FAO will implement a new Nutrition Strategy to ensure healthy diets for all
Wednesday, 2021/05/12 | 13:22:27
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The Vision and Strategy for FAO’s Work in Nutrition was approved by FAO Council
FAO's new Nutrition Strategy establishes FAO’s objectives for nutrition going forward and provides a framework to guide FAO’s action over the next five years.
FAO News - 7 May 2021, Rome - After an extensive consultative and iterative process over the last two years, the Vision and Strategy for FAO's Work in Nutrition (FAO’s Nutrition Strategy) was endorsed at the 166th Session of the FAO Council last week. The new strategy establishes FAO’s objectives for nutrition going forward and provides a framework to guide FAO’s action over the next five years.
The new Nutrition Strategy sets out a framework for FAO’s future action, which includes enhancing access to nutritious foods while reducing Food Loss and Waste, assessing the impact of COVID-19 on healthy diets and using the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to boost healthy diets and resilient agri-food systems. It details how FAO aims to support countries in enabling healthy diets and boosting the capacity of all actors along the agri-food system to continue producing and delivering affordable, adequate, safe, diverse and culturally appropriate foods.
Máximo Torero, FAO’s Chief Economist, added that the update of the Vision and Strategy for FAO’s Work in Nutrition “comes at the right time.”
The Nutrition Strategy comes with the recognition that improving our diets for better nutrition will require a common effort and the collaboration of all, starting within the different areas of work of FAO, its Members and partners. It includes a plan to support all FAO units and technical hubs to work together and improve the contribution of their specific work to healthy diets and nutrition for the populations of the countries supported, as well as a set of 15 actions areas describing the nature of the work FAO can implement, and the tools to measure progress made in implementing those actions.
For more information on FAO’s work in Nutrition, click here. |
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