Utilizing Soybeans for Nutrition And Income In Afghanistan By Nutrition and Education International (NEI)

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1 Utilizing Soybeans for Nutrition And Income In Afghanistan By Nutrition and Education International (NEI) TOPS Presentation February 27, 2017 Presenters: Steven Kwon, Ph.D & Sonia Kwon, MPH 제 24 회 SOHYA 발대식 1

2 Presentation Outline 1. Why Afghanistan? 2. NEI Vision & Mission 3. Soy Value Chain Development 4. Women s Empowerment Programs 5. Challenges 6. Question & Answer

3 Why Afghanistan? 1 in 10 children die before the age of five (1 in 5 in rural province areas) 59% children stunted 33% children moderately to severely underweight 9% children wasted 54% of the population is chronically malnourished 1 in 4 Afghans are moderately food insecure and the population of severely food insecure (1.5 million) is increasing 5.3 million Afghans are protein deficient 3

4 Health and Nutrition Workshop at Balkh University Medical School Evaluation of Nutritional Supplements, May 2003

5 Why Soybean for Afghanistan? No. Protein Source High quality proteins equivalent to animal protein Contain all 9 Essential Amino Acids Produced for home consumption in Korea, China and Japan over 3,000 years Protein Content (%) 100g * $ Cost/Kg Protein ǂ Relative Cost to Soybean 1 Soybean 38% $ Beef 20% $ X 4 Chicken 25% $ X 5 Egg 13% $ X *USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, January 2014 ǂKabul Local Market Survey,

6 National Soy Program Signing Ceremony Ministries of Agriculture, Public Health, and Women s Affairs, November 17, 2005

7 NEI Vision and Mission Vision: Defeat protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) in Afghanistan among women and children. Mission: Create a self-sustainable strategy to prevent PEM through establishing a soybean value chain. Motto: Can we help even one more Afghan family grow soybeans to fight malnutrition? 7

8 Self-Sustainable Soy Value Chain Development Soybean Seed Production Soy Market Development Self- Sustaining Soybean Cultivation with Farmers Humanitarian Distribution Soy Processing New Seeds Home Consumption 8

9 Soybean Cultivation for Nutrition in Afghanistan Collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) and Provincial Governments 9

10 NEI and Supporters Donated 40 tons of Stine Soybean Seeds to Afghan farmers, June

11 Farmers Training on Soybean Planting 11

12 Soybean Farmers Training in Parwan Province 12

13 2016 Soybean Farming in Afghanistan A Herat Demonstration Farmer Showing Highly Podded Soy Plant 13

14 2016 Field Day at Helmand Demonstration Farm NEI conducts field days to gather soy farmers by province to learn from the best farmers on how to effectively grow soybeans in their region. 14

15 2016 Soybean Production in 31 provinces 15

16 Soybean Seed Sector Development: New Soybean Variety Adaptation Trials and Certified Seed Production Jawzjan Balkh Kunduz Takhar Faryab Baghlan Hirat Badghis Bamyan Wardak Kabul Ghor Day kondi Ghazni Khost Farah Uruzgan Zabul Paktika Nimroz Hilmand Kandahar

17 New Soybean Variety Trials with Agriculture Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA) Tested total of 62 new varieties from U.S and Korea, each for 3 consecutive years National Seed Committee approved : - 5 varieties from US. -2 varieties from Korea

18 Average Yield (Kg/Ha) of New Varieties ( ) by 7 Research Stations of ARIA Treatments Rank mean Heart Kabul Balkh Takhar Nangarhar Kandahar Baghlan HERAT_ ,308 4 TAE_KWANG ,162 7 SEON_YOU HWANG_KEUM ,671 1 GATEWAY_ ,157 8 STINE# ,561 3 STINE# ,217 5 JHANG_WON ,038 9 DAE_WON ,168 6 GATEWAY ,651 2

19 Soy Food Culture Development Collaboration with Ministry of Women s Affairs (MoWA) and Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) 19

20 NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF AFGHAN BEANS (PULSES) PER 100 GRAM Nutrient/100 g Serving Size Water Kidney Unit Soybeans * Beans ǂ gram (gr) -Bureau Consumer Products Services Lanka (pvt) Limited, 2015 (For Soybean) -United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 28, 2017 (For other pulses) 20 Mung Beans ǂ Chickpeas ǂ Energy kcal Protein Carbohydrate Fiber Sugar Fat gram (gr) gram (gr) gram (gr) gram (gr) gram (gr)

21 Cost of Soybeans vs Other Beans Beans US $/KG Relative Cost Savings Soybeans $ x Kidney Beans $ x 46% Mung Beans $ x 7% Chick Peas $ x 46% 21

22 Soybean Qorma for Increased Protein Intake

23 Soy Palaw (Rice with Soy) for Increased Protein Intake 23

24 Soy Naan for Increased Protein Intake (Naan made with 10% soy and 90% wheat flour blend) 24

25 Availability of Essential Amino Acids in Soy & Wheat Flour (based on Protein Digestibility Corrected) 25

26 Daily Intake of Protein from 3 Naans (Person with 60 Kg body weight requires 48grams of good quality proteins per day) 26

27 Impact on Soy Farmer s Children NEI surveyed 79 demonstration farmers on the effectiveness of their children consuming soybeans. Their responses were My child is Agriculture Zones Healthier Stronger More Focused Happier Central 60% 30% 10% 0% Eastern 46% 26% 20% 8% North Western 39% 50% 11% 0% Northern 53% 14% 33% 0% South Western 14% 43% 29% 14% Western 32% 32% 30% 6% Total 41% 31% 23% 5% 27

28 Soy Processing Sector and Soy Market Development Collaboration with Ministries of Economy, Public Health, and Agriculture, and Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) 28

29 Establishment of Soy Flour and Soy Oil Factories Inauguration of Kapisa Factory by HE MoEC Minister Murad and MoPH DM Tareq

30 Kapisa Factory for Soy Oil and Soy Flour Production 30

31 Herat Soy Flour Factory 31

32 Eight Soy Factories Established in Afghanistan Jawzjan Balkh Kunduz Takhar Hirat Soy flour, TSP and WSB Badghis Ghor Faryab Day Kundi Samangan Baghlan Bamyan Wardak Kabul Ghazni Nuristan Soy Oil, Lowfat Soy Flour factory in Kapisa Uruzgan Farah Zabul Pattya Nimroz Hilmand Kandahar

33 Soy Flour Market Development Naan Bakeries At Kabul, Mazar, Herat, Jalalbad, Parwan and Takhar

34 Soy Naan Consumer Acceptance More than 88% of consumers Were satisfied with Soy Nan

35 Soybean Market Development for General Public

36 Joint Effort to Improve Health Status of All Afghans: Partnerships with Government of Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has endorsed soy nutrition initiative as most economical and practical solution to protein-energy malnutrition.

37 Women s Empowerment Programs Soy Farmers Village Women s Home Poultry Program Nutrition & Food Preparation Seminars Women-headed households are almost 50 percent more likely to be severely food insecure than other households in Afghanistan, and are also twice as likely to use emergency coping strategies, such as begging. 37

38 Soy Farmer Training Program Every year, several hundred women farmers receive training and agriculture inputs necessary to become successful soy farmers. Demonstration Field Day training for women soy farmers. 38

39 Home Poultry Program: Empowering Women to Start their Own Business and Livelihood Improvement NEI is teaching 100 women to build their own poultry coops and raise poultry for egg production. The farmers receive hens and materials to sustain their own poultry business. The chickens and eggs are sold to improve livelihood and also used for home consumption as a source of protein.

40 Raising Awareness of Soy Nutrition NEI conducts workshops for women in villages and urban areas on the benefits of soy nutrition

41 Challenges Production challenges Poor Security Lack of water catchment and irrigation infrastructure Lack of mechanized farming reduces productivity Lack of grain elevators No infrastructure to buy, store, and sell Processor should procure whole year s requirement of soybeans Consumer market development Awareness of health benefits of soybean

42 Soybean Production in 20,000 out of 33,000 Villages 85% Household Penetration Soybean Production: 300,000 tons/year

43 Steven Kwon, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Sonia Kwon, MPH Director of Program and Operations 43