Hosted by the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) and EAT this event will bring together different stakeholders involved in shaping food systems - producers, civil society, research organizations, private sector, and governments – for an open conversation that mobilizes action on nutrition and identifies solutions to today’s nutrition crisis.
The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 provides a historic opportunity to transform the way the world tackles the global challenge of malnutrition. The Summit comes at a critical time, midway through the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition, with only five years left to achieve the World Health Assembly (WHA) targets on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, and 10 years to reach the SDGs.
This Series outlines the role of nutrition in adolescent growth, the drivers of adolescent food choice, and evidence on what works in policy and programming. At this global launch, lead authors* and panel members will discuss the key findings and recommendations to achieve better nutrition for this generation. The panel discussion will be followed by Q&A from the audience.
This N4G side event brings together different voices and perspective from governments, food systems experts and CSOs to discuss food systems solutions to increase food availability and affordability for rural people, identify interlinkages and connect the dots.
The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Business Constituency Group (BCG) is hosting a side-event on 29 November to introduce the BCG, the journey over the past two years, and its contribution to tackling malnutrition in all forms. The session will feature speakers that will elaborate on the importance of the BCG and the different initiatives that have emerged from the BCG, such as the investors coalition and the workforce nutrition alliance.
This very timely event will bring together key leaders/expert from government, the nutrition field, Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), the World Benchmarking Alliance, and the private sector, to launch new data from ATNI on the topic of workforce nutrition and private sector supply chains.
This event will present learning tools of organizations supporting SMEs and nutrition, and inspirational case studies by SMEs. There will be three presentations by FAO, ATNI and the IFFS portal – presenting tools that SMEs can use to improve their nutritional knowledge and understand how to take steps forward.
The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops Programme being led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and HarvestPlus are pleased to invite you to be part of the webinar on Scaling up Nutrient Enriched Foods Through Policy: The Role of Public Support Programmes.
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
Ensuring that all people can consume diets rich in vitamins and minerals is foundational to building a healthy food system and to achieving global goals. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a powerful and established food systems intervention with a proven track record of virtually eliminating debilitating vitamin and mineral deficiencies as a public health concern.