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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
The Global Panel makes a compelling economic case for investing in nutrition
26th July 2016, London – Today the Global Panel launches its 3rd technical brief: The Cost of Malnutrition: Why Policy Action is Urgent, which calls on policymakers to invest without delay in more cost-effective nutrition initiatives.
Advancing nutrition in agriculture and food systems in Africa
On Monday, 11 April 2016, Global Panel Director Professor Sandy Thomas met with H.E. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, to discuss new initiatives for advancing nutrition in African agriculture and food systems.
African Leaders for Nutrition
African Leaders for Nutrition launch: Lusaka, May 2016
What can agriculture do for nutrition?
The Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) project seeks to answer this question. Managing Director Mr Simbarashe Sibanda explains how the project aims at bringing together various actors in agriculture, nutrition and health – which stand at the nexus of successful agriculture-nutrition interventions.
Transformation of food systems and urbanisation
On the occasion of the Panel’s meeting at the House of Commons with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agriculture & Food for Development (16 March 2016) for a conversation around healthy diets & nutrition in the context of uncertainty, Ugo Gentilini, a senior economist with the Social Protection and Labor Global Practice at the World Bank, comments on trends in food systems and urbanisation, a key driver of future dietary change which the Foresight project is investigating.
Protecting national nutrition security in the face of food price volatility
The Global Panel’s new policy brief “Managing Food Price Volatility: Policy Options to Support Healthy Diets and Nutrition in the Context of Uncertainty” identifies policy interventions that can anticipate and mitigate the negative dietary and nutritional outcomes of price volatility and market uncertainty.
Re-directing food systems towards healthy diets: a case for pulses
Variety is the spice of life…