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The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) announced a USD59.9 million investment to fund a six-year extension of the successful Commodity Value Chain Development Support Project (PADFA). Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President, and Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of Economy, Planning and…

* A blog by SUN Coordinator, Gerda Verburg As cliché as it may sound, 2020 has not given us enough opportunities to celebrate our successes and acknowledge our growth and resilience. Celebrating is important to keep us on track and ensure we stay motivated towards…

Undernutrition, overweight and obesity cost Guatemala USD12 billion in 2018 amounting to a significant 16.3 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and…

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) United Nations Network (UNN) in Myanmar, which brings together UNICEF, FAO, UNFPA, UNOPS, UN Women, WFP and WHO, welcomed with great appreciation the recent announcement by the Myanmar Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that prohibits the consumption of unqualified batches…

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are…

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP). The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. In 2019, the WFP provided assistance to close to…

Instead of going to the health center and risking exposure to the spread of COVID-19, mothers are learning how to use MUAC to screen for malnutrition at home. This UNICEF project, executed by the NGO Action Contre la Faim (ACF), is funded by The Directorate-General…

Kenya has made a great milestone by launching key documents that will support the scaling up of nutrition interventions to improved health, food security, nutrition and quality of life, as well as boost immunity against diseases like COVID-19. The documents were launched during the 3rd…

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition announced the launch of its new report, Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity. The report, produced by an independent international team of leading experts, makes concrete recommendations on the practical next steps which need to be…

The Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition is a project of the National Nutrition Council in partnership with the Nutrition Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA), with support from Nutrition International and UNICEF Philippines. The Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition serves as…

* A blog written by Irshad Danish and Jigyasa Nawani from Nutrition International While adolescents form one-sixth of the world’s population, adolescent nutrition remains an underrated agenda in most countries. With the COVID-19 pandemic interrupting most health and nutrition welfare services, it has affected the…

With 10 years to go, we are not on track to achieve many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is scientific consensus that transforming food systems offers one of the single strongest opportunities we have to “build back better” from COVID 19 and…

Honduras plans to carry out a new analysis of acute food insecurity and the effect caused by COVID-19 on the urban and rural population in October 2020 The government of Honduras, through the Technical Unit for Food and Nutrition Security (UTSAN), asked the General Secretariat…

The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) held a high-level event to present a review of the most recent global data available on how the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are driving up acute hunger in vulnerable countries that were already wracked by food…