Month: September 2016
Globally, Increasingly Poor Diets Now Pose a Greater Risk to Health than Unsafe Sex, Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Use Combined
New report outlines vision for a food system that reduces malnutrition and promotes health
Foresight report on food systems and diets
The launch event was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the Sheikh Zayed Centre at the FAO Headquarters in Rome.
To end malnutrition, we need to adopt a ‘whole child’ approach
By H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, former president of the Republic of Ghana, founder of the John A. Kufuor Foundation, and Co-Chair of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition
African agricultural leaders gather to “Seize the Moment” on malnutrition
Press release | 9 September, 2016 | Nairobi
Child malnutrition is no child’s play
A blog by Boitshepo Bibi Giyose, Senior Nutrition Officer for Policy and Programmes in the Nutrition Division in FAO, Rome, on the cost of malnutrition
AGRF 2016: High-Level Roundtable on Agriculture, Food Systems and Nutrition
6 September 2016 – Nairobi, Kenya: the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is hosting a High-Level Roundtable on Nutrition at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF).