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Title:

Expanding Nutrients in Food Systems

Agreement Number:

7448870 P012234001

Agreement Value:

$7,500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Jun 28, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027

Description:

Foods grown from biofortified seeds provide a high dose of vitamin A, zinc, and iron – the essential nutrients needed to maintain a healthy and diversified diet. Biofortification is also a cost-effective and innovative nutrition solution to micronutrient deficiency or hidden hunger, which affects over 2.5 billion people globally and contributes to increased acute malnutrition in 173 million adults and 11.6 million children in food-insecure regions globally. This Global Affairs Canada-funded four-year Expanding Nutrients in Food Systems (ENFS) project aims to increase the consumption of nutritious biofortified food by over 11 million men, women, and children in food-insecure regions across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Project activities will also increase the consumption of biofortified foods by vulnerable women, girls, and children under five and household income by women and women-led small to medium-sized enterprises. Beneficiaries of this project will benefit from strengthened gender equality in decision-making and control over the use of biofortified seeds and food. The project occurs in the five programming countries' rural and economically disadvantaged regions. Itand will target communities with high micronutrient deficiency rates and food insecurity due to the compound effects of climate change, increased cost of food and ongoing COVID-19 disruptions. The project will focus on sustainability by building the capacity of local stakeholders and scaling biofortification for food systems transformation and local value chains to provide access to affordable healthy diets. Target beneficiaries will include low-income consumers, vulnerable food-insecure people (especially women and children), and smallholder farmers.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) Increased adoption and production of biofortified crop varieties by vulnerable smallholder farmers, especially women; (2) Increased consumption of biofortified foods by vulnerable women, girls, and children under five; and (3) Strengthened gender equality in decision making and control of the use of biofortified seed and food.

Location:

Washington, US

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q2-00709

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting

Recipient's Operating Name:

IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute

Recipient's Legal Name:

IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute