Planning national nutrition programs, a suggested approach : v. 2, case study

IT DESCRIBES THE ECUADORIAN NUTRITION SYSTEM, IDENTIFIES SOME POINTS OF INTERVENTION OR COURSES OF ACTION AND SELECTS SIX POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS FROM AMONG SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE CHOICES. IN THIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT DESCRIBING A NATIONAL NUTRITION SYSTEM WITH AVAILABLE DATA, THIS VOLUME ILLUSTRATES AND DESCRIBES SOME OF THE PROBLEMS NUTRITION PLANNERS WILL ENCOUNTER AS THEY SELECT AND STUDY INTERVENTIONS. THIS DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF AN INTRODUCTION AND EIGHT APPENDICES: DESCRIPTION OF THE ECUADOR NUTRITION SYSTEM; INTERVENTION IN DONATED FOOD PROGRAMS; INTERVENTION IN PULSES; INTERVENTION IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS; FORTIFICATION OF WHEAT; INTERVENTION IN FISH AND SEAFOOD; ANALYSIS OF NUTRITION AND INCOME IMPLICATIONS OF CREDIT TO SMALL FARMERS AND IRRIGATION PROJECTS; AND CONCLUSIONS. THE CONCLUSIONS DISCUSS METHODS OF NUTRITION PLANNING, METHODS OF COMPARING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION IN ECUADOR. THOSE CONCERN ESTABLISHING PILOT PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL AREAS -- PRODUCTION OF PULSES BY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMERS ASSISTED BY A CREDIT PROGRAM, IMPROVED EFFICIENCY IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS, THE INFEASIBILITY OF FORTIFYING PROCESSED GRAINS, INFEASIBILITY OF BENEFITING THE LOW-INCOME POPULATION THROUGH A LOAN THAT WOULD INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF COST-MONITORING PROGRAMS TO OBTAIN BETTER DATA FOR USE IN NUTRITION PLANNING ACTIVITIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH (PN-AAC-606) AND IN FRENCH (PN-AAC-607).