India
See
Also: Food Aid; Food
Security; Infant and Child Nutrition;
Women's and Adolescents' Nutrition
FANTA provides support to USAID/India in the design of a sustainable
exit strategy for Title II programs and in the replication, scaling
up and phasing over of effective approaches into the Government
of India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program.
Key to this support have been a desk review of exit strategies,
a study of the food aid transition in CARE Title II areas, assessments
of specific program approaches developed by CARE, the creation of
a National Advisory Panel (NAP) and ongoing technical assistance
supporting replication of effective approaches that CARE has developed
with the ICDS program.
Desk
Review of Graduation and Exit Strategies in Title II Programs: The results
of FANTA's desk review, Program
Strategies and Exit Strategies: Title II Program Experiences and Related Research,
lays out a framework of approaches used in program exit and discusses key implementation
steps, exit criteria, and monitoring and evaluation requirements.
Study of Food Aid Transition in CARE Title II Areas: FANTA
and its subcontractor, IFPRI, conducted a study of the progress
and outcomes of the transition from Title II-donated food to state
government-procured food. The study, Food Aid Transition in India's
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Program in CARE-Supported
Areas, seeks to assess state-wide variations in the transition
process, help CARE strengthen the transition and draw lessons for
changes to enhance ICDS and other social safety nets.
Assessments of Program Approaches: FANTA conducted an assessment
of a set of program tools and approaches developed by CARE and used
in the ICDS program. Assessment
of CARE India's Integrated Nutrition and Health Project Tools and
Change Agents recommends steps to improve the effectiveness
of tools such as a home visit diary, a supervisor's checklist, guidelines
on facilitating sector-level meetings, and of community volunteers
called Change Agents. FANTA also assessed local food models in which
local women's groups procure and package food used in ICDS. Assessment
of Decentralized Food Models in India's ICDS Program examined
the financial and operational viability of such models and scope
for scale-up.
Replication and Scale-Up of Effective Programming Approaches:
FANTA is working with CARE and USAID/India to help the Government
of India to replicate and scale up effective approaches from CARE-supported
program areas. The replication process aims to extend the successes
of the Title II program to a larger group of beneficiaries in ICDS
program areas that CARE is not directly supporting. FANTA completed
operational guidelines to support states and districts in replication
activities and worked with the Ministry of Women and Child Development
(WCD) and CARE to form a national advisory panel to provide guidance
and oversight of the replication activity.

USAID
Country Profile [http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/countries/ india/]
PEPFAR
Country Profile [http://www.pepfar.gov/press/75916.htm]
UNICEF
Country Profile [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ india_india_background.html]
WFP
Country Profile [http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?
region=5§ion=9&sub_section=5&country=356]
Demographic
and Health Surveys Country Survey [http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country_main.cfm? ctry_id=57]
FAO
Country Food Security Statistics [http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/Countries/EN/ India_e.pdf]
World
Bank Country Data Profile [http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/
CPProfile.asp?PTYPE=CP&CCODE=IND]
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