Four specialized agencies of the United Nations today warned of a colossal human loss to Asia and the Pacific and its economies if countries in the region do not recommit themselves to ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving zero hunger by 2030. The warning came...
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More than two hundred parliamentary representatives from different countries all over the world participated in the first Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition in Madrid. This event reaffirmed the political commitment to ensure that everybody has access to sufficient and quality food. 821 million people...
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Afghanistan stands to gain enormous benefits by improving nutrition and reducing malnutrition, which can help boost its economic growth, productivity, and human capital development.Investment in better nutrition is needed at a critical time as more than 40 percent of Afghan children are stunted, or of...
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Civil societies from Eastern and Southern Africa have called on governments to increase spending on initiatives aimed at fighting malnutrition. The groups have proposed that governments increase their spending from 0.54 per cent of their national budgets to 3 per cent to bolster efforts to...
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The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN), in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and local partners, has organised the first Africa edition of the Scaling Up Nutrition Pitch Competition. The competition aims to showcase SMEs that are innovatively improving diet and...
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The economy of Mali is losing 265 billion CFA francs (USD 450 million) – more than 4 percent of annual GDP – to the effects of child undernutrition, a multi-agency study has found. The Cost of Hunger in Mali (COHA), blames the losses on increased...
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The 33 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Latin America and the Caribbean called on FAO to make greater efforts to address malnutrition and climate change. For the first time, every one of these countries attended the...
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On 13th November 2017, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Declaration on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition was adopted by the leaders of the ASEAN member states during the 31st ASEAN Summit. The Declaration embodies the highest level of political commitment toward a...
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From 4 to 8 September 2017, the seventh African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) titled, "Accelerating Africa’s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture" was held at the Sofitel in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The forum was hosted by H.E. President Alassane Ouattara, a...
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On 7 September 2017, the National Planning Commission (NPC) of Nepal hosted a two-day Roundtable focused on advancing multi-stakeholder and multisectoral national and subnational efforts for scaling up government nutrition programs....
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