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FG launches food programme to curb malnutrition
The Federal Government has launched a 10-year Agricultural Sector Food Security and Nutrition Strategy to combat malnutrition and food insecurity in Nigeria.
Science must support food security policies, experts say
*Article in Portuguese* Ciência deve dar suporte às políticas de segurança alimentar, defendem especialistas – Encontro realizado na sede da Embrapa discutiu a relação entre a produção agropecuária e a melhoria da qualidade nutricional da população
From food security to diet quality: the new response to Brazil’s agriculture demands
By Maurício Antônio Lopes, President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), and member of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition.
Brazilian agriculture and food research: from feeding to nourishing people
3 May 2017, Brasilia, Brazil
Agricultural production should focus on food quality and nutrition alongside quantity and yield
By Global Panel Co-Chair H.E. John A. Kufuor, former President of the Republic of Ghana (2001–2009) and Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008).
Message from the Director
February 2017
PODCAST: Future food & what is to be done?
Listen to this engaging conversation with John Batchelor and Dr Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director at GAIN, on the Global Panel’s recently published Nature piece that highlights ways to shift the focus from feeding people to nourishing them.
Building momentum for transforming food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition
By Günter Hemrich, Deputy Director ad interim, Nutrition and Food Systems Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
New global research agenda for food
Nature comment piece: Ten priorities for food research
What will it take to achieve a major acceleration in delivering healthy diets?
By Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Research and Evidence, DFID