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Operational research that generates and documents key learnings regarding the Â鶹ÊÓƵ cash transfer programme in Cambodia

An independent assessment of centralized and decentralized evaluation reports

Cassava is a favoured staple food in the Republic of Congo

This Â鶹ÊÓƵ Corporate Evaluation Strategy 2022 aims to transform the vision of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Evaluation Policy into a programme of work.

The evaluation covered eight countries in the Sahel and Central Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria) from 2018 to 2023. The evaluation addressed Â鶹ÊÓƵ's capacity to anticipate, prepare for and respond to emergencies. It considered? synergies with resilience building interventions.

This decentralized evaluation was commissioned jointly by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Eswatini Country Office (CO) and the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) Nutrition unit and covers the Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) pilot implemented in 50 schools (6 primary schools with grade zero, 22 primary schools and 22 secondary schools) in the four regions (Hhohho, Manzini, Lubombo, and Shiselweni) from 2019 to 2021. The evaluation was conducted by SALASAN Consulting Inc and data collection took place from April to May 2023.

An entire generation of school-aged children and youth risk facing the ripple effects of the COVID crisis over their entire lifetime. Family income losses in combination with lack of access to education and health, and increased food insecurity have contributed to the rise in the number of school- aged children and youth facing acute hardship.

These decentralized evaluations were commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School-Based Programmes Team to cover the Breaking Barriers for Girls' Education (BBGE) Programme in Chad and Niger (2019-2022). The evaluations were jointly carried out by UNICEF, UNFPA, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2023.

This document on good practices compiles and collates innovations in THR programmes in various States and Union Territories. Aspects related to production, distribution, hygiene, labelling, packaging, monitoring, and quality assurance have been reviewed to generate a catalogue of good practices.

The study aims to draw a minimum sample across five states to capture beneficiary perspectives on the pulses received through the Govt. of India¡¯s Pulses scheme during the period of September 2018 to August 2019.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) India has undertaken several demonstration projects with the state governments of Odisha to showcase the impact, operational feasibility and cost efficiency of rice fortification on children's health and nutrition.

This good practice compendium is an outcome of ¡®the Map and Exchange Good Practices (MEGP) Initiative¡¯ jointly led by National institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

The case studies given in this document will give a holistic understanding of how Odisha Millet Mission has managed to make an impact on the millet value chain leading t an increase in its demand and supply.

This publication highlights why millets should be included in social welfare schemes to increase their availability and therefore per household consumption. To maintain the regular supply of millets under any of the schemes, the quality and quantity of raw millets should be monitored continuously.

Lack or near absence of minimum support price is the key limitation for the production of small millet crops in the country. Bringing small millets under MSP will create a supportive environment that has long term dividends ranging from sustainable food and nutrition security to protection of environment.

Despite being a staple food in semi-arid tropics and drought-prone regions in India, millets consumption is low as people perceive it as traditional, coarse and of low aspirational value. Investment through increased awareness, availability of quality products that appeal to people¡¯s taste, acceptance of millets as climate smart nutritious diet will not only enhance dietary diversity but also will put pressure on improving supply.

Inadequate availability of efficient millet processing equipment in our country, is one of the key limitations of the millet ecosystem. It can be addressed by encouraging research and development to bring highly competitive processing equipment in the market.

Millets are classified as ¡°coarse grains¡± and are a part of staple diet in some parts of rural India. While millets are nutritionally superior to cereals, their consumption is skewed to subsistence farmers or families belonging to lower income strata. There has been newfound demand in urban markets, however it is yet not significant to accelerate movement across value-chain.