Costing and monetizing benefits for nutrition

This course is specifically relevant for:

1. International Organizations
   • UN Agencies staff
   • Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
   • Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
2. National and Local Entities
• Government ministries
• Local entities
• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
3. Academia and Research institutes
• Universities
• Research institutes
• Researchers

This course may also interest Private sector professionals, such as nutritionists, donors or food and beverage companies.

• The role of benefit-cost analysis in assessing nutrition-sensitive agrifood investments and informing advocacy, resource allocation, and policy and investment decisions for healthier diets.
• The purpose and intended use of the FAO Methods Note and Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool in guiding economic evaluations of nutrition-sensitive programmes.
• The four-step ex-ante BCA process, illustrated through a real-world-inspired scenario.
• The application of the FAO BCA Tool to conduct an ex-ante analysis, including data entry, calculation of returns, and interpretation of economic results.
• The linkage between agrifood system pathways and benefit-cost analysis to assess the impact of nutrition-sensitive investments.

This course consists of four lessons of approximately 30-60 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 - Introduction to benefit-cost analysis for nutrition
• Lesson 2 - The agrifood system pathways to healthy diets approach
• Lesson 3 - The 4-step approach for BCA
• Lesson 4 - Using the BCA Tool for analysis

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