The FAO project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, analyses the challenges and promotes cross-sectoral collaboration by providing adequate capacity to effectively pursue and manage coherence between agriculture, health, education and social protection sectors.

The rural populations of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are particularly affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. This project was designed to support national efforts to combat these issues and break the cycle of rural poverty through an innovative approach that linked school feeding programmes , social protection and migration to agriculture and nutrition interventions.

There is increased evidence of the positive incremental impacts on food security and nutrition, as well as poverty reduction and other dimensions, when social protection and agriculture policies and programmes are combined. In this context, the Government of Kyrgyzstan is developing and implementing the concept of a “social contract” as an umbrella programmatic framework to provide additional and more intensive support to poor and vulnerable...

This report presents the results of a mixed-method rapid assessment that provides both indicative quantitative information and in-depth qualitative analysis on the household-level impacts of the Cash+ pilot. The assessment focused on the effects of the pilot intervention on dietary diversity, income generation and poverty reduction outcomes as well as household decision-making. To establish the impacts of the pilot, the assessment relied on comparing subjective...

Эта публикация направлена на поддержку практиков, предоставляя методологические рекомендации по проведению тщательной оценки воздействия программ школьного питания, включающие продукты домашнего производства (HGSF). В ней представлен обзор основных технических вопросов, которые необходимо решить в зависимости от характеристик контекста и непосредственно воздействия. Хотя эти руководящие принципы предназначены в основном для сотрудников по мониторингу и оценке, работающих в агентствах Организации Объединенных Наций, местных органах власти или неправительственных организациях,...