%0 Journal Article
%T Advocacy and Use of Advocates as a Quick Win in Scaling Up Biofortification in Nigeria: The Case of Building Nutritious Food Basket (BNFB) Project
%A Olapeju Phorbee
%A Oguzor Gift
%A Adeola Ojo
%A Ganiyat Olatunde
%A Adeyinka Onabolu
%J Food and Nutrition Sciences
%P 797-810
%@ 2157-9458
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/fns.2022.139057
%X The Building Nutritious Food Baskets (BNFB) Project</span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">explored advocacy and </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">use of advocates as a model strategy for scaling up
biofortification in Nigeria during its three-year implementation. In addition
to its direct advocacy efforts, </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">BNFB project identified and selected key personnel
across disciplines, gender and sectors, based on some selected criteria, as
Advocates to support </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">scaling up of biofortification by raise of
investments, resource mobilization, </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">inclusion of biofortification in relevant policy
documents, strategies and plans of action. To realize these, the selected 32
Advocates were empowered to mainstream biofortification into their existing
and/or potential programs/projects</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> as well as create awareness and demand for biofortified crops within
their spheres of influence. Training and retreats were organized for the
Advocates to strengthen their capacities in advocacy and promotion of biofortification
and biofortified crops, while a social platform was launched to share opportunities,
experiences and address issues around biofortification within the Advocates. As
a result of these</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">efforts, biofortification was included in three key national policies,
strategies/plan</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">s</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> of actions with resource allocation, </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">and </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">investments, over USD3 million were raised for
biofortification. </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">The </span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">Federal Government of Nigeria and some external
governments became committed to biofortification programs while biofortified
crops were mainstreamed in at least two national
%K Biofortification
%K Advocacy
%K Policy
%K Investments
%K Scaling Up
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=120063