMF) for 6-23 mo
MDD: More direct link to agriculture and economic food access. Very limited data; Should be considered for programme impact; Need to know if MMF is correlated to women’s farm labour intensification impacting care practices.
Minimum diet diversity-women years
More direct link to agriculture and economic food access.
Very limited data; Should be considered for programme impact; Can we predict MDD based on income or agrobiodiversity?

6. Concluding remarks Where data is available its use is limited
There are many areas where both research and data are needed
Dietary indicators related to nutrition should be given greater research attention under different food security scenarios.
Social protection is advocated for but implication on national budgets should be given adequate attention.

7. MALABO FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION COMMITMENTS: DATA AND RESEARCH GAPS
Namukolo Covic (PhD)
IFPRI, Addis Ababa