Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done?
The food and agriculture sector is pivotal not only to addressing undernutrition but also to containing and preventing the spread of diet-related noncommunicable disease. This context requires action throughout the food system, from sustainably managing natural resources and input supplies to enabli...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Gillespie, Stuart Dufour, Charlotte |
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| description | The food and agriculture sector is pivotal not only to addressing undernutrition but also to containing and preventing the spread of diet-related noncommunicable disease. This context requires action throughout the food system, from sustainably managing natural resources and input supplies to enabling consumption of healthy diets and promoting gender equity. Political commitment is growing, but much remains to be done in terms of strengthening the information base to support strategic decision making, and developing capacities for implementation at scale. In April 2016, the UN General Assembly enacted a Decade of Action for Nutrition, and nutrition is directly or indirectly related to all of the Sustainable Development Goals. This enabling environment at the global level should foster further progress in the region, and conversely, African countries can inspire other regions of the world by pursuing innovative approaches for unleashing the latent potential of the agrifood sector to drive positive change in nutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1479782025-11-06T03:59:33Z Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? Gillespie, Stuart Dufour, Charlotte income gender biofortification mycotoxins economic growth undernutrition economic development nutrition policies agricultural growth agricultural policies indicators capacity development evaluation malnutrition nutrition aflatoxins children agricultural development food consumption poverty diet food systems women The food and agriculture sector is pivotal not only to addressing undernutrition but also to containing and preventing the spread of diet-related noncommunicable disease. This context requires action throughout the food system, from sustainably managing natural resources and input supplies to enabling consumption of healthy diets and promoting gender equity. Political commitment is growing, but much remains to be done in terms of strengthening the information base to support strategic decision making, and developing capacities for implementation at scale. In April 2016, the UN General Assembly enacted a Decade of Action for Nutrition, and nutrition is directly or indirectly related to all of the Sustainable Development Goals. This enabling environment at the global level should foster further progress in the region, and conversely, African countries can inspire other regions of the world by pursuing innovative approaches for unleashing the latent potential of the agrifood sector to drive positive change in nutrition. 2016-10-17 2024-06-21T09:23:36Z 2024-06-21T09:23:36Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147978 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gillespie, Stuart and Dufour, Charlotte. 2016. Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? In Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition. Covic, Namukolo and Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Eds.). Chapter 5. Pp. 51-66. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933_05. |
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| title | Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? |
| title_full | Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? |
| title_fullStr | Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? |
| title_short | Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? |
| title_sort | making african agriculture and food systems work for nutrition what has been done and what needs to be done |
| topic | income gender biofortification mycotoxins economic growth undernutrition economic development nutrition policies agricultural growth agricultural policies indicators capacity development evaluation malnutrition nutrition aflatoxins children agricultural development food consumption poverty diet food systems women |
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