Developing a Strategic Document cum Technical Guideline from lessons of Rajasthan Nutrition Project (RNP) Linking Nutri-Sensitive Agriculture. Health, Nutrition and Financial Services.
Client Name: Freedom from Hunger India Trust, India
Location: Rajasthan
Background Context: The Rajasthan Nutrition Project (RNP) is an integrated intervention to address malnutrition in two blocks of Rajasthan, India. The intervention is supported by Freedom from Hunger India Trust along with two field partners – Vaagdhara and Pradan – in the districts of Banswara and Sirohi respectively. The project built the capacity of Vaagdhara and Pradan to integrate vital health and nutrition knowledge and financial literacy and resource management nutrition into existing SHG activities.
Objectives
Development Solutions was commissioned to create a technical guidebook, which aimed to lay out the pathway for implementing an integrated multi-sector approach linking nutrition, health, agriculture and financial services with women’s empowerment as a cross-cutting approach. The approach intended to serve as technical support in improving household nutrition with a special focus on women and girl child – the more vulnerable groups in the families. The technical guide’s objective was to enable knowledge on how to plan, implement, and evaluate multi-sector interventions to improve nutritional outcomes, to be available in the public domain.
Approach and Methodology
- Method/ Design: Secondary review of project documents, implementation reports, capacity-building guides, and qualitative interactions and in-depth interviews with stakeholders. These efforts were supported by Participatory Rapid Appraisal and Household income generation analysis to determine decision-making behaviors in stakeholers.
- Key Respondents/ Informants: Senior project staff; project implementation staff from the partner organizations
- Key Areas of Inquiry: Gender roles and decision-making behaviors focusing on food and nutrition security
- Sample: -
Impact
The document and technical guidelines were published as short books and disseminated to a wide audience. The guidelines detailed the process and enabled guidance to replicate the nutri-sensitive agricultural initiative in other contexts.
Contact
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