1. Multisectoral Collaboration in Implementation, Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration in Research
Silo effect: sectoral work, no collaboration
Exchange information but work separately
Co-operation and co-ordination to achieve overall goals but separate data collection and analysis
Joint planning and common conceptual framework, separate data collection and analysis but sharing results
Joint planning and common conceptual framework, integrated data collection and analysis

2. AgriDiet Conceptual Framework

3. Challenges and Issues Institutional & disciplinary boundaries
Incentive systems for researchers (e.g. publications in “main discipline”)
Ownership and sharing of data
Analytical understandings and frameworks, e.g. what “causes” under-nutrition?
Methodological approaches – “positivist” vs “social constructionist”: tendency to under-value qualitative information
Desire to test an intervention through experimental approach vs reality of multiple hard-to-control influences: what change do single interventions bring about?
Ethical issues in testing interventions
Policy relevance – great reality check: what do we have to offer?
Have to allow time for research to provide good policy-relevant recommendations: ideally, 3-stage approach: (i) understand, (ii) try out & evaluate interventions, (iii) scale-up

4. Macro-micro Research and Analysis Framework (Hossain et al, 2013)