Abstract
Malnutrition is one of the major challenges the developing world is currently facing, whether it is caused by climate change, terrorism and conflict, or demographic shifts. Poverty is the main cause of malnutrition in this part of the world, and no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty to reduce malnutrition. Reducing household vulnerability and increasing household resilience is the pathway to sustainable malnutrition management. Malnutrition has been a major threat to the health and development of children in developing countries, presenting as high levels of micronutrient deficiencies, stunting, and global acute malnutrition. The rates of malnutrition of all forms are above the thresholds accepted by the WHO in some regions. To this end, the resilience program on achieving nutrition in a developing country through at-home learning activities for nutritional rehabilitation and dietary promotion (known as FARN) reported, in this case, successful results from both statements from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries on the reduction and management of malnutrition in their health centers. FARN activity encourages the consumption of locally available foods not only to eradicate malnutrition but also to protect the ecosystem and sustainable nutrition security. This is much like the saying, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” to the vulnerable people; parents' knowledge of their child's nutritional status and the use of local-based foods diets showed improvement, which is proof of the impact of the resilience program. It can be concluded that the resilience program through its activities at the level of the selected community significantly affected the factors and degree of persistence of malnutrition and the level of resilience of the populations. Thus, the FARN program showed resounding success in its ability to promote sustainable malnutrition management.
Highlights
Smart food is a concept that teaches others how food should be good for you, good for the planet, and good for the farmer
The impacts of FARN activity on malnutrition according to the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the resilience program set up by NGOs have seen a clear decrease in malnutrition in the communities tested
Thanks to what we have learned, malnutrition has almost disappeared from the village, because it is from local food products that we feed our children.”
Summary
Smart food is a concept that teaches others how food should be good for you, good for the planet, and good for the farmer. About half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to undernutrition, which puts children at greater risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of such infections, and delays recovery This joint report represents the most recent global and regional figures, showing that 22.0% of all children under 5 years were stunted in 2020; 13.6 million children under 5 years were affected by wasting in its severe form in 2020, and 5.7% of the same age children in the same were overweight (Akombi et al, 2017; UNICEF, 2018; World Health Organization, 2021; Zagre, 2021). This chapter wishes to contribute to the general audience this tool of learning for nutritional rehabilitation homes (FARN) through the use of smart local dietary promotion to manage malnutrition of vulnerable populations in developing countries
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