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From 12-14 October 2016, the Borluag Dialogue was held in Iowa, United States, and included the award ceremony of the 2016 World Food Prize laureates; Drs. Maria Andrade, Howarth Bouis, Jan Low and Robert Mwanga. Three of the 2016 laureates – Drs. Maria Andrade, Jan Low and Robert Mwanga of the International Potato Center (CIP), which has had sweet potatoes in its research mandate since 1988 – are being honored for their work developing the single most successful example of biofortification, the orange-fleshed sweet potato.

On 6 October 2016, the World Bank Group convened a groundbreaking Human Capital Summit on the opening day of their Annual Meetings, to make the economic case for investing in the early years of children to drive future growth and development. Ministers from nine countries pledged to improve nutrition, health and education programs for young children to dramatically reduce childhood stunting and equip tens of millions of young children with the abilities they need to succeed in a fast changing world.

In September 2016, the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), comprised of over 30 UN agencies, including the 5 United Nations agencies leading the UN Network for SUN, launched a new report which captures implementation stories from 16 countries 6 months after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “The Sustainable Development Goals are Coming to Life – Stories of Country Implementation and UN Support” illustrates how these countries are beginning to integrate the 2030 Agenda into visions, strategies and plans at the national, subnational and local levels with the support of development partners.

On 10 August 2016, the Sudanese Ministry of Health, the Ministry of International Coorperation, UNICEF and WFP launched the Nutrition Investment Case for Sudan in the capital, Khartoum. It highlights that investing in nutrition provides opportunities to contribute to saving children’s lives, prevent disabilities and accelerate economic development and growth. Speakers stresses that undernutrition undermines short and long-term health, learning capabilities and decreases earning prospects by about 22 per cent.

On 21 September 2016, the SUN Movement Executive Committee met at UNICEF Headquarters in New York, United States to reflect on the inauguration of the new Lead Group and launch of the Strategy and Roadmap 2016-2020. The meeting also offered a platform for committee members to present their thoughts as to their priorities and individual contributions to the Committee.

On 21 September 2016, Sudan’s Ministry of Health organised an event in Khartoum to celebrate the launch of a 5-Year Strategy for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents. The strategy realises the commitment of the President of Sudan in 2015 to the Global Strategy for Women’s,…

On 13 September 2016, a seminar was held in Pretoria, South Africa, to showcase the results of a new report by the NEPAD Agency and the Pardee Center for International Futures titled, “Ending hunger in Africa: Conditions for success”. The report analyses the “conditions for success” if Africa is to achieve the target set by African Union in Agenda 2063 and the 2014 Malabo Declaration on agriculture transformation. The study puts the magnitude of the task into perspective and highlights the major levers in policy, investment, technology as well as human and institutional capacity needed to sustain access to food.

On 6 September 2016, during the African Green Revolution Forum, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), brought together leaders in agriculture, nutrition and health at a High-Level Roundtable meeting. The…

From 5-9 September 2016, the 2016 African Green Revolution Forum was held at the UN offices in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme: Seize the moment: Securing Africa’s rise through agricultural transformation. The gathering is a collective opportunity to highlight the best elements of Africa’s agriculture and the changes that are allowing farming families to lift themselves out of poverty by embracing farming as a business.

In 2016, following the 2015 Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, a background paper, which originally served as a springboard for discussion at the Forum, was shared on SecureNutrition and represents a synthesis of evidence from nearly 120 references with a heavy focus on program evaluations….

On 23 September 2016, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GLOPAN) published its new report, Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century. This evidence-based report is designed to help policymakers make their food systems more supportive of high quality…

From 15-16 September 2016, a donor round table was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to mobilise resources for the implementation of the Côte d’Ivoire National and Multisectoral Nutrition Plan (2016-2020). The nutrition plan was adopted at an event chaired by President Alassane Ouattara in May this year. Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, Daniel Kablan Duncan opened the event and welcomed over 300 participants, including SUN Movement Coordinator, Ms Gerda Verburg.

In September 2016, the inter-agency team (UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank Group) released new joint estimates of child stunting, overweight, underweight, wasting and severe wasting which reveal that the number of stunted children under 5 has dropped by 3 million. Key findings include that…

On 13 September 2016, the 71st regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened at UN Headquarters in New York, giving way to two weeks of high powered events aimed towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The theme of the annual general…

On 20 September 2016, a high level event was held at the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly to highlight the importance of leadership, commitment and collaboration within and across sectors supported by people-centred partnerships to achieve the transformations envisioned in the 2030 Agenda.

On September 22, 2016, the “Pathways to Zero Hunger” event brought to the forefront the important conversation about achieving Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 with some of the most influential leaders in the field. The event was held during the 71st session…

On 21 September 2016, Gerda Verburg, SUN Movement Coodinator attended a breakfast event by Deliver for Good titled “Investments in Girls & Women to Achieve the SDGs”. Over 100 participants from UN Missions, country delegates, civil society, UN agencies and youth advocates participated in a…

On 20 September 2016, the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition: Working together to implement the outcomes of the Second International Conference on Nutrition” event was held at during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and was co-organized by the Permanent Missions…

The new SUN Movement Strategy and Roadmap has launched and aims to take impact to scale and ensure that sustainable results for all is now at the heart of the SUN Movement’s strengthened approach. The launch event at UNICEF House during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly…