SOKOINE University of Agriculture (SUA), Agricultural Economist, Dr Anna Temu clarifies a point during the two day workshop...
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| SOKOINE University of Agriculture (SUA), Agricultural Economist, Dr Anna Temu clarifies a point during the two day workshop started on 31st 2015 in Dar es Salaam yesterday. She is flanked by other panelists |
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| A Section of participants follow the proceeding of presentation during a two days workshop held in Dar es Salaam yesterday. |
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| A Section of participants follow the proceeding of presentation during the workshop held in Dar es Salaam yesterday. |
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| SOME participants follow the proceeding of presentation during the workshop held in Dar es Salaam yesterday. |
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| SOME processed goods displayed during the workshop. |
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| SOME processed goods displayed during the workshop. |
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| SOKOINE University of Agriculture (SUA), Agricultural Economist, Prof. Andrew Temu chats with some colleagues during the workshop. |
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| SOLARTUNDA Marketing Manager, Elia Kinshaga attends some participants who bought processed goods displayed during the workshop. |
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| SOLARTUNDA Marketing Manager, Elia Kinshaga attends some participants who bought processed goods displayed during the workshop. |
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| SOLARTUNDA Marketing Manager, Elia Kinshaga attends some participants who bought processed goods displayed during the workshop. |
‘Food,
Markets and Nutrition: Maximizing the Impacts of Private Sector Engagement’
A workshop sponsored by the Institute of
Development Studies (in partnership with Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network
and DFID)
About the workshop
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) hosted
on Monday, 30 March a workshop for representatives of Tanzanian government,
development partners, civil society and the private sector focused on
strengthening the impacts of market-based approaches for improving nutrition in
Tanzania. The workshop offered participants a deeper understanding of the
policy and implementation issues impacting market-based approaches to nutrition
and provided an opportunity for them to undertake a market systems analysis,
focusing on several real case studies from Tanzania. The results of the
workshop were presented to key stakeholders and members of the media and public
on Tuesday, 31 March.
Key
Messages
· Under-nutrition is when a person does not have
enough energy and nutrients to lead and active and healthy life. It is caused
by a complex interaction of factors which include people not consuming enough
nutrients from a variety of foods as well as factors such as illness caused by
poor sanitation or poor child caring practices.
·
Undernutrition can lead to poor growth in
children, called stunting, which effects their height and can also affect brain
development. It can a also cause micronutrient deficiencies, also known as
" hidden hunger". Many people cannot afford to buy foods that are
rich in micro-nutrients.
·
Available
evidence from national surveys suggests that under-nutrition has decreased in
Tanzania in recent years. However, deficiencies in vitamins and minerals
essential for healthy growth and development, continues to affect an unacceptable
number of young children in Tanzania.
·
People who
suffer from under-nutrition during infancy and childhood can suffer lifelong
health consequences.
·
The
Government of Tanzania has declared nutrition has to be a national priority.
Tanzania was one of the first countries to join the global Scaling Up Nutrition
(SUN) Movement in 2011.
·
The
Government of Tanzania should be commended for its current prioritization of
nutrition. It is currently working with development partners and partners in
the private sector and civil society, is implementing a number of programs
aimed at reducing undernutrition by increasing access to nutrient-rich foods.
These include legislation requiring fortification of wheat flour, maize flour
and vegetable oil with key micro-nutrients, as well as efforts to integrate
nutrition into agricultural policies and programmes.
·
Evidence from other countries, including
Nigeria, suggests that national fortification programmes such as Tanzania's
face challenges, including achieving effective enforcement of legislation and
covering products produced by small-scale businesses.
·
Programmes implemented by Government,
development partners, civil society and the private sector in Tanzania offer
valuable experience in how to confront these challenges.
·
There is a crucial need to review current
experience and undertake systematic analysis in order to identify strategies
and actions that can increase access to nutrient-rich foods in Tanzania, and to
share lessons in other countries aiming to increase access to nutrient-rich
foods in order to reduce levels of under-nutrition.
(continued
on the next page)
About the Institute of Development
Studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global
institution for development research,
teaching and learning, and impact and
communications, based at the University of Sussex, UK. Our present vision is a world in
which poverty does not exist, social justice prevails and economic growth is
focused on improving human well being. We believe that research knowledge can
drive the change that must happen in order for this vision to be realized.
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