Coordinating Agriculture and Nutrition Activities in Field Programs: Successes and Challenges

Presented by: Paul Sommers, Senior Agriculture Technical Consultant, TOPS Program/ Mercy Corps

Providing effective field support to project staff in order to ensure agriculture and nutrition components complement one another can be a challenge. The reasons are many but a frequent project theme is that agriculture and nutrition activities are carried out in silos. In this session, participants explored why this happens, discussed field experiences that have dealt with this issue and identify steps you can take to promote integration. Participants also shared learning on some of the key issues affecting program coordination and opportunities to more successfully link agriculture and nutrition resources.