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USAID Policy Paper: Nutrition
May 1982
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Executive Summary II. Objective of the Nutrition Policy and its Accomplishment
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[Download original document] A number of conclusions emerge from this review of USAID's nutrition policy and object-fives. First, nutritional well-being is not only a necessary input in the development process; it is also an essential output. Hence, efforts to alleviate undernutrition are an integral element of USAID's overall development assistance program. Conclusions
Second, the greatest lasting improvements in nutrition in LDCs are likely to result from changes which incorporate nutritional considerations in the design of programs in other economic sectors--especially agriculture, rural development and health. Hence, this paper has devoted a great deal of attention to policy issues in the design and implementation of agriculture, health, education, family planning and other development activities. Direct nutrition projects are an important complement to such activities.
Third, the United States has a key role to play in helping developing countries overcome their nutrition problems--through its multisectoral approach to economic development, its commitment to improving food security in the Third World, its strong research and development capacity in the biomedical and operations research areas, as well as its commitment to experimentation in search of more cost-effective approaches to improvements in basic services in LDCs. Furthermore, the U.S. food industry has much to share with LDCs in Promoting a safe, nutritious, and reliable food supply.
Finally, in order to maximize the impact of USAID's development programs on the nutritional well-being of the citizens of developing countries, USAID will give increasing attention, through research, analysis, experimental projects, and programs to improve host country and Agency ability to:
- identify nutrition problems;
- utilize the private sector whenever feasible to implement the policy;
- design projects to overcome or minimize constraints to meeting nutritional needs of the at-risk population
- target projects to at-risk groups;
- monitor the impacts of development projects on food consumption and nutrition;
- add nutrition components or programs to enhance nutrition impact; and
- strengthen the capacity of indigenous organizations to analyze and overcome nutrition problems.
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