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Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems (NMA) Second Capacity Development Programme (Face-to-Face II) 22-25 November 2016 Dailekh Event Report Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems (NMA) HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal Food Security and Nutrition Programme Chakupat, Lalitpur GPO Box : 688, Kathmandu https://nepal.helvetas.org 1 Contents Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems ........................................................................................... 3 Project goal (impact) .................................................................................................................... 3 Specific objectives (outcomes) .................................................................................................... 3 Expected Results (ER) (Outputs) ................................................................................................. 3 Capacity Development Programme of Rural Service Providers ..................................................... 5 Capacity Development Programme II .......................................................................................... 5 Day I ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Session I: Opening and brief introduction .................................................................................... 6 Session II: MI review and progress monitoring ............................................................................ 6 Session III: Documentation and reporting of MI progress and achievement............................. 13 Day II .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Session IV: Concept and importance of food, diet and nutrition ............................................... 15 Session V: Post-harvest management of agricultural products ................................................. 16 Session VI: Home garden technology and its importance in improving nutrition ...................... 16 Day III ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Session VII: Exposure visit......................................................................................................... 17 Day IV ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Session VIII: Soil fertility management in mountain region ....................................................... 19 Session IX: Network and extension ........................................................................................... 19 Session X: Advocacy and leadership ........................................................................................ 20 Session XI: Next steps ............................................................................................................... 20 Session XII: Closing ................................................................................................................... 21 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Annex ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Annex 1: Programme outline ..................................................................................................... 23 Annex 2: Finding of group work about next step ....................................................................... 26 Annex 3: Participants of Capacity Development Programme (F2F2) ....................................... 30 - 2 :: www.maan.ifoam.bio Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems (NMA), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Global Programme Food Security (GPFS), implemented by International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) – Organics International, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Forschungsintitut für biologischen Landbau/FiBL) with national partners in 5 countries (Nepal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia and Peru) in 3 continents and with a possible outreach to 15 further countries (network members for participation and replication). NMA has its focus on the vulnerable mountain agro-ecosystems around the world with these 5 countries of implementation. It is active a) on local levels to facilitate diversity with demand- oriented replication/scaling up of nutrition sensitive agriculture, processing and marketing practices and with promotion of diversified diets in remote areas b) on national levels to promote successfully extended nutrition sensitive agriculture and marketing practices for increasing the impact and c) on global level to advocate and share knowledge using the field evidence. It aims at adaptation of agriculture, marketing and consumption towards better nutrition particularly of children and women through increased diversity in a changing environment. The project started on 01 June 2015 and will end in May 2018. The NMA project replicates and scales sustainable agriculture practices in mountain ecosystems to promote improved nutrition and resilience driven by an action network of empowered rural service providers aiming at a broad impact on micro, national and global levels. Project goal (impact) The NMA goal is to contribute to improved access to sufficient nutritious food for rural communities in mountain regions through a network of actors facilitating innovation and diversification of proven agro-ecological and other nutrition sensitive practices. Specific objectives (outcomes) Outcome A: Implementation of nutrition sensitive agriculture at the local level: Farmers - by applying agro-ecological practices - processors and traders diversify and intensify production, improve post-harvest management and promote a nutritious product range including for self- subsistence and for absorbing the diversified surplus production to respond to demand of sensitized consumers. Outcome B: Development of an environment conducive to nutrition sensitive agriculture at national level: National policies and action plans support and stimulate diversified production and consumption. Outcome C: Advocacy for nutrition sensitive agriculture at the global level: Agro-ecology-based diversification is promoted internationally as a feasible and implementable approach to improve nutrition in mountain agro-systems. Expected Results (ER) (Outputs) ER1 to outcome A: Practical and tested know-how on nutrition sensitive agriculture and intensification of agro-ecosystems is available and accessible and rural service providers’ capital is built. - 3 :: www.maan.ifoam.bio ER2 to outcome A: Rural service providers that are involved in an action network stimulate awareness, diversification and market linkages through implementing local development plans (“micro-interventions”). ER3 to outcome B: Policy makers, local businesses and consumers are sensitized on nutrition aspects and get actively involved in nutrition and its links with agro-diversity. ER4 to outcome C: Advocacy messages based on the NMA experience and on knowledge- sharing with other initiatives are fed into relevant institutions and processes. - 4 :: www.maan.ifoam.bio Capacity Development Programme of Rural Service Providers Nutrition in Mountain Agro-ecosystems (NMA) project includes 3 areas of intervention: local, national and global level. The local level interventions aim at empowerment of Rural Service Providers (RSPs) so that they implement their micro-interventions (MIs), showcase their successful experience, feedback their experience and so create an incentive to copy. The local level intervention include 2 activities: developing a platform (that is Mountain Agro-ecosystem Action Network-MAAN) for rural service providers’ knowledge, tools, successful cases and social capital; and online/face-to-face facilitating, training, motivating, inspiring and coaching of rural service providers. Among the activities that the second component of local level intervention runs, a one year on-the-job training and coaching of micro-interventions is an important event. This major event is a capacity development programme/CDP (face to face and e-learning) of rural service providers in technical and methodological aspects to boost their own motivation and missions. Major objectives of the capacity development programme are: . empower rural service providers to replicate/scale innovations of nutrition sensitive agriculture. improve and develop the knowledge and skills of the selected rural service providers, both practically and theoretically. to nurture and further develop the desired attitudinal approach in rural service providers to become not only ‘possessors’ of knowledge, but ‘multipliers’ of knowledge through the network. to ensure that rural service providers help grow the global network of service providers, strengthening their voice and their impact, and ensuring that good and best practices in nutrition sensitive agriculture with agro-ecological approaches are replicated and applied in communities and regions. The capacity development programme capacitates rural service providers in 3 ways: . Firstly, deepen their own knowledge base, honing the own skills, and developing the