by Frankenberger T., Peña-Montenegro A., Tilakaratna S., Velarde N., and W.B. Eide (UNICEF/IFAD, 1993)

Prepared for the International Conference on Nutrition, held in 1992, this document discusses IFAD's focus on increased agricultural production and improved nutrition, reviews the concept of nutrition as an outcome of multiple factors and processes, and examines conceptual frameworks and analytic tools presently being developed or refined.

Table of contents

• About this paper, preface, and introduction: IFAD poverty and nutrition
• Analytical framework
• IFAD's evolving approach to Food and Nutrition in investment projects
• Promising instrumentalities - advancing the household food security focus in field operations
• Appendix: use of the HFS analytical tool - identifying HFS issues for project focus