The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) held a Stakeholders' Session Towards Finalizing the ATA Food Security and Nutrition Strategy on December 11, 2014 to update stakeholders on the progress made toward the finalization of the ATA Food Security and Nutrition Security Strategy. The goal of this session was to reengage stakeholders on key aspects of the strategy that had been developed since the National Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Food and Nutrition Security into Agricultural Policies, Programmes and Value Chains held in August 2014 and to get input on key aspects of the strategy. The session was organized by the Nutrition Transformation Value Chain (NTVC) team and coordinated by the Senior Advisor to the Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Food Security and Nutrition, Dr. Victor Ajieroh.
In support of FMARD's goal to mainstream nutrition into the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, Dr. Oluyemisi Kuku-Shittu, Associate Research Fellow in the Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) made a presentation entitled, "Examples of Indicators for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture : Insights form the CFSVA study and others." The presentation highlighted key indicators identified through IFPRI research and the 2001-2003 Nigeria Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey that would need to be measured by as part of a monitoring and evaluation component of the ATA Food Security and Nutrition Security Strategy.
