Food security and nutrition

Theme pack

Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for March, which includes resources on food security and nutrition.

This month’s theme pack includes 10 items from our Resource Packs, including five backgrounders, four interview scripts, and one drama. It also includes five Farmer stories.
Backgrounders

• Reducing post-harvest losses in tomatoes
• Reducing post-harvest losses in maize
• Cowpea production
• Raising goats
• Nutrition

Interview scripts

• Poultry and small ruminant vaccine availability and effectiveness
• Rice farming: Yaayaa adopts new methods and gets a bountiful harvest
• Dried and delicious: Solar dryers help growers store fruits and vegetables longer
• African traditional vegetables back on the table

Drama

• Beyond maize, rice and other staples: Eating one food every day won’t make you healthy

Barza Wire stories

• Burkina Faso: Rural women’s group makes and markets tomato puree (AgribusinessTV)
• Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance
• Malawi: HIV-positive farmers improve nutritional status with mixed farming
• Malawi: Farmers boost nutrition and profit by processing soy into milk, yoghurt, and tofu
• Senegal: Micro-gardens improve food security in Dakar

Resources available in Swahili

• Taarifa za kina: Kupunguza upotevu wa mahindi baada ya mavuno
• Utangulizi: Ufugaji wa Mbuzi
• Mboga za majani za asili za kiafrika kutumiwa tena mezani.

Resource available in Hausa

• Shimfida: Rage asara tumatur bayan an gama girbi

We hope that this kind of “one-stop shop” on selected topics is useful, and that can you use the resources in this month’s theme pack to make good programming on food security and nutrition.

This resource is produced for the VIMPlus project. ViMPlus is part of USAID’s Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) program, which supports vulnerable communities in Burkina Faso and Niger to effectively prepare for and manage recurrent crises and pursue sustainable pathways out of poverty.