Project Documents

Report summarizing and comparing the results of the annual Growth through Nutrition Most Vulnerable Household Surveys from 2017 and 2018, which are conducted to assess the changes brought about by the project interventions targeting MVHHs, to provide information to inform project implementation and to allow tracking of changes in households over time. 

Summary Report on findings from operational research on the barriers and facilitators to the production, consumption, sale and purchase of healthy foods by Model Farmers and Most Vulnerable Households in Amhara and SNNPR. 

Tilahun and Shitaye are the proud parents of four beautiful, young girls who live in the towering, rainy hills of Bule District in southern Ethiopia. Genet, their youngest daughter, has grown up to be a strong, healthy two-year old and a hallmark for good nutrition in the neighborhood!

The learning document is based on the comments of a panel discussion through the Project Research and Learning Working Group platform to discuss potential strategies and solutions to bridging the gap between research and practice/policy.

Issues raised include:

The presentation describes a three-phase action plan to be rolled out in fifteen years in terms of the active agents, infrastructure and technologies involved in the Seqota declaration, a government commitment to ending stunting in Ethiopia for children under 2yrs by 2030.

Handout on background and progress report for IR1 activities (Increased Access to Diverse, Safe, and Quality Foods) - March 2019

As with any solution, getting the conversation started on improved nutrition is a big step. This success story describes the effect of enhanced community conversations, first conducted by Growth Through Nutrition (a USAID Feed the Future Initiative), have affected the way young couple Alemu and Alemtsehay think about their family's diet.

Among the Growth Through Nutrition livelihood package, vulnerable farmers are provided s vegetable and pulse seeds, fruit seedlings, farming tools, and poultry or small ruminants. The document is a success story from the Amhara region where one particular crop, the mung been (or "masho" as it is known locally) is becoming increasingly popular.

Success story on the development of a Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Curriculum endorsed by the Ethiopian Government.

A resident of the Gesera District of south-central Ethiopia, Mandarina Gazali is a mother of two who was previously oblivious to the importance of a nutritious diet to herself and her family. In 2017, she received training and some basic resources for cultivation, learn how Mandrina since took charge of her family's nutrition habits and financial growth.