INTRODUCTION

When everyone has constant physical and financial access to enough wholesome food that satisfies their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle, there is a state of food security. Contrarily, food insecurity is a symptom of a continuum that also encompasses hunger (lack of food), malnutrition (nutrient deficiencies, imbalances, or excesses), and famine. As a result, this training program is intended to serve as a manual for ensuring that access to nutritious food is both a human right and a goal of sustainable development.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The participant should be able to:

• Recognize fundamental concepts in food security, safety, and quality by the end of the course.
• Recognize the division of foods into various food groups.
• Recognize what constitutes an appropriate diet and the best way to feed children.
• Recognize the link between good eating and health.
• Develop knowledge of topics related to the safety, quality, and security of food.
• Recognize the part technology plays in ensuring the quality, safety, and security of food.

DURATION

5 Days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is designed for a variety of actors involved in agriculture extension, including senior agricultural officials, policymakers, and agricultural extension officers who work with communities, governments, funding agencies, research organizations, and non-governmental organizations, among others.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1: Food & Nutrition Security

• Food, nutrition, and nutrients
• Balanced diet and child feeding
• Food and nutrition security
• Challenges in attaining food security

Module 2: Nutrition & Health

• Causes of under nutrition
• Forms of under nutrition
• Wider impact of under nutrition
• Family and community prevention of under nutrition
• Tips for optimal infant and young child feeding
• Nutrition during pregnancy & breastfeeding
• Food security and nutrition with a focus on HIV-affected households
• Disease prevention & sanitation and hygiene

Module 3: Food Safety, Storage & Preservation

• The concept of food safety and hygiene
• Food storage and preservation
• Food safety programs
• Interpretation and application
• Food premises and equipment
• Food poisoning
• Food defense and emergency response

Module 4: Food Quality

• General concepts of food quality management
• Quality control process characteristic to agri-food production
• Classifications of quality systems
• Quality assurance

Module 5: Cross-Cutting Issues

• Linking food aid and pro-poor growth
• Food security and the human right to food
• Responding to the challenges of climate change and its linkages to food security and nutrition
• Mainstreaming food security and nutrition in poverty reduction strategies/policies
• Closing the gap – linking food security information to effective decision-making

Module 6: Technology application in Food &Nutrition Security

• ICT and Mobile technology application in food and nutrition security
• Integration of GIS and RS in food & nutrition security
• Food biotechnology and emerging nutritional diseases
• Nutritional biostatistics, data analysis, and decision making

GENERAL NOTES

• Our seasoned instructors, who have years of experience as seasoned professionals in their respective fields of work, will be teaching this course. A combination of practical exercises, theory, group projects, and case studies are used to teach the course.
• The participants receive training manuals and supplementary reading materials.
• Participants who complete this course successfully will receive a certificate.
• We can also create a course specifically for your organization to match your needs. To learn more, get in touch with us at training@dealsontrainers.org.
• The training will take place at DEALSON TRAINERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA in Nairobi, Kenya.
• The training fee includes lunch, course materials, and lodging for the training session. Upon request, we may arrange for our participants' lodging and transportation to the airport.
• Payment must be made to our bank account before the training begins, and documentation of payment should be emailed to training@dealsontrainers.org