Potential for Nutrition-Sensitive Conservation Agriculture in Zambia

Concern Worldwide saw the opportunity to conduct and use research to leverage investments being made in conservation agriculture at a national and regional level, including within other USAID projects; to contribute to the literature about nutrition-sensitive conservation agriculture, of which there is very little; to improve the conservation agriculture methodology more broadly; and to share findings among both the agriculture and nutrition communities. To meet these objectives, Concern Worldwide conducted a study to generate and disseminate information that will inform how interventions based around conservation agriculture practices can integrate nutrition outcomes. The study resulted in a project report and a project brief, including clear recommendations on how to improve nutrition outcomes within conservation agriculture.