sorghum had been planted—all by individuals working with hand tools, cultivating one to two acres each. The harvest was the best the region had known in over 15 years, and production of sorghum, green gram and cowpea from Masasi District was double the target set for the entire Mtwara region. Despite an attack of mealy-bug, the cassava harvest was also very good, and most households have enough food to take them through the next season. With this success, the district began to expand the programme, and phase two began in October 1989. UNICEF provided technical assistance.for training in food crop processing and storage to ensure that the bumper harvest is not lost to pests. Funds have also been provided for additional cassava planting materials and seeds for community-based multiplication plots. Closer linkage to ongoing cso programmes has been insured through joint meetings and training sessions. Most important, however, UNICEF inputs have been kept small to ensure that this local initiative continues on its own steam. INNutrition and food security UNICEF support in this area, critical for CSD, reflected the growing recog- nition that good nutrition is the out- come of a range of complementary activities that ultimately is influenced by three factors; household food se- curity, health facilities and a healthy environment, and child care. Impor- tant lessons have been learned from the INSP experience, WHO and UNICEF'S largest programme of nutrition sup- port (see page 21). Community-based' growth moni- toring: During 1989, community- based growth monitoring has been extended from the original experience in Tanzania to a number of JNSP countries including Ethiopia, Mali, Niger and Peru, with encouraging results. Other experiences of commu- nity-based growth monitoring, for ex- ample in Malawi, confirm that it is especially promising in the context ol area development programmes. Else-
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on a local agricultural project in Masasi District, Tanzania, discussing the successes and challenges of the program, as well as the involvement of UNICEF and other organizations. It highlights the importance of nutrition and food security, and mentions the extension of community-based growth monitoring to other countries. Based on this, it appears that the text is more closely related to the fields of agriculture and humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Agriculture, Humanitarian aid and relief