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Findings for IANDA / Cost of the Diet in Ghana WFP, 2017

Linear optimization (Cost of the Diet, developed by SC-UK) determines the least expensive nutritious diet using locally available foods Least expensive nutritious diet adjusted to include two servings of Possible diets Least preferred meeting all Locally expensive staple per nutrient available nutritious day requirements of food diet (SNUT) the household items

The Cost of the Diet Upper East analysis has been Upper West conducted for 2 Regions: Northern & Northern Brong Afaho Volta Brong Afaho Ashanti Eastern Greater Accra Western Central

The Cost of the Diet analysis has been conducted with different sets of data SNUT also REACHED in the BA region 56 + 6 vegetables + 4 fruits/legumes Note: SNUT NOT REACHED in the BA region + 5 fish/meat + 3 others 38 Number of foods in the analysis SNUT – Original food list SNUT – IANDA SNUT – Original food (Nov 2016 – Jan 2017 expanded food list (Nov list (Oct 2015 prices) prices) 2016 – Jan 2017 prices)

New locally produced fortified products, which were designed for Ghanaian market, were also added to the list of foods Source: http://obaasimaghana.com/home.php

The cost of the Nutritious diet (SNUT) is 30% less expensive using a broader food dataset - Northern Region Woman, 30-59y, 45kg, moderatly active (lactation, semester average) Man, 30-59y, 50kg, moderatly active Adolescent girl 14-15y Child 6-7 years Child 12-23 months Household 16.00 14.60 14.00 13.18 3.89 Cost of the SNUT per individual (GH¢) 12.00 4.01 10.00 9.17 2.21 1.83 8.00 3.16 6.00 1.76 6.99 5.5 4.00 2.76 2.00 1.24 1.12 1.21 0.60 0.30 0.36 0.00 SNUT – Original food list SNUT - orginial food list (Oct 2015) SNUT - orginial food list (Nov 2016-Jan 2017) SNUT – Original food list SNUT - IANDA expanded food list (Nov 2016-Jan 2017) SNUT – IANDA expanded food Source: WFP (Oct 2015) (Nov 2016 – Jan 2017) list (Nov 2016 – Jan 2017) analysis, 2017

The cost of the Nutritious diet (SNUT) is 29% more expensive in the BA than in the Northern region Adolescent girl 14-15y Adolescent girl 14-15 years Woman, 30-59y, 45kg, moderatly active (lactation, semester average) Woman, 30-59y, 45kg, moderately active (lactation, semester average) Man, 30-59y, 50kg, moderately active Man, 30-59y, 50kg, moderatly active Child 6-7 years Child 6-7 years Child 12-23 months Child 12-23 months 10 9 + 29 % 8 2.76 cost 7 4.00 AVERAGE DAILY COST (GHC) 6 5 3.16 4 2.63 3 1.76 2 1.64 1 1.12 0.55 0.36 0 Northern Brong Afaho Northern Brong Afaho Source: WFP analysis, 2017

A broader variety of vegetables reduces the cost of the Nutritious diet of the Household – Northern region From SNUT-Original (Nov2016-Jan2017)  SNUT – IANDA (Nov2016-Jan2017) + 1178g of vegetable daily (instead of 0) 5.5 times less animal source protein Leads to a 30 % cost reduction of the Nutritious diet for the Household 1400 Roots and tubers Legumes, nuts and seeds 1178 Fish, seafood, amphibians and invertebrates 1200 Eggs and egg products Quantity of foods per HH per day (g) Vegetables and vegetable products 1000 814 810 805 790 775 800 646 600 437 375 400 321 168 200 119 102 69 0 0 SNUT – Original food list (Oct SNUT - orginial food list (Oct 2015) SNUT - orginial food list (Nov 2016-Jan 2017) SNUT – Original food list (Nov SNUT - IANDA expanded food list (Nov 2016-Jan SNUT – IANDA expanded food list 2017) 2015) 2016 – Jan 2017) (Nov 2016 – Jan 2017) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Key findings  Between 2015 and 2016, the cost of the nutritious diet decreased by 10%, based only on price variation (same foods list)  Having a broader list of foods including nutritious vegetables and legumes decreased the cost of the nutritious diet by 30 %  The cost of the nutritious diet for a 4 member household is 29% more expensive in the BA region than in the Northern region.

Key targeted groups Child 12-23months

Kidifeed, Super Cerealplus and LNS-SQ reduce the cost of the child’s Nutritious diet (SNUT) the most - Northern region 0.6 0.5 0.4 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 0.36 0.29 0.3 0.28 0.2 0.17 0.15 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.1 0.07 0.06 0 SNUT SQ-LNS SQ-LNS (iLiNS) Koko plus Kidifeed Ceresoy SC+ (voucher) SC+ (CHAI) SC (voucher) Maisoy Forte SQ-LNS SQ-LNS SC+ Maisoy SNUT Koko plus Kidifeed Ceresoy SC+ SC (GrowNut) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) GrowNut iLiNS (CHAI) Forte (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Kidifeed, Super Cereal plus and LNS-SQ reduce the cost of the child’s Nutritious diet (SNUT) the most - BA region 0.6 0.55 0.5 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 0.4 0.38 0.36 0.32 0.3 0.23 0.19 0.19 0.2 0.15 0.09 0.1 0.08 0 SNUT SQ-LNS SQ-LNS (iLiNS) Koko plus Kidifeed Ceresoy SC+ (voucher) SC+ (CHAI) SC (voucher) Maisoy Forte SQ-LNS SQ-LNS SC+ Maisoy SNUT Koko plus Kidifeed Ceresoy SC+ SC (GrowNut) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (CHAI) Forte GrowNut( iLiNS (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Key targeted groups Adolescent girl

Comparison of the Average Cost of the Diet of a Adolescent Girl with different interventions - Northern region 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.76 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 2.67 2.48 2.46 2.5 2.27 2.19 2.03 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 OFSP SNUT Fruit and egg (voucher) Obaasima products (voucher) TomVita (voucher) Obaasima lola Milk Biscuit (voucher) Samba Shito (voucher) OFSP (voucher) SNUT Fruit & eggs TomVita Lola Milk Biscuit Samba Shito OFSP (voucher) products (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP (voucher) analysis, 2017

Comparison of the Average Cost of the Diet of a Adolescent Girl with different interventions - Brong Afaho region 4.5 4.02 4 3.78 3.5 3.31 3.10 3.07 3 2.83 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 2.44 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 SNUT Fruit & eggs (voucher) Obaasima products TomVita (voucher) Lola Milk Biscuit Samba Shito (voucher) OFSP (voucher) Obaasima Lola Milk SNUT Fruit & eggs TomVita Samba Shito OFSP (voucher) (voucher) products Biscuit (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Key targeted groups Lactating woman

Comparison of the Average Cost of the Diet of a lactating woman with different interventions - Northern region 4.5 4 3.5 3.19 3.16 2.95 2.91 3 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 2.72 2.59 2.5 2 1.80 1.80 1.78 1.5 1 0.5 0 SC & Obaasima Lola Milk Samba SNUT SC & fortified oil SC (voucher) SC+ (voucher) Obaasima TomVita lola Milk Biscuit Samba Shito OFSP (voucher) SNUT SC SC+ TomVita OFSP Fortified oil products (voucher) products (voucher) (voucher) Biscuit (voucher) Shito (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Comparison of the Average Cost of the Diet of a lactating woman with different interventions - Brong Afaho region 4.5 4 4 3.73 3.57 3.5 3.27 3.2 3.03 3 AVERAGE DAILY COST (GHC) 2.66 2.61 2.5 2.04 2.02 2 1.73 1.5 1 0.5 0 Fortified Obaasima Lola Milk Samba Fruit & SNUT SC & Fortified SC (voucher) SC+ (voucher) Obaasima TomVita Lola Milk Biscuit Samba Shito OFSP (voucher) Fruit & Fish Fruit & egg SNUT SC SC+ TomVita OFSP Fruit & egg oil & SC products (voucher) Biscuit Shito Fish oil (voucher) products (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) (voucher) Source: WFP analysis, 2017

Key findings  For the child (6-23 months) provision of locally produced Kidifeed (voucher), Super Cerealplus and SQ-LNS (Grownut) (voucher) were the most effective in reducing the cost of a nutritious diet, by an average in both regions of 84%, 82% and 60%, respectively, indicating that they are very good sources of essential nutrients.  For the adolescent girl, the fresh food voucher for eggs and green leafy vegetables was the most cost-effective (average of 30% cost reduction in both regions), which is explained by their relatively high content of calcium, iron and B12, which are limiting nutrients.  For lactating women, SC interventions (SC, SC+ and SC with fortified oil) were the most cost-effective and even more so when SC was modelled added to a diet that included one serving of staple. On average, provision of SuperCereal for free (using a voucher) reduced the cost of a nutritious diet for lactating women by 50% in both regions.

Obaasima modelling

Lola milk Biscuit reduces the cost of the Nutritious diet of lactating women by 23% even at market price - Northern region 4.5 4 3.5 3.32 3.32 -23% 3.24 3 2.87 AVERAGE DAILY COST GHC 2.56 2.55 2.42 2.5 2.28 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Market price voucher Market price Subsidies price (50 %) voucher Market price voucher SNUT (Maize, Cassava) TomVita lola Milk Biscuit Lola Milk Samba Shito Samba SNUT SNUT TomVita Biscuit Shito Source: WFP analysis, 2017