PACE seeks to contribute to efforts in improving nutritional outcomes, specifically stunting rates of children under five. Within PACE target villages, PACE aims to increase sustainable farm production and improve dietary diversity among smallholder farmers and PLWs and children under 23 months. In order to achieve these objectives, PACE promotes the adoption of nutritious feeding and eating practices among PLWs and children between 6-23 months. In support of these nutrition behaviors, PACE addresses issues of harvest loss and access to nutritious food all year round. In both components, behavior change is fundamental, thus SBCC approaches underpin the mechanisms for promoting behavior change. For the nutrition component, PACE employs an adapted Care Group approach as the platform to promote the Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions. Among farmers, PACE employs parallel SBCC principles in production demonstration groups (PDG). Targeting both male and female beneficiaries, the key objective is harmonized behavior change promotion to resonate within the household among both male and female family members.
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