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In this course, you will learn:
- Consider nutrition in relation to the rest of the food system.
- Evaluate nutrition-sensitive techniques and how they can improve food and nutrition security, with an emphasis on the Global South.
- Learn about nutritional evaluation, food composition, and measures of diet quality and diversity.
- Apply your assessment skills to choose and implement nutrition-sensitive interventions relevant to your particular sector of work or study.
- Evaluate nutrition-sensitive actions and policies in terms of their social, economic, and environmental effects.
- Evaluate the role of women in promoting nutrition-sensitive strategies.
Syllabus:
Week 1: What is a nutrition sensitive food system?
- Understanding nutrition sensitive agriculture in the context of sustainable development goals
- The role of crops in a healthy sustainable diet
- Animal production for a healthy and sustainable diet
Week 2: Exploring nutrition sensitive food systems
- How to design a nutrition sensitive food system
- Food based dietary guidelines and food choice
- How to assess the broader impacts of nutrition sensitive agriculture
