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A new WHO Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet aims to increase the availability of healthy food through setting nutrition criteria for food served and sold in public settings.

Women farmers clearing farmland in Northern Bangladesh. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS NAIROBI, Dec 22 2020 (IPS) - In countries where women are most marginalized, discriminated under the law and where gendered norms prevent women from owning property and resources, people are also the hungriest. This is because gender equality and food systems are intertwined. However, too often, we only focus on the roles that women play in production, processing, trading of food and in making decisions about consu...

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue. \Philip Doyle The Department of Agriculture’s international development assistance for 2020 totalled over €30m, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has confirmed. This includes advance payment of Ireland’s 2021 commitment of €25m to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Minister McConalogue said the early payment of Ireland’s 2021 funding commitment will allow the WFP the flexibility to targ...

Department of Agriculture gives €20m in 2020 international food aid The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has announced that his department’s international development assistance for 2020 totalled over €30 million. This includes advance payment of Ireland’s 2021 commitment of €25 million to the United Nation’s (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Minister McConalogue stated: “Ireland’s funding will help WFP provid...

Climate resilient food systems for Africa: From evidence to action Begin Share this to : Together with Wageningen University & Research, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, CCAFS is organizing a virtual dialogue series on African climate resilient food systems. ​ Loading… Background The challenges facing the food system, particularly in Africa are immense and the global community is not on track to meet SDG targe...

for The Fence Post With a record 800 attendees, and farmers making up one-fourth of the audience, the recent 2020 virtual Sustainable Agriculture Summit hosted by five organizations representing the beef and pork industries, commodity crop, specialty crop and the checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy provided an awakening to insuring a sustainable global food supply. Living through a pandemic was a key discussion topic to create the path to sustainability. “We all need to work to...

Addressing hunger and nutrition crisis Global leaders commit more than US$3 billion to address the crisis Star Health Report Star Health Report The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan, hosted a virtual launch of the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, setting in motion a year-long effort to address a global hunger and nutrition crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event featured ...

Branding Sustainability: Ikea’s Pledge to Make 50% of its Food Plant-Based Branding Sustainability is an ongoing series highlighting the ways brands and agencies around the world are trying to build a greener future. Image via Ikea Late last month during the UN Food Systems Summit, Sweden-based furniture, and home accessories giant Ikea pledged to make 50% of its food plant-based, a decision that reflects a shift in consumer diets. The Swedish retailer, also one of the world’s largest resta...

The Gilmer Mirror  | 2  Global leaders commit more than US$3 billion to address hunger and nutrition crisis New data projects more than 10 million additional children under 5 will suffer from malnutrition in next two years due to COVID-19; new commitments aim to reverse this trend   OTTAWA – The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan, today hosted a virtual launch of the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, setting in motion a...

(1) Global leaders commit more than US$3 billion to address hunger and nutrition crisis OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan, on Monday hosted a virtual launch of the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, setting in motion a year-long effort to address a global hunger and nutrition crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event featured more than US$3 billion in financing commi...