Market-based partnerships and regional approaches to
nutrition
Bruce Byiers, Simona Seravesi
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The enriching business of nutrition
• Nutrition mounting the agenda • CAADP Pillar III…from:
food security to nutrition security quantity to quality of food
• Complex, multi-sectoral,…
• Increasing business for development/BoP • Value-chain integration, labour standards • On-going regional integration agenda • CAADP investment plans
• Opportunities! • Food, health, jobs, development…
Context
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• What are the main characteristics, drivers and constraints of multi-stakeholder partnerships that tackle under-nutrition?
• What are the potential benefits of a regional approach?
• What are the implications for policy-makers and donors?
Questions
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• Nutrition: Awareness, Availability, Access, Supporting Environment
• Business & development/BoP: Awareness, Availability, Access and Affordability
• Similar principles…
• …what about: • Objectives? • Approaches? • Targets? • Impacts? • Sustainability?
Alignment of agendas
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• Direct Consumer demand Micro-nutrients Commercial? Sustainable?
• Indirect Producers/small holders Diversification Enriched seeds Education, health Greater economic impact?
• Enabling/supporting Regulations Government champions Governance and institutions
Availability, Awareness, Access
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• Commercial viabilty vs coverage • Awareness is key – information/marketing • Regulation also – institutional challenges • BoP needs scale - little on regional
approaches • Business environment an overriding
constraint • Approaches able to deal with nutrition
complexity? • Need for CSOs to share risks, ensure local
linkages, benefits? • Motivation – does it matter if it is CSR? • How can local development benefit?
A world of tradeoffs
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• Challenges & lessons
• More on roles of partnerships and different partners?
• How to create more trust and credibility?
• Drivers, obstacles and opportunities for greater private sector participation?
Discussion topics
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