Year (select from
list)
2017
Milestone description
Means of verifying
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Review of diet quality indicators finalized
Report and scientific publication on diet quality indicators, discussed in CoP
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Portfolio of validated metrics and tools for assessing diet quality and characterizing food
systems applied in Ethiopia and Vietnam
Age- and sex-disaggregated datasets and analytical reports on diet quality and food
systems in Ethiopia and Vietnam
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Portfolio of validated metrics and tools for assessing diet quality and characterizing food
systems applied in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Age- and sex-disaggregated datasets and analytical reports on diet quality and food
systems in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Detailed analytical reports and publications used to identify innovations on food system
and diet quality linkages and dynamics for all four key countries
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Initial foresight and scenario analysis of all four key countries finalised
Report and scientific publication on food system and diet quality indicators; proposals
for funding seeking on key food systems innovations (in Bangladesh and Nigeria)
developed and approved (based on detailed reports and publications)
Reports and publications of foresight and scenario analysis finalised.
Evidence delivered on key leverage points for improving diets through food systems in all
four key countries
Reports on evidence of key leverage points in food systems for healthier diets for focus Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
countries (Ethiopia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nigeria)
value chains and food systems programs
2017
2017
2018
2019
2019
2022
For which outcome? (select from list)
Full framework conceptualizing the interactions between food systems and diet quality and Published report describing framework for food system analysis, CoP initiated
their environmental, economic, social, cultural and policy drivers
Partners and other CRPs incorporate nutrition, health and gender in agri-food
value chains and food systems programs
Identification and design of gender-sensitive interventions to improve diets in Ethiopia and Proposals for 2 interventions in Ethiopia and Vietnam developed (with a gender analysis Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
Vietnam
component) and submitted for funding
processes related to food systems
2017
Identification and design of gender-sensitive interventions to improve diets in Bangladesh Proposals for 2 interventions in Bangladesh and Nigeria developed (with a gender
Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
and Nigeria
analysis component) and submitted for funding
processes related to food systems
2018
Active policy engagement with all four key countries on improving food systems for
Monitoring; official policy statements and documents
Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
healthier diets (concerted actions)
processes related to food systems
2019
Testing of at least two gender-sensitive interventions aligned with findings from CoA1 in
Proposals for funding containing a gender component seeking on key food systems
Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
two countries (Ethiopia and Vietnam) begins
innovations approved and implementation started
processes related to food systems
2020
Testing of at least two gender-sensitive interventions aligned with findings from CoA1 in
Proposals for funding containing a gender component seeking on key food systems
Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
two countries (Bangladesh and Nigeria) begins
innovations approved and implementation started
processes related to food systems
2021
At least four gender-sensitive interventions co-designed and tested with local platforms,
Age- and sex-disaggregated datasets generated as part of intervention testing made
Stakeholders (investors, civil society, policymakers) consider healthier diets in
partners, and stakeholders in key countries and/or additional countries
available; Reports on key leverage points available; policy briefs on evidence of key food processes related to food systems
2022
systems innovations available.
Systematic assessment of different scaling and anchoring options for food systems
Workshop report and scientific report on options in Ethiopia and Vietnam
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
tranfsormation linked to changing food patterns in Ethiopia and Vietnam
innovations at scale
2018
2019
Systematic assessment of different scaling and anchoring options for food systems
tranfsormation linked to changing food patterns in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Workshop report and scientific report on options in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
innovations at scale
Participatory scenario analysis completed in Ethiopia and Vietnam
Reports on participatory scenario analysis in Ethiopia and Vietnam
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
innovations at scale
Participatory scenario analysis completed in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Reports on participatory scenario analysis in Bangladesh and Nigeria
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
innovations at scale
2019
2020
2022
2022
Knowledge dissemination among important decisionmakers within all four focus countries Monitoring reports; reports of dissemination activities
and across larger networks of stakeholders accomplished.
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
innovations at scale
Capacity developed among key individuals and groups in all four focus countries in relation Monitoring; self-assessment reports from country partners (e.g., key informant
to improving food systems from a dietary perspective
interviews)
Partners implement A4NH strategies for agri-food value chain/food system
innovations at scale