The grocery gap: food retail outlets mapping and reorganization for promoting...ExternalEvents
The document summarizes efforts to map food access disparities and promote healthy diets through increasing access to supermarkets. A task force used GIS maps to identify areas with limited supermarket access and higher rates of diet-related diseases. This informed recommendations to approve funding for 88 new grocery stores in underserved communities, creating jobs and tax revenue while improving access for 400,000 residents. Similar public-private financing initiatives were established in several other states and nationally to systematically address gaps in healthy food access.
Shaping Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition: Im...ExternalEvents
This document discusses the need to transform food systems globally in order to address malnutrition. It notes that malnutrition is rising worldwide and affecting over 30% of people. If no changes are made, malnutrition could affect 50% of the global population by 2035. While the ICN2 framework provides a starting point, bolder actions are needed to fully implement evidence-based nutrition interventions, redirect agricultural subsidies toward nutritious foods, refocus agriculture research, and incentivize industry and consumers toward healthier options. Metrics and data on global diet quality also need improvement to guide policies and ensure accountability.
"Maintaining and Improving Nutritional Value and Food Safety along the Value ...ExternalEvents
Marie T. Ruel discusses value chains for improving nutrition and food safety. Value chains can help address problems along the production, storage, processing, distribution and consumption of foods. They allow for coordination across different actors to identify opportunities to enhance nutrient content and prevent losses. While progress has been made in certain areas, more research is still needed on implementing nutrition-sensitive value chains at scale and measuring their impact and cost-effectiveness.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
The grocery gap: food retail outlets mapping and reorganization for promoting...ExternalEvents
The document summarizes efforts to map food access disparities and promote healthy diets through increasing access to supermarkets. A task force used GIS maps to identify areas with limited supermarket access and higher rates of diet-related diseases. This informed recommendations to approve funding for 88 new grocery stores in underserved communities, creating jobs and tax revenue while improving access for 400,000 residents. Similar public-private financing initiatives were established in several other states and nationally to systematically address gaps in healthy food access.
Shaping Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition: Im...ExternalEvents
This document discusses the need to transform food systems globally in order to address malnutrition. It notes that malnutrition is rising worldwide and affecting over 30% of people. If no changes are made, malnutrition could affect 50% of the global population by 2035. While the ICN2 framework provides a starting point, bolder actions are needed to fully implement evidence-based nutrition interventions, redirect agricultural subsidies toward nutritious foods, refocus agriculture research, and incentivize industry and consumers toward healthier options. Metrics and data on global diet quality also need improvement to guide policies and ensure accountability.
"Maintaining and Improving Nutritional Value and Food Safety along the Value ...ExternalEvents
Marie T. Ruel discusses value chains for improving nutrition and food safety. Value chains can help address problems along the production, storage, processing, distribution and consumption of foods. They allow for coordination across different actors to identify opportunities to enhance nutrient content and prevent losses. While progress has been made in certain areas, more research is still needed on implementing nutrition-sensitive value chains at scale and measuring their impact and cost-effectiveness.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
SScience Forum Presentation: Using Markets to Promote a Healthy Dietary Trans...lunnevehr
Presentation at the CGIAR's Science Forum 2013 in Bonn Germany. The Forum theme was Nutrition and Health Outcomes: Targets for Agricultural Research and this was presented in a session on Value Chains.
This document outlines the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II (RDCP II) which aims to make Rwandan dairy products competitive in regional markets. It discusses introducing a communication for behavior change component to the program to promote milk consumption. This will be done by adapting the existing Urunana radio soap opera approach which uses entertainment to promote social issues. Partnerships will be important for success. Lessons from the first program show the value of stakeholder engagement and using entertainment to address social problems. The behavior change communication component reached over 67% of listeners through radio episodes and community events.
Home-grown: Linking farmers to markets in Western KenyaTeresa Borelli
BFN Kenya describes its success in linking smallholder farmers to institutional markets in Western Kenya and in promoting African Leafy Vegetables for improved food and nutrition outcomes
The document discusses integrating an emotion-demonstration (emo-demo) behavioral change approach within existing community health posts (Posyandu) in Indonesia to improve child nutrition practices. Emo-demo uses storytelling and role-playing to elicit emotions and has been effective for hygiene promotion. The document outlines: 1) Piloting emo-demo nutrition modules at Posyandu events; 2) Adopting the approach in regional health guidelines; and 3) Integrating it into university curricula. Key challenges include simplifying content and ensuring technical support for long-term sustainability across different levels of the health system and education sector.
"Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets Gianluca Brunor...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
"Engaging effectively with private sector in the food systems for healthy die...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformationsFrancois Stepman
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformations by Daniel Vennhard, World Resources Institute
11 October 2016. Brussels. The role of consumers in the sustainable consumption and production in Europe and in developing countries
This document provides an overview of research being conducted under Theme 1 of the A4NH program to promote better diet quality through value chain interventions. It discusses how diet quality improves slowly with income growth and identifies various market and policy failures that result in underinvestment in nutrient-rich foods. The value chain approach aims to test interventions along the supply and demand sides to identify bottlenecks and solutions to constraints. Several new research projects are highlighted that are exploring improvements to specific value chains like vegetables, fish, dairy, and fruits to enhance nutritional outcomes. The goal is to learn lessons across countries and value chains to ultimately drive broader food system change.
Understanding the role of value chains in enhancing diets in low income setti...IFPRIMaSSP
This study was presented by Dr. Aulo Gelli (Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute) and Dr. Jason Donavan (Leader, Value Chains and Transformational Change, ICRAF) at the Agriculture nutrition event on " Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe
Day 1 - Harris - Gender and Ag-Nutrition Pathways and IndicatorsAg4HealthNutrition
This document discusses key indicators for measuring the relationship between agriculture and nutrition. It presents a framework showing the pathways from agricultural production to individual nutrition outcomes. Some of the key agriculture-nutrition indicators mentioned include food and diet diversity at the household and individual level, women's dietary diversity, infant and young child feeding practices, anthropometry, and biomarkers. It also stresses the importance of monitoring how programs may impact women's time use and breastfeeding. The document provides guidance on choosing appropriate indicators based on the pathways and outcomes a program aims to influence.
Smart foods campaign : Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Developm...ICRISAT
The Smart Food Kenya campaign is designed to help the Drought Tolerant Crops (DTC) value chain team meet these two objectives: Improve productivity and profitability of DTCs and Improve nutrition status of target population in Kenya (Rural Population:Particularly mothers and caregivers of children under 5 years
Urban Population:Urban middle income consumers)
Ific 2014 food tech survey final exec summaryFood Insight
This survey examined consumer perceptions of food technology, biotechnology, and sustainability. Some key findings include:
- Confidence in the safety of the U.S. food supply remains high at 67%. Disease/contamination and food handling are top food safety concerns.
- Most Americans support the FDA's policy not requiring special labeling for foods produced through biotechnology unless there is a safety issue.
- Views on modern agriculture are generally positive, though only 52% agree farms are still primarily family-run.
- Consumers are favorable toward biotechnology providing nutrition/health benefits like reducing carcinogens or adding Omega-3s.
- Awareness of sustainability in food production is around 57%, and two-
This document discusses engaging businesses to improve nutrition in East and Southern Africa. It outlines the following key points:
1. Africa faces a double burden of malnutrition with both undernutrition and overnutrition issues. Food systems are challenged by pressures like urbanization and climate change.
2. There are opportunities for private sector involvement to positively influence food systems and nutrition. Food companies help determine food availability, affordability and quality as consumer demands change.
3. A multi-stakeholder approach is needed, including defining joint accountability between public and private sectors. The private sector can help improve food production, processing, storage and marketing of nutritious foods.
This document discusses mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition (BFN) based on experiences from the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project. It outlines three key approaches to mainstreaming BFN at the national and local level: 1) policy and program design, such as integrating BFN into national biodiversity strategies and food security policies, 2) research on food composition and nutrition functional diversity, and 3) implementation through nutrition-sensitive agriculture and value chains as well as awareness activities. Case studies from Brazil and Kenya demonstrate mainstreaming BFN through revising national biodiversity plans and school food procurement programs. Effective mainstreaming requires collaboration across sectors, resources, and champions to integrate the link between biodiversity and nutrition outcomes
Improving food security in Latin America and the Caribbean by reducing food ...FAO
This document discusses reducing food losses and waste in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve food security. It notes that the region loses around 15% of its available food. Some countries are taking measures to address this like improving infrastructure, facilitating food banks, and awareness campaigns. It proposes a regional strategy with pillars of research, technology, information, governance, and partnerships to study food chains, quantify losses, disseminate campaigns, and establish public policies and codes of conduct to reduce food loss and waste by at least 30%. Reducing waste is important for future food security given continued production and climate change.
Multi-Sectoral linkages to improve diet, nutrition and food security workIFPRIMaSSP
This Keynote address was presented by Dr. Alexander Kalimbira (Head of Nutrition Department at LUANAR) at the agriculture nutrition event on "Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe.
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security ...FAO
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security and Agri-food Chain Efficiency
Save Food Asia-Pacific Campaign
A Regional Campaign that seeks to:
–Raise awareness and draw attention to the high levels of food losses and the growing problem of food waste across Asia and the Pacific Region.
–Promote partnerships, and advocate for strategic approaches and actions to reduce food losses and waste and increase sustainable consumption in the region.
–Launched on 28 August 2013 during a High Level Multi-stakeholder Consultation, convened in Bangkok.
@FAO/Rosa S. Rolle
Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Staff International Food Policy Research In...SUN_Movement
This document summarizes key points from a paper on creating enabling environments to reduce malnutrition. It discusses three vital factors: 1) Framing, generating, and communicating knowledge and evidence through narratives, advocacy, and research on what works and impact. 2) Political economy of actors, ideas, and interests through multisectoral coordination, accountability, civil society engagement, and private sector contributions. 3) Capacity and financing through leadership, systemic capacity, understanding financing needs, prioritization, and scaling up programs. Case studies highlight the need for evidence, coordination across sectors, capacity building, and leveraging multiple resources to turn commitment into impact on nutrition. Leadership is important at all levels to create momentum and scale up effective actions.
This document provides an overview of key economic concepts covered in Chapter 2, including:
1) It defines different types of economies - capitalism, socialism, communism, and mixed economies - and provides examples of each.
2) It explains major economic theories such as supply and demand and business cycles. It outlines the four phases of the typical business cycle.
3) It defines important economic indicators such as GDP, CPI, and discusses the roles of fiscal and monetary policy.
The document discusses lessons learned from Slovenia's 2005-2010 Food and Nutrition Action Plan and ways forward. It found inequalities in health related to nutrition and physical activity. Evaluation showed a need for more integrated disease prevention programs, health promotion programs, and a health in all policies approach. Moving forward, the new action plan should focus on continuity, integration with other programs, institutionalizing health in all policies, participation, monitoring and evaluation, and working together across sectors and organizations to promote health and wellbeing for all in a sustainable way.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
SScience Forum Presentation: Using Markets to Promote a Healthy Dietary Trans...lunnevehr
Presentation at the CGIAR's Science Forum 2013 in Bonn Germany. The Forum theme was Nutrition and Health Outcomes: Targets for Agricultural Research and this was presented in a session on Value Chains.
This document outlines the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II (RDCP II) which aims to make Rwandan dairy products competitive in regional markets. It discusses introducing a communication for behavior change component to the program to promote milk consumption. This will be done by adapting the existing Urunana radio soap opera approach which uses entertainment to promote social issues. Partnerships will be important for success. Lessons from the first program show the value of stakeholder engagement and using entertainment to address social problems. The behavior change communication component reached over 67% of listeners through radio episodes and community events.
Home-grown: Linking farmers to markets in Western KenyaTeresa Borelli
BFN Kenya describes its success in linking smallholder farmers to institutional markets in Western Kenya and in promoting African Leafy Vegetables for improved food and nutrition outcomes
The document discusses integrating an emotion-demonstration (emo-demo) behavioral change approach within existing community health posts (Posyandu) in Indonesia to improve child nutrition practices. Emo-demo uses storytelling and role-playing to elicit emotions and has been effective for hygiene promotion. The document outlines: 1) Piloting emo-demo nutrition modules at Posyandu events; 2) Adopting the approach in regional health guidelines; and 3) Integrating it into university curricula. Key challenges include simplifying content and ensuring technical support for long-term sustainability across different levels of the health system and education sector.
"Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets Gianluca Brunor...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
"Engaging effectively with private sector in the food systems for healthy die...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.3: Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diets"
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformationsFrancois Stepman
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformations by Daniel Vennhard, World Resources Institute
11 October 2016. Brussels. The role of consumers in the sustainable consumption and production in Europe and in developing countries
This document provides an overview of research being conducted under Theme 1 of the A4NH program to promote better diet quality through value chain interventions. It discusses how diet quality improves slowly with income growth and identifies various market and policy failures that result in underinvestment in nutrient-rich foods. The value chain approach aims to test interventions along the supply and demand sides to identify bottlenecks and solutions to constraints. Several new research projects are highlighted that are exploring improvements to specific value chains like vegetables, fish, dairy, and fruits to enhance nutritional outcomes. The goal is to learn lessons across countries and value chains to ultimately drive broader food system change.
Understanding the role of value chains in enhancing diets in low income setti...IFPRIMaSSP
This study was presented by Dr. Aulo Gelli (Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute) and Dr. Jason Donavan (Leader, Value Chains and Transformational Change, ICRAF) at the Agriculture nutrition event on " Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe
Day 1 - Harris - Gender and Ag-Nutrition Pathways and IndicatorsAg4HealthNutrition
This document discusses key indicators for measuring the relationship between agriculture and nutrition. It presents a framework showing the pathways from agricultural production to individual nutrition outcomes. Some of the key agriculture-nutrition indicators mentioned include food and diet diversity at the household and individual level, women's dietary diversity, infant and young child feeding practices, anthropometry, and biomarkers. It also stresses the importance of monitoring how programs may impact women's time use and breastfeeding. The document provides guidance on choosing appropriate indicators based on the pathways and outcomes a program aims to influence.
Smart foods campaign : Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Developm...ICRISAT
The Smart Food Kenya campaign is designed to help the Drought Tolerant Crops (DTC) value chain team meet these two objectives: Improve productivity and profitability of DTCs and Improve nutrition status of target population in Kenya (Rural Population:Particularly mothers and caregivers of children under 5 years
Urban Population:Urban middle income consumers)
Ific 2014 food tech survey final exec summaryFood Insight
This survey examined consumer perceptions of food technology, biotechnology, and sustainability. Some key findings include:
- Confidence in the safety of the U.S. food supply remains high at 67%. Disease/contamination and food handling are top food safety concerns.
- Most Americans support the FDA's policy not requiring special labeling for foods produced through biotechnology unless there is a safety issue.
- Views on modern agriculture are generally positive, though only 52% agree farms are still primarily family-run.
- Consumers are favorable toward biotechnology providing nutrition/health benefits like reducing carcinogens or adding Omega-3s.
- Awareness of sustainability in food production is around 57%, and two-
This document discusses engaging businesses to improve nutrition in East and Southern Africa. It outlines the following key points:
1. Africa faces a double burden of malnutrition with both undernutrition and overnutrition issues. Food systems are challenged by pressures like urbanization and climate change.
2. There are opportunities for private sector involvement to positively influence food systems and nutrition. Food companies help determine food availability, affordability and quality as consumer demands change.
3. A multi-stakeholder approach is needed, including defining joint accountability between public and private sectors. The private sector can help improve food production, processing, storage and marketing of nutritious foods.
This document discusses mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition (BFN) based on experiences from the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project. It outlines three key approaches to mainstreaming BFN at the national and local level: 1) policy and program design, such as integrating BFN into national biodiversity strategies and food security policies, 2) research on food composition and nutrition functional diversity, and 3) implementation through nutrition-sensitive agriculture and value chains as well as awareness activities. Case studies from Brazil and Kenya demonstrate mainstreaming BFN through revising national biodiversity plans and school food procurement programs. Effective mainstreaming requires collaboration across sectors, resources, and champions to integrate the link between biodiversity and nutrition outcomes
Improving food security in Latin America and the Caribbean by reducing food ...FAO
This document discusses reducing food losses and waste in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve food security. It notes that the region loses around 15% of its available food. Some countries are taking measures to address this like improving infrastructure, facilitating food banks, and awareness campaigns. It proposes a regional strategy with pillars of research, technology, information, governance, and partnerships to study food chains, quantify losses, disseminate campaigns, and establish public policies and codes of conduct to reduce food loss and waste by at least 30%. Reducing waste is important for future food security given continued production and climate change.
Multi-Sectoral linkages to improve diet, nutrition and food security workIFPRIMaSSP
This Keynote address was presented by Dr. Alexander Kalimbira (Head of Nutrition Department at LUANAR) at the agriculture nutrition event on "Improving Food Security, Diets and Nutrition through Multisectoral Action" on 30 May, 2017 at Capital Hotel, Lilongwe.
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security ...FAO
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security and Agri-food Chain Efficiency
Save Food Asia-Pacific Campaign
A Regional Campaign that seeks to:
–Raise awareness and draw attention to the high levels of food losses and the growing problem of food waste across Asia and the Pacific Region.
–Promote partnerships, and advocate for strategic approaches and actions to reduce food losses and waste and increase sustainable consumption in the region.
–Launched on 28 August 2013 during a High Level Multi-stakeholder Consultation, convened in Bangkok.
@FAO/Rosa S. Rolle
Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Staff International Food Policy Research In...SUN_Movement
This document summarizes key points from a paper on creating enabling environments to reduce malnutrition. It discusses three vital factors: 1) Framing, generating, and communicating knowledge and evidence through narratives, advocacy, and research on what works and impact. 2) Political economy of actors, ideas, and interests through multisectoral coordination, accountability, civil society engagement, and private sector contributions. 3) Capacity and financing through leadership, systemic capacity, understanding financing needs, prioritization, and scaling up programs. Case studies highlight the need for evidence, coordination across sectors, capacity building, and leveraging multiple resources to turn commitment into impact on nutrition. Leadership is important at all levels to create momentum and scale up effective actions.
This document provides an overview of key economic concepts covered in Chapter 2, including:
1) It defines different types of economies - capitalism, socialism, communism, and mixed economies - and provides examples of each.
2) It explains major economic theories such as supply and demand and business cycles. It outlines the four phases of the typical business cycle.
3) It defines important economic indicators such as GDP, CPI, and discusses the roles of fiscal and monetary policy.
The document discusses lessons learned from Slovenia's 2005-2010 Food and Nutrition Action Plan and ways forward. It found inequalities in health related to nutrition and physical activity. Evaluation showed a need for more integrated disease prevention programs, health promotion programs, and a health in all policies approach. Moving forward, the new action plan should focus on continuity, integration with other programs, institutionalizing health in all policies, participation, monitoring and evaluation, and working together across sectors and organizations to promote health and wellbeing for all in a sustainable way.
Mannan 2b areas of interventions in nfp po a and nutrition programmes in cipSizwan Ahammed
The document summarizes a training on assessing nutritional status organized by the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme. It discusses areas of intervention in Bangladesh's National Food Policy Plan of Action and Nutrition Programmes in the Country Investment Plan. These include long-term planning for balanced nutrition, ensuring nutrition for vulnerable groups, nutrition education, food supplementation and fortification, water and sanitation, food safety, and women and children's health. The training outline and lectures cover related concepts like food security, policy frameworks, monitoring, and data collection.
Children's Participation in Learning and Action for Nutrition in Mozambique, ...ChildrenforHealth
CPLAN is a children's nutrition program in Mozambique that teaches primary school children about nutrition and has them share what they learn with their families and communities. It is being piloted in 12 schools across 6 areas in Tsangano District. The program provides training to teachers and holds club meetings for children to learn about topics like balanced diets and growth monitoring. Initial results found the program is successfully being implemented in all schools and children are spreading nutrition messages. Future plans include expanding the program across Tete Province.
Presentation from Institute of Development Studies Nutrition Group and Transform Nutrition seminar on 19 February - 'Effective Governance and Policies to Improve Nutrition Outcomes: A Cross Comparison of Nine Country Cases'
National Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan 2011-2015WorldFish
The document outlines Zambia's National Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan from 2011-2015. The plan's key objectives are to 1) prevent stunting in children under 2 years old through the "1000 Most Important Days" initiative, 2) increase micronutrient availability and utilization, and 3) identify and treat acute malnutrition. It details the development of the plan through various stakeholder meetings and outlines sectors involved in implementation.
Chapter 4 part 1(The Political Economy of International Trade)mbamgtjnu
This document discusses agricultural subsidies provided by wealthy countries and their negative impacts. It notes that the EU and US provide billions in subsidies annually to domestic farmers. This leads to surplus production that is dumped on world markets, lowering prices and hurting farmers in developing countries. For example, US cotton subsidies reduced world cotton prices by 50% since the mid-1990s, costing Brazil $640 million in lost revenues. The document advocates reducing subsidies to give developing countries fairer access to global markets for economic growth.
The document discusses monetary policy in the UK. It explains that the Bank of England uses interest rates and quantitative easing to meet the government's 2% inflation target. Interest rates have been at historically low levels since the financial crisis, but are expected to rise gradually. The main tools of monetary policy are changes to interest rates, the money supply, and currency markets, which influence inflation, growth, and financial stability.
This document outlines an action plan for the Technology and Livelihood Education programs at a school for the 2013-2014 school year. It details activities, strategies, people involved, timeframes, and success indicators for several key areas: instructional development including lesson planning and student achievement; school, home, and community involvement; the student technical-vocational organization (STEP); physical facilities; the school garden/mini forest park; the nutrition program; and canteen management. The overall goals are to improve instruction, increase student participation and performance, develop facilities, promote health and nutrition, and involve the community.
AS Macro Revision: Monetary Policy and Exchange Ratestutor2u
The document provides an overview of monetary policy and interest rates. It discusses:
1. The different interest rates that exist in an economy and how central banks like the Bank of England use policy interest rates to regulate the economy.
2. How changes in interest rates can affect borrowing costs, consumer spending, business investment, and the housing market.
3. The factors considered by the Bank of England when setting policy interest rates, including inflation, GDP growth, and financial stability.
The document provides an overview of key concepts in India's Income Tax Act of 1961, including that it extends to all of India and sets tax rates annually. It defines income broadly to include various sources like salary, business profits, capital gains, and more. An assessee is anyone liable to pay tax, including individuals, HUFs, companies, and firms. The previous year refers to the year income is earned and taxed the following assessment year. Exceptions apply for some incomes taxed in the year before the normal assessment year. Returns must be filed by certain categories and assessments include reassessments.
The document provides an overview of India's foreign trade, including its composition, direction, and the country's foreign trade policy. It discusses the major commodity sectors for India's exports and imports. It also examines the direction of India's foreign trade in terms of key trading partners and groups. The document then outlines India's foreign trade policy framework, including the objectives and highlights of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020. It discusses the legal framework governing foreign trade and various committees that have shaped trade policy. Finally, it provides context on FERA and its replacement by FEMA in regulating foreign exchange transactions in India.
The document outlines an action plan for a one-week remedial reading program at San Matias High School for struggling readers during the 2014-2015 school year. The plan has three phases: pre-implementation, implementation, and post-implementation. In the pre-implementation phase, students will be selected for the program and oriented through testing and parent meetings. During the implementation phase, students will participate in reading activities and interventions to improve their skills over four days. A pre-test will assess their starting level. Post-implementation will evaluate the students' progress with a post-test to determine the program's effectiveness. The goal is for struggling readers to become proficient through this intensive, short-term program.
The Gulayan sa Paaralan Project (GPP) is a proposed project by the Department of Education to establish school gardens in Tagbina, Philippines. The objectives are to improve vegetable production and consumption, establish gardens as a food source for supplementary feeding, and showcase small-scale farming models. The project will target all elementary and secondary schools in Tagbina, benefiting over 24 elementary schools, 15 elementary schools, and 7 secondary schools. A budget of PHP 460,000 is requested, with PHP 391,000 from the national government and PHP 69,000 of local government counterpart funding. School administrators, teachers, parents, and officials will implement organic gardening with provided tools and seedlings.
Chile has high rates of obesity, overweight, sedentary behavior, and non-communicable diseases. To address these issues, Chile implemented several national food policies and plans. These include: 1) the Choose to Live Healthy national plan to promote healthy habits, 2) inclusion of obesity reduction targets in the National Health Strategy, 3) Acts establishing food composition limits, front-of-pack labeling, and marketing restrictions (Act 20.606), and 4) an Act taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (Act 20.780). The policies aim to improve food environments, leadership, monitoring, and multi-sector coordination to promote population nutrition and reduce health inequities.
The document summarizes healthy corner store initiatives in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Seattle/King County. It describes the goals and strategies of projects in each location, including increasing availability and sales of healthy foods, improving store operations, and promoting products. Key lessons highlighted are using a collaborative, evidence-based community approach, addressing both supply and demand, and employing simple and cost-neutral strategies. Policy support is also discussed as important for systems change.
The document discusses advocacy strategies to reverse childhood obesity. It describes the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, which supports advocates working to address the issue. Childhood obesity disproportionately affects children of color and is exacerbated by environmental factors like limited access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity. The Center focuses on six policy priorities at federal, state, and local levels aimed at ensuring access to nutritious foods and physical activity. Advocacy can influence policies around school foods, community infrastructure, marketing, and more to create environments supporting healthy living.
This document provides an overview of oral health promotion. It defines oral health promotion as aiming to prevent oral diseases before they occur or reduce their impact through community-based programs. The document outlines several approaches to oral health promotion, including preventive, behavioral, educational, empowerment, social change, and the common risk factor approach. It discusses the role of health professionals in advocacy, empowerment, and mediation. The overall goal of oral health promotion is to improve population oral health and quality of life by addressing the social determinants of health.
In this presentation we will discuss about the causes and treatment of obesity and the related consequences.
So in first slide we mention about an overview of this presentation in Understanding obesity : causes and solutions in which we describe in short about the upcoming topics which we will discuss later on. The topics are
The causes
Health consequences
Treatment options
Prevention strategies
Government intervention all related to obesity.
In second slide we mention the causes of obesity which are as follows:-
Genetic factors
Lifestyle factors
Environmental factors.
In the third slide we mention the health consequences of obesity in which we describe the following points:-
Increased risk of chronic diseases
Impact on mental health
In the fourth slide we mention about the treatment options for obesity which are as follows:-
Diet and exercise
Medication
Bariatric surgery.
In the fifth slide we describe the prevention strategies for obesity out of which first is education and awareness, second healthy food choices, and third is physical activity.
On the seventh slide we discuss the government intervention to address the obesity in which two points policy changes and public health campaigns will be described.
On the eighth slide we mention the conclusion and in the last
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Enhancing coherence between trade policy and nutrition action
1. Enhancing coherence between
trade policy and nutrition action
Corinna Hawkes
Professor of Food Policy
Director, Centre for Food Policy
Co-Chair, Global Nutrition Report
corinna.hawkes@city.ac.uk
Trade and Nutrition: Opportunities and Risks, UNSCN/CFS Event, FAO, June 10 2016
4. Defining “trade policy”
• Rules and regulations governments put into place to
govern transactions across national borders
• Policy instruments designed to influence physical
movement of products across national borders,
provision of services, economic exchange
• “Behind-the-border” policies that affect trade and
incentives for private companies to trade and invest
6. • Actions that aim to achieve nutrition objectives…
1. People live in nutrition-promoting environments
2. People are less poor
3. Women are empowered
4. People have access to quality health & nutrition services
5. People know about positive nutrition behaviours
• ..in the pathway to improved nutritional status
Defining “nutrition action”
7.
8. Example of nutrition action pathway
Actions to
create an
enabling
environment
for nutrition
action
Nutrition
Action
Objective
Change in
nutrition
behaviour
Nutrition
status
Governance
arrangements
that enable
coordination
between other
sectors and
nutrition
action
Procure
nutritious
foods into
public
institutions
that serve
people on low
incomes
People have
access to more
nutritious
foods (more
nutrition-
promoting
environment)
More people –
consume
nutritious
diets
Improved
nutrition
status
9. Defining “policy coherence”
• SDG 7, Target 17.14 “Enhance Policy Coherence for
Sustainable Development”
• OECD (2003): “Promotion of mutually reinforcing policy
actions across government departments and agencies
creating synergies towards achieving the agreed objectives”
• OECD (2014): “Policy coherence for sustainable
development” integrates economic, social, environmental,
governance dimensions of sustainable development
• Aims break down silos between policy communities and
applying integrated, whole of government approaches to
common global challenges e.g. nutrition
10. Actions to
create an
enabling
environment
Nutrition
Action
Objective
Change in
nutrition
behaviour
Nutrition
status
Governance
arrangements
that enable
coordination
Procure
nutritious
foods into
public
institutions
People have
access to
healthier food
More people
consume
adequate, safe,
nutritious,
diverse, healthy
diets
Improved
nutrition
status
Is there policy coherence between trade policy &
nutrition action?
Do governance
arrangements
permit
coherence?
Is there policy
space in trade
policy for the
action?
Are trade policy
objectives
aligned with
nutrition
objectives?
Do the outcomes
of trade policy
support or
undermine the
behaviour?
12. Comparing objectives of nutrition
action & trade policy
(Some) trade objectives
• Improved & more stable
supply of products &
services
• Lower prices of consumer
goods
• Economic growth
• Higher incomes
• Greater employment
opportunities
Nutrition objectives
• People live in nutrition-
promoting environments
• People are less poor
• Women are empowered
• People have access to
quality health& nutrition
services
• People know about positive
nutrition behaviours
13. Trade policy
objectives
Pathways of
influence
Economic
growth
Higher
incomes
Improved & more stable
supply of products &
services
Lower prices of
consumer goods
Greater
employment
opportunities
Trade
policies
For example, lower tariffs, harmonization of standards, protecting intellectual property rights,
reducing barriers to the trade in services, development of infrastructure and capacity for trade
Environments
around people
are healthy
People are less
poor
Women are
empowered
People are
educated about
nutrition
People have
access to health
and nutrition
services
Nutrition
action
For example, develop capacity to deliver nutrition action, social protection, procure foods to
public institutions, restrict inappropriate promotional marketing, involve women in agricultural
interventions for nutrition, supplementation programmes, public awareness campaigns
Nutrition
objectives
Imports/exports Foreign investment Government revenuesProvision of services
PRODUCTS & PRICES
E.G. availability, price, diversity &
stability of food and products used in
nutrition services to prevent, treat &
manade malnutrition
EMPLOYMENT
E.G. amount and type of jobs;
wages; spill-over effects
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
E.G. transport; health;
education; research; social
protection; standards & sanitary
control systems
16. FAO, State of Agricultural
Commodity Markets, 2015/16
Trade affects each of the
four dimensions of food
security…The interaction
of trade with these
dimensions is complex and
depends on a variety of
underlying factors,
producing great differences
in country experiences and
making it difficult to
ascertain a generalizable
relationship
The influence of trade
policy on nutrition is not
generalizable but context
specific, differing between
foods, forms of
malnutrition and
population groups, and
influenced by
accompanying trade
reforms and existing
policies and institutions
17. Role of complementary policies
Examples of potential complementary policy to enhance opportunity
• Programmes to enhance economic access to fruits & vegetables for low
income groups
• Investment in infrastructure for local markets for fruits & vegetables e.g.
through WTO Aid for Trade initiative facility or Enhanced Integrated
Framework (EIF) aid for trade partnership
• Policies which encourage household/ community horticulture
• Investment in agrobiodiversity in areas where markets poorly developed
18. Examples of potential complementary policies to mitigate risks
• Restrictions on advertising, publicity, marketing to children
• Clear nutrition labelling for full information
• Taxes on sugary drinks
• Public awareness campaigns
• Nutrition counselling for pregnant women & education
programmes
20. 1. Reframe the question
• From:
• Is trade bad or good for nutrition?
• To
• What are the nutrition challenges in my
region/country and how can trade policy
help attain nutrition objectives?
22. 3. Identify & implement
complementary policies
• What are the complementary policies that
can enhance opportunities of trade policy
for nutrition and mitigate risks?
23. 4. Strengthen institutional capacity
and & governance mechanisms
• What capacity do we need to enable
coherence & what governance mechanisms
can we use or build to implement it?
1. Includes access to food, food security, conditions for safe food, breastfeeding
4d, where necessary, nutrition services that prevent, treat and or manage malnutrition
Other sectors need to be active – leads to concept of policy coherence
This is the way the nutrition sector would look at it
What do we know about what the opportunities and risks for nutrition?
How might they reinforce – or undermine the objectives, what is trying to be achieved
Keep them in silos
Or say – well – its bound to have a positive impact
Put them together – realise that very connected
Power of alternative sectors
How might they reinforce – or undermine the objectives, what is trying to be achieved