Nutrition

1. Nutrition-Sensitive Landscapes
Pilot studies in Barotse Floodplain, Zambia

2. Outline
• Importance of Small Fish in Bangladesh
• Fish Consumption
• Small Fish as Rich Source of Micronutrients
• Fish as a Rich Source of Essential Fatty Acids
• Fish in Food Based Approaches
• Making Use of a Missed Opportunity

3. Regulating — water quality
Landscapes and ecosystem services underpin
rural livelihoods, diets and human health
Provisioning — fish: animal
protein, vitamins, minerals,
essential fatty acids
Provisioning — livestock
products: animal protein,
vitamins, minerals
Provisioning — rice:
carbohydrate, minerals
Provisioning
— beans:
plant protein,
minerals,
fibre
Provisioning — sweet
potato: root:
carbohydrates; leaves:
vitamin A, iron
Provisioning — water:
domestic use and irrigation
Regulating — manure:
soil fertility

4. Seasonal consumption of food groups
in adults
4
100
2 2 9
69
1
23
0
18
0
99
2 1
24
69
2
42
47
57
2
100
4
9
20
39
1
70
10
36
1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
All starchy
staple foods
Beans and
peas
Nuts and
seeds
Dairy Flesh foods Eggs Vitamin A-rich
dark green
leafy
vegetables
Other vitamin
A-rich
vegetables
and fruits
Other
vegetables
Other fruits
%ofadultsconsumingfoodgroup
Baseline - Jul/Aug (N=362) First Follow-up - Nov (N=391) Second Follow-up - Feb/Mar (N=336)

5. “Mache Bhate Bangali”

6. 0
20
40
60
80
100
Jul Oct Feb
Fishconsumption(g/pers/d)
Carps
Small fish
Seasonality and diversity of fish consumption
in poor rural households in Bangladesh

7. High Fish Production Season
Source of Micronutrients
Average Household Recommendations:
40% vitamin A
32% calcium

8. Developing seasonal food availability calendars
Photo credit: Trinidad del Rio

9. Using gender-based landscape knowledge / use
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10. Understanding landscape
opportunities/challenges:
local land type classification and seasonal flooding

11. Integrating lessons learned in
AAS productivity and nutrition initiatives
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• Agriculture learning plots
– Promoting nutritional diversity across different seasons
– Selection of foods grown according to landscape opportunities
– Consideration of gender access/use and land types
• Nutrition education and behaviour change communication
– Building on seasonal calendars and recipes using nutrient-rich foods
– Promoting community ownership

12. Small Fish
Reduce
Micronutrient Deficiencies
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