This guide outlines methodologies to assist practitioners in improving the nutritional impact of development activities, aiming to be of use to project controllers and others interested by this issue.

For this purpose, it examines the meaning of nutritional assessment and the means by which it can reinforce linkages between nutrition and agricultural development. In addition, it considers how nutritional assessment can be used in rural development projects for beneficiary targeting and project formulation, as well as for practical project monitoring and evaluation.