Tag: malnutrition
Investment for Resilience in African Food Systems
Africa & Middle East: Food systems across Africa can better address malnutrition with increased resilience, investment and cross-sector collaboration.
Read MoreNourishing Crops for Resilient Food Systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Africa & Middle East: How nourishing crops in sub-Saharan Africa can help to build resilient food systems.
Read MoreMore Than US$27 Billion Pledged to Tackle Global Malnutrition and Hunger at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit
Global: COVID-19 and climate change have exacerbated malnutrition and threatened the sustainability and resilience of food systems around the world. More than More Than US$27 billion was pledged at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit.
Read MoreTackling the Food Security Risks of COVID-19
Global: The threats COVID-19 poses to global food systems worldwide and the measures needed to tackle them.
Read MoreBetter Diets: The Intended Consequences of Addressing Food Waste
Africa & Middle East: Preventing food loss and waste across the value chain can improve nutritional and environmental outcomes.
Read MoreTackling the “Other” Malnutrition on the Rise in Africa: Obesity
Africa & Middle East: Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being at the University of Pretoria, South Africa argues an unexpected yet dangerous form of malnutrition is on the rise in Africa.
Read MoreSprouting Grains for Stronger Bones: The Power of Finger Millet
Global: Head of Partnerships at ICRISAT explains the potential that the calcium-rich cereal finger millet has for combatting calcium deficiency around the world.
Read MoreSteps to Eradicate Childhood Stunting & Achieve SDG2.2
Global: Private Sector Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security tells Farming First about three projects on the frontline of the battle against stunting.
Read MorePrivate Sector Partnerships are Growing Nutritious Food Systems
Africa & Middle East: Smallholder farmers need support and resources to meet SDG2.2 and beat malnutrition. Private sector partners can offer crucial assistance.
Read MoreBook Review: The First 1,000 Days
Africa & Middle East: Farming First reviews Roger Thurow's book, The First 1,000 Days, a movement that aims to end the devastating effects of malnutrition by focusing on the formative first years of newborns.
Read MoreEnough Food IF – Hunger Summit Pledges £2.7bn to tackle malnutrition
Global: On Saturday 8th June 45,000 people gathered in London’s Hyde Park to campaign against the devastating hunger and malnutrition suffered by millions all over the world. The Enough Food IF campaign, set up by Bill Gates in partnershipwith organisations including Oxfam, UNICEF and Twin, aims to raise awareness of the main themes due to be […]
Read MoreSharing and spreading agricultural knowledge as a way of combating malnutrition
Africa & Middle East: The first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. According to the World Bank report World Development Indicators 2003, one sixth of the world’s population suffers hunger due to extreme poverty. Part of the hunger problem that is increasingly receiving attention is nutrition insecurity, or malnutrition, which affects one […]
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