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Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done?

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Gillespie, Stuart Dufour, Charlotte
Organization	IFPRI - West and Central Africa Office
Organization	IFPRI - Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Organization	IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
Organization	IFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
Organization	IFPRI - East and Central Asia Office
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.
Sponsorship	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States Agency for International Development
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/57481199-8e49-4b05-9e65-65fd0c50992e
File Format	PDF
DOI	10.2499/9780896295933_05
Language	English
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher Date	2016-10-17
Publisher Place	Washington, DC
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Subject Keyword	Agriculture for Nutrition and Health 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
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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