Nutrition

Nutrition encompasses the processes of accessing food, consumption, and utilization of nutrients by the body. Whereas nutritional Status is the condition of the body resulting from the utilization of essential nutrients available to the body.

Promoting Nutrition

PAM has worked with different communities in promoting high levels of nutrition.

PAM has also worked with different stakeholders, Government and different communities in promoting high levels of nutrition. This includes:

• Knowledge transfer
• Promoting Spirulina production
• Promoting production and consumption of nutritious foods
• Promoting all year production of vegetables by giving treadle pumps to groups

Spirulina Innovation Project

Programme Against Malnutrition (PAM) in partnership with Alliance Forum Foundation (AFF) and in collaboration with University of Zambia (UNZA) and other key line ministries implemented the Spirulina innovative project in Mansa and Samfya to Scale-up Spirulina Production and Utilization.