Events
WFP & Global Panel event
On June 11th the Global Panel and the World Food Programme (WFP) hosted a Brown Bag event in Rome. At the event, the Global Panel discussed recent developments on the policy and programming implications for food systems, healthy diets and nutrition. Prof Sandy Thomas and Prof Patrick Webb focused on how food systems and agriculture…
Positioning food systems to deliver healthy diets in Pakistan
Multisector stakeholders gather to accelerate policies to transform food systems to make healthy diets more affordable and accessible to all.
Cross-Ministerial meeting concludes with statement of intent
In conclusion to the Cross-Ministerial High-Level Roundtable held in Islamabad by the Global Panel and the Benazir Income Support Programme, participants unanimously sign a statement of intent to reposition food systems to deliver healthier diets.
Improving food systems and diets in Pakistan
February, March 2019
Healthy diets in Ghana. Ministers agree: must move from feeding to nourishing
Ministers commit to rise to the challenge of improving Ghanaians’ diets through coordinated cross-sector action.
AU and AfDB launched African Leaders for Nutrition Accountability Scorecard
“The nutrition accountability scorecard offers an opportunity to lay a solid foundation to aid African leaders to act strategically and deliberately in implementing policies and investing in nutrition programmes that tackle malnutrition in our respective countries,” King Letsie III told attendees.
Event 4 Feb: Food loss & waste brief presentation at the Houses of Parliament
APPG event – 4 February 2019 – London
African launch of the Global Panel’s brief Preventing nutrient loss and waste across the food system 13 November 2018, Kampala, Uganda
On 13 November 2018, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, in partnership with the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, hosted the African launch of its new policy brief “Preventing nutrient loss and waste across the food system: Policy actions for high-quality diets”.
Positioning food systems to deliver healthy diets for all in Uganda
The Global Panel, in partnership with the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, hosted a technical seminar and a high-level roundtable meeting with influential stakeholders on 13 and 14 November 2018 in Kampala, with the aim of accelerating progress on delivering healthy diets for the people of Uganda. Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, called for urgent action using the UN Decade for Action on Nutrition as a platform for international and local leadership.