Nutrition and development

Nutrition is discussed as related to development in a pluridisciplinary approach with emphasis on concern for the people, planning from below and involving the community. The importance of a scientific approach in nutrition underlines the necessity to give the proper identity to nutrition by a small group of 3 to 5 experienced technical men ; these must have the full authority to reorient regularly the executed programmes according to local possibilities, constraints or apparent fundamental needs. Essential prerequisites for effective nutrition programmes are given and the relation of a nutrition steering group to the interministerial body is indicated.