Ten Years of Tested Solutions: The FANSER Knowledge Map

From field-tested nutrition practices to gender approaches — practical tools for future programmes
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  • Download training manuals on nutrition, hygiene, and WASH practices.
  • Access step-by-step guides on setting up Care Groups, cooking demonstrations, Savings Groups or Farmer Business Schools.
  • Explore agricultural innovations like keyhole gardens, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, and improved chicken breeds.
  • Learn how to scale gender-transformative approaches and behaviour change strategies.
  • Use practical tools for nutrition governance, from district-level planning templates to monitoring systems.

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The FANSER Knowledge Map brings together a decade of learning from Zambia’s Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience (FANSER) project. More than 245,000 people were reached through interventions that combined nutrition, hygiene, agriculture, governance, and gender equality.

This resource is not just a record of achievements. It offers ready-to-use materials, methodologies, and lessons for anyone working in food and nutrition security. Whether you are designing new programmes, training extension workers, or strengthening policy frameworks, the Knowledge Map shows what worked, how it worked, and why it mattered.

Highlights

  • The Care Group Model, which mobilised 8,700 nutrition volunteers to reach 125,000 women and improve household diets and hygiene practices.
  • Keyhole gardens and cowpea seed multiplication, practical innovations that boosted agricultural diversity and nutrition.
  • Interactive activities such as cooking demonstrations and nutrition card games to provide practical, hands-on guidance
  • Savings and lending groups and Farmer Business Schools, empowering women and men economically for better nutrition outcomes.
  • Gender-transformative approaches and social behaviour change strategies that positively shifted household decision-making.
  • Practical guides on nutrition governance at district and ward levels.

👉 Explore the FANSER Knowledge Map and see how these insights can shape your work.

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