This baseline study was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Ethiopia Country Office for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition project in Ethiopia, which builds on prior USDA support to Ethiopia and runs from September 2024 to December 2029.
Malnutrition remains a widespread issue among children in the region, with high rates of wasting, stunting and micronutrient deficiencies. While underweight micronutrient deficiencies are significant problems for women of reproductive age in many parts of East Africa, overweight is also increasing rapidly.
Through 12 case studies, this report examines how the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses can be leveraged to enhance the ability of national social protection systems in addressing the affordability gaps of nutritious diets.
In Eastern Africa, Â鶹ÊÓƵ implemented integrated programmes action across several sectors including increasing access to adequate, nutritious, and affordable food through functioning food systems; early and anticipatory protection from climate shocks; food and nutrition support during crises; basic social services to build human capital; livelihood support; and community infrastructure and ecosystems restoration.
In Eastern Africa, the year 2023 witnessed a concerning rise in the number of people, particularly children under 5 years of age and pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls (PBWG), requiring nutritional support primarily attributed to a combination of climatic shocks, including droughts and El Ni?o events, compounded by ongoing conflicts in the region.
This third edition of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Eastern Africa Regional Achievements celebrates our work and our impact, highlighting Â鶹ÊÓƵs capacities in a wide range of areas, including emergency preparedness and response, food system, gender, nutrition, school-based programming, social protection, supply chain, innovation and digitalization, staff wellness, environment and knowledge management and evidence generation.
This second edition of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Eastern Africa Regional eBook highlights and celebrates Â鶹ÊÓƵ work in Eastern Africa and demonstrates Â鶹ÊÓƵ capacities in various areas including: emergency preparedness and response, food system, nutrition, school-based programming, social protection, supply chain, and food security analysis.
The Ethiopia Summary Report summarizes the findings of the Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis carried out in Ethiopia in 2020, including analyses of the cost and affordability of nutritious diets by region and by zone.
This report is a product of the first phase of the Social Protection Learning Facility partnership and focuses on lessons learned from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work in 2020 that are important for the social protection sector in the East Africa region going forward.
This decentralized evaluation of the Support for Strengthening Resilience of Vulnerable Groups in Ethiopia: The Fresh Food Voucher (FFV) Programme Expansion in Amhara Region, was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Ethiopia Country Office (ETHCO). This endline activity evaluation covers the FFV Programme FFV Programme Expansion 2018-2020 in Amhara region.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Country Office for Ethiopia and covers the end-of-project evaluation of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programme (FFE - 663-2013/026-00; project number 200253) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under which the Â鶹ÊÓƵ supports school feeding in two arid Regions of Ethiopia. It covers the period from 2013 to December 2017. It was carried out in 2018.
The publication promotes knowledge sharing and diffusion of a wide range of tested policies and experiences on how social protection initiatives can contribute to increasing food and nutrition security.
This Synthesis of Operations Evaluations for the East and Central Africa Region brings together the findings of seven operations evaluations, conducted from mid-2013 to mid-2017.
The evaluation covers the Ethiopia PRRO 200700 operation ¡°Food Assistance for Eritrean, South Sudanese Sudanese and Somali Refugees¡± and the final year of implementation of its predecessor PRRO 200365.
