Cultivating collaboration through joint participation
Evidence from a video-based nutrition-sensitive agricultural extension program in Ethiopia.
Abstract
Micronutrient deficiency, or hidden hunger, remains a significant problem affecting more than 2 billion people globally. Consuming a diet that is diverse in agricultural products is a primary way of decreasing hidden hunger. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture is recommended as a means of ensuring that investments in agriculture also translate into nutritional gains. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture is a multisectoral approach that requires coordination and cooperation across what are often gendered domains of control inside and outside the home. Agriculture is usually treated as men’s domain and nutrition women’s, with programming generally targeting recipients based on their assumed domain of control. Using evidence from a study of a video based nutrition sensitive agriculture program in Ethiopia, this paper provides an in-depth qualitative examination of why targeting both men and women with information on nutrition-sensitive agriculture is preferred by both female and male farmers.
This output is part of the Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) programme.
Citation
Friedson-Ridenour S and others. ‘Cultivating collaboration through joint participation: Evidence from a video-based nutrition-sensitive agricultural extension program in Ethiopia’ Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. 2024