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Project Leader Monitoring Agency Funding Request Counterpart Funding Background (optional, if Phase II, etc.) Year 1 implementation MALNUTRITION REDUCTION PROGRAM: Phase II Sustaining, Expansion and Advocacy of the FNRI Technology on Complementary Food Blends in the Regions 2014-2015 Joyce R. Tobias Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) Proposed Budget - PhP 5,731,928.00 PhP 897,298.00 To support the Millennium Development Goal and address the undernutrition problem among Filipino children, the DOST PINOY (Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young Children) has been expanded through the implementation of Malnutrition Reduction Program in certain regions of the country. However, in the 2012 implementation, the program has only identified adopters and procured equipment but has not delivered all the pieces of equipment and conduct technology assistance to all identified adopters. Likewise, the DOST PINOY intervention was not conducted in these areas. The FNRI-DOST now proposes to sustain this program by Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP): Phase II. The program aims to reach more areas where assistance in the reduction of malnutrition is most needed and to increase participation on existing nutrition programs in the areas. This strategy will cover 17 identified sites and 5 sites included in the DOST-CARs project entitled, Roll-out of Complementary Food Production in the Regions. The DOST-CARs project only conducts roll-out of FNRI-developed complementary food technologies or large-scale technology transfer to 5 regions, particularly CAR, IV-B, IX, XII, and CARAGA. With the current devastation experienced in Tacloban and other regions in the Visayas, the program will also produce FNRI developed complementary and supplementary foods for typhoon Yolanda victims through the grant assistance of the DOST Quick Response Project. As part of project 2 of MRP Phase II, the implementation of the feeding intervention in disaster areas will be evaluated and documented to determine the suitability of complementary foods in disaster areas. In order to bring to the stakeholders nationwide the technologies on complementary foods, the project will conduct a technology transfer using four complementary food technologies namely: Instant RiceMongo Baby food (RM), Rice-mongo Sesame, Rice-Mongo Crunchies (RMCr) and RM Curls by

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providing technical assistance to regions with basic equipment for the production of complementary foods. To support technology transfer activity, advocacy on the adoption of DOST PINOY intervention at the regional, provincial and municipal levels (LCEs and LGUs) and capacity building of the local program implementers will also be part of this project. To facilitate the adoption, and sustain the production and commercialization of the FNRI developed nutritious complementary foods; To expand the coverage of technology transfer to five more regions in connection with the project of DOST-CAR, Roll-out of Complementary Food Production in the Regions; To promote the DOST PINOY program through advocacy on the use of the nutritious FNRI-developed complementary foods among LGUs and capacity building of local program implementers. Underweight 6 35 months old children Local community workers (Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers) Local Government Units, non-government organizations (NGOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Private institutions Twenty adopters producing and commercializing the FNRIdeveloped complementary food products; Four FNRI-developed complementary food technologies namely: rice-mongo instant baby food blend, rice-mongo-sesame baby food blend, rice-mongo crunchies and rice-mongo curls were successfully adopted by the identified adoptors; Twenty municipalities participated in DOST PINOY training and 500 community workers trained on implementing the DOST PINOY intervention, and; Twenty policy resolutions to support the program on complementary foods (feeding programs).

From Evaluating Council: Technical Merit (as assessed by the Monitoring Agency) Technologies that will be Generated Socio-Economic Benefit/ Environmental Impact/ Tangible Benefits (from Council) In this project, the technology adoption of complementary foods and passing of local ordinances/memos on complementary feeding in different LGUs and private institutions will support the mediumterm sustainability plans of the program. The areas covered for expansion have been initially studied by the regions with potential technology adoptors and favourable social environment. Technical assistance will be given to those with basic equipment for the immediate implementation of the program and make the complementary foods available for social (e.g. LGU feeding) and commercial purposes (livelihood and entrepreneurship).

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EXECUTIVE BRIEF FOR DOST-GIA EXECOM (NEW PROGRAM/PROJECT) Nature of Request Title: Program Project Title Duration Proponent Project Leader Monitoring Agency Funding Request Counterpart Funding Background (optional, if Phase II, etc.) Year 1 implementation MALNUTRITION REDUCTION PROGRAM: Phase II Monitoring and Process Evaluation of the DOST PINOY (Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young Children) 2014-2015 Julieta B. Dorado Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) Proposed Budget- 2,728,864.00 PhP 1,128,901.20 To support the Millennium Development Goal and address the undernutrition problem among Filipino children, the DOST PINOY (Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young Children) has been expanded through the implementation of Malnutrition Reduction Program in certain regions of the country. However, in the 2012 implementation, the program has only identified adopters and procured equipment but has not delivered all the pieces of equipment and conduct technology assistance to all identified adopters. Likewise, the DOST PINOY intervention was not conducted in these areas. The FNRI-DOST now proposes to sustain this program by Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP): Phase II. The program aims to reach more areas where assistance in the reduction of malnutrition is most needed and to increase participation on existing nutrition programs in the areas. This strategy will cover 17 identified sites and 5 sites included in the DOST-CARs project entitled, Roll-out of Complementary Food Production in the Regions. The DOST-CARs project only conducts roll-out of FNRI-developed complementary food technologies or large-scale technology transfer to 5 regions, particularly CAR, IV-B, IX, XII, and CARAGA. With the current devastation experienced in Tacloban and other regions in the Visayas, the program will also produce FNRI developed complementary and supplementary foods for typhoon Yolanda victims through the grant assistance of the DOST Quick Response Project. As part of project 2 of MRP Phase II, the implementation of the feeding intervention in disaster areas will be evaluated and documented to determine the suitability of complementary foods in disaster areas. The project will have two (2) components. The first component is the monitoring of the implementation of DOST PINOY intervention in selected areas and other regions covered by DOST-assisted disaster feeding intervention. The suitability of the FNRI-developed complementary food products as food commodities for disaster feeding will also be monitored. The second component will be the process evaluation of the

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DOST PINOY intervention, the key feature of the MRP Phase II, where the implementation of the program will be systematically documented and evaluated to examine the procedures and tasks involved in implementation as well as the administrative and organizational aspects of the program. This type of evaluation is being done to make the necessary modifications and improvement (if any) during the course of program implementation. To monitor the implementation of the DOST program in the provinces in terms of technology transfer and the intervention strategy, and To determine the progress of the DOST PINOY program through process evaluation in selected areas (including areas in emergency situation to determine the suitability of complementary foods) Local community workers (Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Health Workers) Local Government Units, non-government organizations (NGOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Private institutions Monitoring and Evaluation Report on the implementation of the DOST PINOY intervention and the suitability of complementary foods for disaster feeding Feedback Reports on process evaluation results and suitability of complementary foods for disaster feeding In this project, the suitability of the FNRI-developed complementary food products as food commodities for disaster feeding will determine if this type of food can be provided to victims of disaster. The process evaluation of the DOST PINOY intervention will help in the assessment of the intervention and further improve the future programs. Monitoring and process evaluation of the program will provide an in-depth analysis that will help private institutions assess the production of complementary foods and increase its commercial value not just in the country but also in foreign markets.

From Evaluating Council: Technical Merit (as assessed by the Monitoring Agency) Technologies that will be Generated Socio-Economic Benefit/ Environmental Impact/ Tangible Benefits (from Council) Institutional Arrangement (if any) Remarks