Health

IIRR has scaled its Integrated School Nutrition Model and currently supports the Philippine national government in to mainstream nutrition-sensitive program (NSP) by integrating NSP into the national and local government initiatives. Aligning with countrywide development plans and targets on nutrition is also advocated. IIRR supports its partners to ensure improved access to nutritious foods on-farm, increased availability and lower prices of diverse nutritious foods in markets, improved food safety, and income which can be spent on more diverse nutritious food if such food is available, affordable, and convenient. Care practices through empowerment of women (particularly if they can control income, their time, and labor) and through incorporating behavior change communication. Health and sanitation environments through management practices that protect natural resources (water in particular) and safeguard against health risks introduced by agricultural production (e.g. livestock, standing water, agrochemicals).