Protection: Household Production
Contributing to Resiliency for the Poor
Kirsten Weeks, DAI
kirsten_weeks@dai.com
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming
to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity
May 30, 2013
Washington,
DC
Harnessing
the Power of
Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Household Production –
What do we mean?
– Includes household gardening, agriculture,
livestock and horticulture, micro-business
support, understanding markets, vocational
training – linked to job placement.
– Increase productive assets
– Helps household smooth income and
expenses and promote asset growth
– Help households increase productivity and
income.
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
• Program Experience - Urban Gardens
Program (UGP) – Ethiopia
– Introduced household, community and school
gardens across 136 Community garden sites;
188 school garden sites.
• Program Experience as a technical
assistance provider IMARISHA –
Tanzania; and HICD/R - Rwanda
– Providing technical assistance to PEPFAR
supported home-based care and OVC
partners
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
UGP Approach
• Blend of: Participatory,
training and learning
“Garden Dialogues” to
promote agriculture;
Technology: (drip-kits,
grow-bags/plasic
boxes); and group
savings.
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
UGP Challenges
• Push for high targets and rapid graduation
of participants – one year of support
• Challenges of land tenure
• Gender inequities
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
UGP Lessons Learned through
Implementation
• Need to adapt technology and approach
– Grow-bags due to land insecurity – evolved
into plastic box solutions.
– Drip-kits – seen as “the answer” evolved into
a potential tool for water management, but not
“the tool.”
– Need to modify traditional farmer-field school
model to be more female friendly and peeroriented vs vertical extension approach
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
UGP Results
• Improved horticulture knowledge
• Improved land management (from an access
perspective) – Increased land access for
participants, as well as a 2012 Urban Agriculture
Policy and Implementation Plan for Addis Ababa
• Reduced Self-stigma and increased reported selfconfidence among participants
• Increased reports of dietary diversity among
program participants
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
UGP Post-Project Lessons
• Community gardens continued
• School gardens did not continue without
ongoing support
• Need to extend the time of support for
participants to ensure uptake of learning
• Need to improve soil management
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Technical Assistance
Experience: Lessons from
the Data
• One solution alone isn’t part
of the answer, but agriculture
is part of the solution
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Challenges Facing HBC /
OVC Implementers
• Push for high targets and rapid graduation
of participants
• Gender inequities
• Unclearly defined approaches to economic
strengthening and agriculture in particular
• Understanding home based care and
OVCs doesn’t always translate to
understanding agriculture or economic
strengthening
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Lessons Learned through
Implementation
• Need for ongoing rather than one-off
support
• Need to move beyond output to outcome
monitoring for agricultural behaviors
• Need to be realistic of the results we
promise.
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Questions for Group
Discussion
• How should we define results of
integrating household agriculture within
HIV programming?
• What factors do we need to consider to
design more effective household
agriculture activities for HIV programs?
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity
Questions for Group
Discussion
• How can we better leverage non-health
resources to support cross sectoral
programming for HIV and food insecurity?
Harnessing the Power of Cross-sectoral Programming to Alleviate HIV/AIDS and Food
Insecurity