1st All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition

28 March 2017 - 31 March 2017  Nairobi, Kenya

The event, whose theme was “Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa”, discussed challenges and opportunities in the postharvest management sector in Africa and developed concrete plans for post-harvest food loss and waste reduction in.

BOND Conference – SDGs: our chance for real change

20 March 2017  London, United Kingdom

The event brought together diverse organisations and thinkers to share ideas and discuss emerging trends in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Europe’s biggest international development saw over 1000 people attend.

Strengthening the contribution of African businesses to scale up nutrition impact across food value chains

03 May 2017 - 05 May 2017  Durban, South Africa

In partnership with the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the World Economic Forum on Africa was held in Durban, South Africa, on 3-5 May 2017. The meeting convened regional and global leaders from business, government, and civil society to agree priorities that will help Africa achieve inclusive growth.

EATxUNGA - Urban Food Systems: the nutrition challenge

20 September 2016  New York, United States

EATx will convene an event at the United Nations across sectors and disciplines involved in the food-system challenges to discuss concrete solutions and commitments.

Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF)

16 October 2018 - 17 October 2018  Nairobi, Kenya

The Nutrition Africa Investor Forum, to be held in Nairobi (Kenya) during World Food Day on the 16-17 October 2018, is a platform for bold, fresh, holistic ideas to develop the food value chain and the role that the private sector can play in enhancing nutrition in Africa.

Ending malnutrition by 2030 means running a different race.

Next year’s Global Nutrition Summit in Japan marks the start of a demanding Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) race to end malnutrition by 2030.  But if we are to have any chance of crossing the finishing line in time, we have to run a different race to the one we have been running for the past 5 years.

A new global research agenda for food

- 30/11/2016

Lawrence Haddad, Corinna Hawkes and colleagues propose ten ways to shift the focus from feeding people to nourishing them. The purpose of this paper was to set out a new global research agenda for nutrition. It is aimed mainly at researchers, funders and governments, but has important messages for all stakeholders.

The EAT Lancet Report: landmarks, signposts and omissions

First, how do we have to eat differently to significantly reduce malnutrition? Second, what food production systems do we have to put in place to use natural resources sustainably and live within climate change targets? The EAT Lancet Report is a landmark because it answers these two questions simultaneously.

Three reads of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report

The EAT-Lancet Commission is the first robust, extensive review of the evidence combining criteria for healthy dietary changes with environmental analyses of food system’s impacts, to find common ground that results in recommendations for food systems transformation. It is an impressive piece of work; a daunting task to include all the key components and supporting analyses into a single journal article.

How to persuade people to eat more nutritious food?

I just finished reading ‘Why you eat what you eat' by Professor Rachel Herz. Fascinating, and together with Professor Michael Spence’s “Gastrophysics” it caused me to reflect on the radical changes we need to effectively promote healthy and nutritious diets, and reverse the out-of-control trends in malnutrition affecting every country.