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2020 25 February

Philippines creates task force to address hunger

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger will create a 'National Food Policy' that will outline the government's priorities and map efforts to achieve zero hunger. To free more Filipinos from hunger and achieve food security, President Rodrigo Duterte has created an inter-agency task force on...

2019 08 October

Productive diversification of African agriculture and effects on nutrition

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by the World Bank The "triple burden" of malnutrition is a public health challenge throughout sub-Saharan Africa, where high levels of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in rural areas occur alongside increased overnutrition and obesity in cities. Climate change is a major driver of...

2019 20 September

A for-profit project has improved nutrition in Rwanda

David Martin | Agriculture Behaviour change Food systems Nutrition commitments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by the World Bank No fewer than seven institutional and academic reports on sustainable global food systems were published in 2019. Never has there been so much attention paid to the role our food systems play in safeguarding the health of people and...

2019 20 August

Rwanda to tackle malnutrition with the support of Japan

David Martin | Agriculture Investments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The governments of Japan and Rwanda on Friday agreed on Japan’s yen loan of 10 billion yen (approximately USD 91 million – about Rwf83bn) to supplement Rwanda’s effort to tackle malnutrition through Japan’s Sector Policy Loan for Nutrition Improvement through Agricultural Transformation. The funding agreement was...

2019 19 July

Looking beyond hunger: thoughts on SOFI 2019 – by Gerda Verburg and Elwyn Grainger-Jones

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Global initiatives SDGs SUN Movement Coordinator SUN UN Network 0

Blog written by Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator, and Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Executive Director, CGIAR System Organization. Originally published by the SDG2 Advocacy Hub This week, State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 charted just how off track we are to end hunger and meet global nutrition...

2019 05 July

African parliamentarians taking action to tackle food insecurity and hunger challenges

David Martin | Agriculture Parliamentarians Regional initiatives SUN UN Network 0

As the African continent races against time to attain food and nutrition security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union have called on legislators on the continent to work to achieve sustainable transformation of the agricultural sector and...

2019 26 June

Heritage crops and under-represented food: Nutritious, affordable and high impact

Sara Quinn | Agriculture Capacity building Food systems Multi-Sectoral Nutrition-Sensitive Peer-to-peer learning Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

An urgent call to action to improve nutrition in the South Asia Region The third South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) Roundtable event was held last week in Bangkok, Thailand highlighting the role of high impact and under-represented nutrition sensitive food systems in South...

2019 25 June

Why now is the moment to invest in nutrition to transform our food systems

Sara Quinn | Agriculture Food systems Nutrition-Sensitive SUN Movement Coordinator SUN Lead Group and Secretariat 0

This blog was originally published by IFPRI here as one in a series of guest blog posts from leading voices in global development on achieving long-term sustainability and growth while ending hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. Nutrition is the smart and necessary investment if we are to transform our food systems for the well-being of...

2019 06 June

Launch of the UN’s Decade of Family Farming

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Global initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched the United Nations' Decade of Family Farming and a Global Action Plan to boost support for family farmers, particularly those in developing countries. The two UN agencies lead the implementation of the Decade...

2019 28 May

National food and nutrition investment in Mali to get a boost

David Martin | Agriculture Food systems Investments SUN Country Network 0

Mali’s next food security investment plan would be more sensitive to agriculture and nutrition, and requires involvement of all key actors including ICRISAT in its formulation, said Dr Djibril Bagayoko, Head, Nutrition Coordination, Ministry of Health and Hygiene of Mali. Leading a delegation, Dr Bagayoko met...