More Trade-offs

Tom Randolph

Joint A4NH/ISPC Workshop on Nutrition Washington DC

22-23 September 2014

More meat, milk and fish

by and for the poor

• ‘For the poor’ food & nutritional security objective raising new issues

• Typical mindset: ‘by the poor’ needs to target high-value markets for income

– Exporting best nutrients from communities and reducing diet diversity?

– Targeting low-value market ‘for the poor’ reduces poverty reduction benefits?

• New strategies needed that intentionally

– Smartly exploit segmented markets – Re-design for profitable targeting of the poor: e.g.

‘samaki kidogo’

• Need to synthesize available evidence and generate more

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish

livestockfish.cgiar.org