Agriculture, food and nutrition in post-emergency and rehabilitation CONTENTS

	Agriculture, food and nutrition in post-emergency and rehabilitation - Issues, needs and interventions
	Discussion paper
	Workshop of ACC/SCN
	Ad Hoc Working Group
	on Household Food Security
	Rome, February 1995

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CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 KEY ISSUES OF POST-EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION INTERVENTIONS

2.1 The relief-rehabilitation-development continuum

2.2 Household food security and nutrition security

3 NUTRITION IN POST-EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION INTERVENTIONS

3.1 Types and objectives of rehabilitation interventions

3.2 Importance of nutrition in post-emergency situations

4 DETERMINANTS OF AND CONSTRAINTS TO HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SECURITY IN POST-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

4.1 Information

4.2 Targeting vulnerable groups

4.3 Nutrition Education

4.4 Institutional capacity

4.5 Agricultural Interventions

4.6 Nutrition and Agricultural Extension

4.7 Agricultural Development in Rehabilitation

4.8 Food-for-work

4.9 Conclusions: Nutrition in rehabilitation

5 IMPROVING NUTRITION SECURITY IN POST-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

5.1 Improvements at national level

5.1.1 Strengthening national nutrition capacity

5.1.2 Introducing nutrition considerations into national reconstruction plans

5.1.3 Introducing nutrition considerations into agricultural rehabilitation

5.2 Improvements at regional and district level

5.2.1 Strengthening capacity of administrators to address local food and nutrition needs

5.2.2 Training in food and nutrition

5.3 Improvements at household level

5.3.1 Community education on food and nutrition

5.3.2 School and creche feeding

5.4 Improvements in the use of external aid

5.4.1 Targeting vulnerable groups

5.4.2 Ensuring food-for-work schemes meet rehabilitation needs

5.4.3 Balancing food aid with food production and markets

5.5 Improvements in coordination of international agencies

5.5.1 Coordination in country of emergency

5.5.2 International coordination

5.6 Conclusion