Trends in Food and Nutrition Security in Pakistan PDF

# Brief Background - Self-sufficient in cereal and grain production - High burden of malnutrition (NNS, 2011) - 66% of households cannot afford a nutritious diet, given their current food expenditures (GoP & WFP, 2016) - High inadequacies in food intake # Trends in Food and Nutrition Security Th...

# Brief Background - Self-sufficient in cereal and grain production - High burden of malnutrition (NNS, 2011) - 66% of households cannot afford a nutritious diet, given their current food expenditures (GoP & WFP, 2016) - High inadequacies in food intake # Trends in Food and Nutrition Security This slide features a graph with two subgraphs. The first subgraph shows the index of food availability (2000-01 = 100) and accessibility in Pakistan from 2000 to 2015. The second subgraph shows the status of nutrition over the decades. - The first subgraph is separated into three lines, the red line shows food availability per capita, the green dashed line shows food production per capita, and the purple line shows self-sufficiency ratio. - The second subgraph shows the nutritional status of Pakistan's population showing underweight, wasting, stunting, and the overall prevalence of undernourishment. - The first subgraph shows the index value of Food Availability was high from 2000 to 2002 staying above 100 but then dropped below 100 before increasing again from 2004 to 2007. The index then drops again and continues to decrease between 2008 and 2015. - The second subgraph shows a decreasing trend in Pakistan’s nutritional status. - The first data point for the year 1965 is not visible in the truncated image. - The second subgraph shows prevalence of undernourishment ranging from 10% in the 1960s to 15% in 2013 and 20% in 2001. - The stunting prevalence remained high, around 40% between 1977 and 2001. - The wasting prevalence followed a similar trend to the undernourishment trend, starting from 10% in the 1960s to 20% in 2001 and then decreasing to 10% in 2018. # Government is Taking Ownership - **Key Strategies in Place:** - Agricultural and related policies (National Water Policy, National Food Security Policy, provincial Agricultural Policies, Seed Amendment and Plant Breeders Rights Act). - Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Act, Food Fortification Acts and the Early Marriage Restraint Act - Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategies - **Expanded social safety nets:** - Expansion of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) coverage - Initiatives under the 'Ehsaas' Program # Pakistan Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy This slide shows a diagram featuring eight circles with titles: Agriculture, Food, Social Protection, Malnutrition & Food Insecurity, Education, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, and Health. The circles are interconnected, highlighting the multi-sectoral approach of the strategy. The slide also lists the following key features: - **A multi-sectoral portfolio of both "nutrition-specific" and "nutrition-sensitive" interventions** - **Significantly and sustainably reduce the burden of malnutrition in the Country.** - **Guiding Principles:** - **#5: Plan Multi-sectorally; implement sectorally; and review inter-sectorally.** - **#7: Ensure Private Sector Engagement** ## Program Coordination & Governance Framework - **Federal** - National policy & planning; - Standardization & regulation; - Coordination & information sharing; - Overall monitoring and evaluation. - **Provincial** - Implementation - All provincial governments have developed and endorsed MSNS with varying stages of development towards integrated PC-1s. # Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy This slide shows the same diagram of the multi-sectoral nutrition strategy from the previous slide. - **Successes and Potential Challenges.** - 'thinking through a nutrition-lens' - Potential (future) issues in coordination, communication, and knowledge sharing. # SDG-2 in Pakistan - **Progress towards SDG-2 in Pakistan** This slide features two bar charts showing the prevalence of undernourishment, stunting, wasting, and underweight in Pakistan - The first bar shows the national baseline of 2014-15, the second bar represents the PDHS 2017-18, and the third bar represents the SDG target for 2030. Both the first and second bar charts have error bars. - The prevalence of undernourishment was 20% in 2014-15, decreased to 17% in 2017-18, and aims to reach 10% by 2030. - The stunting prevalence was 43% in 2014-15, decreased to 40% in 2017-18, and aims to reach 20% by 2030. - The wasting prevalence was 10% in 2014-15, decreased to 8% in 2017-18, and aims to reach 5% by 2030. - The underweight prevalence was 32% in 2014-15, decreased to 25% in 2017-18, and aims to reach 15% by 2030.