Humans Nutrition

I belive that spending on the solution of malnutrition problem will be considered as an investment outlay and the allocation of resource to different programs will be determinded, to a greater extent than in the past, by their cost-effectiveness in solving the problem at its source. The formulation of future development programs on nutrition requires further research to identify and measure the effect of major factors determining the nutrition status of different socioeconomic group in various regions of the country so that a more rational allocation of inveatment resources can be made. There is also a need for a study of the effects of development projects and of macroeconomic policies on the nutritional status of the population particulary the poor of the Norteast and of the Bangkok slums, and formulotion of appropriate corrective measures to cushion the poorer sections of the population against any possible adverse effects of these policies.

Morever, a future nutrition strategy should not overbook the poverty and malnutrition of the urban poor particularly those living in Bangkok  slums where as many as 40 percent of all households are reported to have inadequated energy intake. We have continually accorded primary importance to development of backward rural areas. This is the right thing to do. But in the meantime, there are also increasing problema among the poorer sectiona of the urban communities.

It is intended that the Sixth National Development Plan will incorparate a poverty alleviation plan and supplemantary nutrition programs for the urban poor, while, at the same time ,strenghthening the rural development programs to ensure that theimprovements of the conditions of the urban poor do not attract additional migrants to the cities.

It may be concluded that further application of the economic perspective on nutrition in a practical and cautious manner and in conjuction with other disciplinary perpectives could help understand and solve the malnutrition problem in Thailand.

The livelihood movement in Philippine nutrition

ABSTRACT A major factor in the etiology of Philippine malnutrition is economic poverty, particularly in areas not reached by development. Remedies to the problem have included food sufficiency programs(rice, corn, fish, etc.) which proviced project loans to small producers. The most farreaching poverty-reduction scheme, however, is the Nation Livelihood Movement which seeks to transform all village into  productive communities through livelihood enterprises to be owned and managed by the residents.Private entreprenourship at the community level is promoted along seven project proto-types : agro-forestry, agio-livestoc, aquqmarine, cottage and light industries, waste utillization, housing, and services.The government provides infrastructure,credit. And linkages with processing and marketing enterprises at various levels. Priority beneficiaries are landless workes, urban slum dwellers, subsistence fishermen, cultural minorities, out-of-school youths, and disabled persons.With$90 million released from the initial $180 million found, the program has already significantly increased productivity, employment, and income in many communities.