For India, food systems transformation is needed to help overcome these longstanding problems. The agenda for food systems transformation in India is understandably large and complex, with many diverse stakeholders involved. Not only is sustained progress at state and local levels warranted but also consensus on the way forward is critically important.
The "Healthier diets for all, leaving no one behind – An open discussion on GAIN’s strategy" event in New Delhi, India speaks to GAIN's strategy moving forward, by way of its programmes across Asia. This will be pivotal for the planning, development and execution of technical programs, partnerships and impact created by GAIN with its partners, in the next five years in Asia.
Get a sneak peek into the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition’s new 5-year strategy which aims to amplify the growing urgency and awareness of the importance of transforming our food systems to tackle both human development and planetary needs. Climate change, COVID-19 and namely the current war in Ukraine have all combined devastating effects on people. The most vulnerable (wherever they are) are bearing the brunt of these crisis and therefore this new strategy aims to reflect these challenges and improve the access of 1.5 billion people to healthier diets.
With the 5F crisis – lack of food, feed, fuel, fertilizer and finance pushing millions more people in the world’s most populous region into hunger and poverty, four specialized agencies of the United Nations are calling for urgent coordinated efforts to address the impacts this crisis will have on economies, households and people, particularly women and children in the Asia-Pacific region.
How can we safeguard healthy diets whilst respecting planetary boundaries? The global agri-food systems are facing major challenges: They need to produce more and better food, be more effective and efficient, and produce more sustainably and, first and foremost, in a more climate-resilient manner.
In this second webinar of a two-part series, EatSafe will highlight the importance of innovative solutions in food safety, and their applicability to low- and middle- income countries, specifically in traditional markets and along the food value chain.
Efforts to feed the world’s growing population are exacting a heavy toll on the health of the planet, with modern global food systems threatening multiple planetary boundaries.
Retail food environments influence most aspects of food environments, that is what food is available, its price, quality, convenience and promotion, and the willingness to purchase and consume a healthy diet.
In this event, the Global Diet Quality Project unveils the first data collected across 40+ countries and shows what the data reveal about healthy and unhealthy patterns. To date we have released country-adapted diet quality questionnaires (DQQ) for 105 countries, which are a global public good for scaling up valid and feasible diet quality measurement.
The city of Rio de Janeiro has been selected by the MUFPP Steering Committee to host the 8th MUFPP Global Forum that will take place in 2022. The theme of the event will be "From Agenda 21 to Rio+30 Cities: Food Systems at the core of the Sustainable Development Agenda".