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IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION by INTEGRATING GARDEN -BASED LEARNING INTO PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL C URRI

IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION by INTEGRATING GARDEN -BASED LEARNING INTO PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL C URRICULUM. Food Security. Nutrition Education. Garden Based learning. Food Security Concept. Nutrition education. U T I L I Z A T I O N. A C C E S S I B I

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IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION by INTEGRATING GARDEN -BASED LEARNING INTO PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL C URRI

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  1. IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION byINTEGRATING GARDEN -BASED LEARNING INTO PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

  2. Food Security Nutrition Education Garden Based learning

  3. Food Security Concept Nutrition education U T I L I Z A T I O N A C C E S S I B I L I T Y C O N S U M P T I O N A V A I L A B I L I T Y

  4. factors FOOD HABITS PURCHASING POWER NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABILITY STATE OF HEALTH STATE OF MIND FOOD CONSUMPTION SOCIAL INFLUENCE CULTURAL PATTERNS ADVERTISING COMFORT TIME INTRA-FAMILIAR FOOD DISTRIBUTION HUNGER AND APPETITE

  5. Factors FOOD PREPARATION FRIED FOODS HEALTH UTILIZATION BIOLOGICAL USE OF FOODS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ACCESS TO MEDICAL ATTENTION FOOD SAFETY HYGIENIC HABITS

  6. WHAT DOES NUTRITIONAL EDUCATIONDO? • INFORMS • EMPOWERS • FACILITATES BEHAVIOUR CHANGES • BUILD AND PROMOTE GOOD EATING HABITS AND HEALTHY PATTERNS • DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND GOOD FOOD PRACTICES A TOOL THAT WILL:

  7. SCHOOL GARDEN IS A “NURSERY” WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES GROW AND MULTIPLY • Teach Practical nutrition • Promotes healthy diet and healthy lifestyles • Promote Environmental education • Teach Practical agricultural knowledge and skills • Change Attitude in agriculture & rural life

  8. SCHOOL GARDEN AND NUTRITION EDUCATION It must be integrated Curriculum SYSTEMATIC HOW?

  9. Basic Level Natural Sciences First grade Thematic idea Human beings and health It will promote awareness of the importance of plants in their own life. - what human beings & animalsget from plants Content Understand plants, oxygen-producing plants, plant needs. – Basic nutrition standards, hygiene, environmental protection

  10. Metric system - Centimeters Volume measurements – Gallons, liters, units, tens, hundreds.. Estimate of surface area, of small plants How many persons maintain a school garden, cost Demographic education Mathematics History Former eating habits Chemistry • Hydrogen, • oxygen, water • nitrogenous • organic compounds Geography Production in different regions Physics Energy use, physical atmosphere. Rain, humidity, erosion, wind irrigation systems, gravity Art

  11. Other functions Encourages Social Integration SCHOOLS-PARENTS-COMMUNITY Method of dissemination Promotes family and community-based gardens

  12. AGRICULTURE FOOD INSECURITY PROBLEM -MALNUTRITION -CHRONIC DISEASES SCHOOL GARDENS INTEGRATE CONTRIBUTE SOLVE EDUCATION SCHOOL FEEDING HEALTH NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION HEALTH/HIV/AIDS

  13. NUTRITION IN THE CARIBBEAN 30% OF THE POPULATION OVER 35 YEARS OLD SUFFER FROM BLOOD PRESSURE • 10-12 % SUFFER FROM DIABETES Health Report PAIS COUNTRIES HAVE EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS OF: DIABETES HYPERTENSION HEART ATTACKS CANCER MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH • Availability and consumption of fruits and vegetables

  14. Healthy snacking throughgarden –based learning (GBL) Agro-nutritional intervention/behaviour changes(kindergarten to sixth grade) • Objective: • Promote production and consume a variety of fruits • and vegetables • Integrate educational material into curriculum • and development • Establish an agricultural community support • mechanism (sustainability)

  15. Components Change FOOD HABITS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION G A R D E N S EDUCATION VENDORS EAT A VARIETY OF FOODS BE CREATIVE EDUCATION TEACHERS Food PREPARATION EDUCACION PARENTS PORTION CONTROL Polices develop ENVIRONMENT READING LABELS Educational material EXERCISE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  16. AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT Child school family Community sustainability

  17. EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL GARDEN INTEGRATED SCHOOL GARDEN WORM CULTURE BIO-INTENSIVE ORGANIC GARDEN ON A SQUARED METRE • Types of gardens Salsa, Pizza ,Alphabet, Culinary and herbs Roots, Three sisters beans-corn-pumpkin

  18. Example Questionnaire to evaluate food preferences in children Happy Face Scale

  19. WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS ASSOCIATIONS DIABETES HEART USAID AGRICULTURE EDUCATION PRIVATE COMPANY OTHER UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

  20. Secondary school Integrate science-based agro business marketing approach, into curriculum healthy school feeding ;promote fruit& vegetables teachers training/ material National policicies Business marketing Agro business Cost recovery system Mechanism establish among School feeding and Agriculture science-agro business to sell produce

  21. GAP Business Systematic Integrate approach from Farm -table GMP HACCP Marketing

  22. Ministry of Education/Health Agricultural curriculum Secondary School School garden learning-teaching Primary school -Integrate Agriculture science-based agro business School feeding Programme -Reinforce curriculum Sciences, Mathematics -Develop a business approach to acquire agricultural production marketing skill -Integrate nutritional education and food security -increase appreciation through agricultural knowledge Agro-chain - National polices to regulate business marketing (cost recovery system) School Garden Ministry of Agriculture

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