Full Title

Mainstreaming Nutrition in National Agriculture Investment Plans: evidence generation at country level towards CAADP monitoring and evaluation

Session Overview

This learning session is informed by the fact that countries have been mainstreaming nutrition in National Agriculture Investment Plans (NAIPS) at least since 2011 and some nutrition indicators were added to the CAADP Results Framework in 2015. The results framework forms a key instrument of the AUC’s Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) to monitor CAADP progress. The CAADP nutrition team at NEPAD and AUC have recently conducted a workshop for ECOWAS on “Regional sensitization workshop on integrating Food and Nutrition Security, Baselines and Targets in the NAIP Appraisal and the Biennial Review Processes.” The learning session will also tap into the outcomes of that meeting so that the session can address pertinent issues that have been raised there and also to promote continuity of efforts towards this common goal.

Learning Objectives/Outcomes

• Contribute to preparations for monitoring nutrition as part of the CAADP biennial review by addressing how nutrition may be incorporated into this process by CAADP Teams at country level
• Interrogate the challenges that may be faced in this process and how these may be addressed
• Use the deliberations of the session to make recommendations on how to bring nutrition into the country biennial review process and who needs to come on board.
• Capacity of participants to address inputs into the nutrition indicators provided in the CAADP Results Framework Strengthened
• A report of the deliberations and issues raised to share through agriculture, nutrition and CAADP networks so that even countries that are not able to come may benefit from the information generated

Target Audience

Country and regional CAADP Teams and collaborating organisations including academic institutions and researchers