DEEMAL NIAMAANTERI "Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture

The main objective is to improve the nutritional adequacy of diets for women and children under 5 in 3 regions (Kolda, Sédhiou, Ziguinchor) and 44 communes in Casamance. Specifically, the project aims to: 1) Strengthen women's empowerment in food systems by developing activities that will promote: increase women's decision-making power -increase and diversify women's livelihoods -improve women's access to financial resources 2) Increase the consumption of healthy, nutrient-rich food throughout the year by: -increasing the availability of and access to a variety of nutritious foods -improving hygiene practices and the use of drinking water -increasing and adopting nutritional behaviours