GFAR has been advocating to policy makers that they shift from a traditional focus on productivity and production to address nutrition and health challenges. FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva outlines three types of political initiatives crucial to sustaining progress on food security and nutrition.
More than half the world’s population is adversely affected by malnutrition. We now realize that under-nutrition irreversibly damages cognitive and physical development, and causes severe stunting in children. It is also estimated that it contributes to the loss of an average of 2-3 percent of GDP in developing countries each year.
In its role as a catalyst for change, the Global Forum advocates for the implementation of a more coordinated way to address health and nutrition within new inter-organizations and inter disciplinary programs.
Events such as the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in Rome, jointly organised by FAO and the World Health Organization, places nutrition high on the international and national development agendas and help catalyse the changes needed to improve diets and raise nutrition levels through policies that more effectively address today’s major nutrition challenges. In support of this event, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva has outlined three types of political initiatives crucial to sustaining progress on food security and nutrition. READ MORE