Food Infant and Maternal Nutrition and Education

Results achieved as of March 31 2015 include the following: the percentage of households with poor and limited food consumption dropped from 34.4% in 2013–2014 to 28.8 % in 2014–2015 in the Timbuktu Mopti and Koulikoro regions; 597 200 people (at least 50.5 % being women and girls) had access to food products (notably as a result of the distribution of 15 622 tonnes of provisions including 1 000 tonnes of paddy rice); 120 training workshops helped targeted populations and rural organizations to improve their management of the production infrastructure created by the project; 50 new school feeding programs were implemented improving the food situation of 9 138 students (at least 50% being girls); 1 584 pregnant and nursing women attended nutrition education sessions thereby improving their knowledge of the use of nutritional supplements for their children; 1 736 members of women’s associations improved their knowledge of malnutrition screening leading to a higher number of identified cases being admitted to health centres; and 20 725 people benefited from the transfer of funds totalling $747 137 in connection with their participation in sanitation and environment conservation endeavours. These results are improving people’s capacity to address food insecurity through the creation of agricultural production infrastructure.