Why the nutrition and food system Summits of 2021 need each other - and why nutrition needs them both
In 2021 we nutrition champions are blessed with not one, but two summits to advance nutrition outcomes. The UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) will take place in September in New York and the Nutrition for Growth Summit will be held in Tokyo in December.
These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health
On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth, and save the planet from environmental collapse. The challenges facing us are wide-ranging. The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted.
GAIN Discussion Paper Series 8 - The product reformulation journey so far: an assessment
- 22/10/2020
Deteriorating nutrition and health outcomes have stimulated nutrition programmes and policies to strive to reduce the intake of salt, added sugar, and unhealthy fats towards recommended targets. Alongside promoting the consumption of fresh nutritious foods (e.g., fruits, vegetables, and whole grains), reformulation of processed foods may make an important contribution to improving diets.
Voices of Food Systems: 24-Hour Global Relay Conversation
Online Webinar, Global
The UN Food Systems Summit will launch bold new actions, solutions and strategies to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems.
9th Annual Giving Women Conference: Women's fight for food rights
- Online Webinar, Global
The Giving Women Annual Conference is a crucial platform for different actors including UN organisations, civil society, NGOs, business, academia, among others to inform, reflect, and act together to bring dignity and agency to women and girls worldwide.
SDGs & global health through the pandemic lens
Online Webinar, Global
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has underlined the faults that existed in the past systems, which requires developing multi-sectoral solutions to show the road for a stronger future.
What’s affordable, and what’s healthy, in an affordable healthy diet?
A few months ago, a new analysis came out with a shocking number: about 1.6 billion people could not afford a healthy, sustainable diet. A few weeks ago, the publication of the 2020 "State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World" (SOFI) report further rocked the food and nutrition community with an even more startling number: an estimated 3 billion people could not afford a healthy diet.
Reducing food loss and waste during COVID-19
- Online Webinar, Global
The Jakarta Post webinar series will discuss issues of food loss and waste. Coinciding with the commemoration of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste the webinar will feature authoritative speakers, including policymakers, representatives of nonprofit foundations and independent observers.
GAIN @ UNGA75
- Online Webinar, Global
At the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 15, high-level government, UN and civil society representatives gather virtually and in New York to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, just as COVID19, and other converging threats to the planet and people call for urgent attention.