Government mainstreaming of agri-nutrition messaging reached over 99,000 Kenyan children aged 0-23 months for improved dietary consumption

The ILRI Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program nutrition component collaborated with the Kenya government to develop agri-nutrition community dialogue cards as part of a social behaviour change communication activity aimed at improving nutrition practices for children below 2 years of a...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121517
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Summary:The ILRI Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program nutrition component collaborated with the Kenya government to develop agri-nutrition community dialogue cards as part of a social behaviour change communication activity aimed at improving nutrition practices for children below 2 years of age and Women of Reproductive Age (WRA). By 2021, over 99,000 children 0-23 months were reached with nutrition messaging using the cards, which are now being rolled out by the Ministry and used outside of AVCD sites.