Eldis Nutrition and Development Reporter3 June 2015
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This is our regular bulletin that highlights recent publications on nutrition and development issues. The documents are available without charge on the web. If you are unable to access any of these materials online and would like to receive a copy of a document as an email attachment, please contact our editor at the email address given below.
- Making policies nutrition sensitive in Zambia
- Second international conference on nutrition: Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Secretariat on the Conference
- The state of food insecurity in the world 2015
- Water for food security and nutrition
Making policies nutrition sensitive in Zambia
Blog for Eldis by:E.Botoman Phiri, CSO-SUN Zambia Mr. Eneyah Botoman Phiri who is the advocacy and communications Officer at the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) in Zambia writes for Eldis on how CSO-SUN are working with government and other stakeholders to make policies nutrition sensitive in Zambia. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/go/blog/posts/making-policies-nutrition- sensitive-in-zambia
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Second international conference on nutrition: Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Secretariat on the Conference
Produced by: World Health Organization (2015)
This is a report on the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), at the Headquarters of FAO in Rome, Italy, from 19 to 21 November 2014. The Conference was convened to: - (i) review progress made since the 1992 International Conference on Nutrition, respond to new challenges and opportunities, and identify policy options for improving nutrition;
- (ii) bring food, agriculture, health and other sectors together and align their sectoral policies to improve nutrition in a sustainable manner;
- (iii) propose adaptable policy options and institutional frameworks that can adequately address major nutrition challenges in the foreseeable future;
- (iv) encourage greater political and policy coherence, alignment, coordination and cooperation among food, agriculture, health and other sectors;
- (v) mobilize the political will and resources to improve nutrition;
- (vi) identify priorities for international cooperation on nutrition in the near and medium terms.
Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=72881
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2015
Produced by: FAO (2015)
Key messages include: - About 795 million people are undernourished globally, down 167 million over the last decade, and 216 million less than in 1990–92. The decline is more pronounced in developing regions, despite significant population growth. In recent years, progress has been hindered by slower and less inclusive economic growth as well as political instability in some developing regions, such as Central Africa and western Asia.
- The year 2015 marks the end of the monitoring period for the Millennium Development Goal targets. For the developing regions as a whole, the share of undernourished people in the total population has decreased from 23.3 percent in 1990–92 to 12.9 per cent. Some regions, such as Latin America, the east and south- eastern regions of Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the northern and western regions of Africa have made fast progress. Progress was also recorded in southern Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and southern and eastern Africa, but at too slow a pace to reach the MDG 1c target of halving the proportion of the chronically undernourished.
- A total of 72 developing countries out of 129, or more than half the countries monitored, have reached the MDG 1c hunger target. Most enjoyed stable political conditions and economic growth, often accompanied by social protection policies targeted at vulnerable population groups.
- For the developing regions as a whole, the two indicators of MDG 1c – the prevalence of undernourishment and the proportion of underweight children under 5 years of age – have both declined. In some regions, including western Africa, south-eastern Asia and South America, undernourishment declined faster than the rate for child underweight, suggesting room for improving the quality of diets, hygiene conditions and access to clean water, particularly for poorer population groups.
- Economic growth is a key success factor for reducing undernourishment, but it has to be inclusive and provide opportunities for improving the livelihoods of the poor. Enhancing the productivity and incomes of smallholder family farmers is key to progress.
- Social protection systems have been critical in fostering progress towards the MDG 1 hunger and poverty targets in a number of developing countries. Social protection directly contributes to the reduction of poverty, hunger and malnutrition by promoting income security and access to better nutrition, health care and education. By improving human capacities and mitigating the impacts of shocks, social protection fosters the ability of the poor to participate in growth through better access to employment.
- In many countries that have failed to reach the international hunger targets, natural and human-induced disasters or political instability have resulted in protracted crises with increased vulnerability and food insecurity of large parts of the population. In such contexts, measures to protect vulnerable population groups and improve livelihoods have been difficult to implement or ineffective.
Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=72871
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Water for food security and nutrition
Produced by: HLPE (2015)
Water is key to food security and nutrition. However there are many challenges for water, food security and nutrition, now and in the future, in the wider context of the nexus between water, land, soils, energy and food, given the objectives of inclusive growth and sustainable development. In this context, in October 2013, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Water and Food Security, to feed into CFS’s 42 nd Plenary session in 2015. This report explores the relations between water and food security and nutrition, from household level to global level. It investigates these multiple linkages, in a context of competing demands, rising scarcities, and climate change. It explores ways for improved water management in agriculture and food systems, as well as ways for improved governance of water, for better food security and nutrition for all, now and in the future. The report is deliberately oriented towards action. It provides examples and options to be implemented by the many stakeholders and sectors involved, given regional and local specificities. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=72782
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