A study in Nature Sustainability finds that the greatest food security challenge in 2050 will be providing nutritious diets rather than adequate calories. Research priorities and policies should emphasize nutritional quality by increasing availability and affordability of nutrient-dense foods and improving dietary diversity. Additional highlights from this week’s Compact2025 News in Brief include: The African […]
Featured Resources: Week of November 5
FAO’s Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition reveals that the region is at serious risk of missing 2030 targets to end all forms of malnutrition—from hunger to obesity. Reduction in the number of hungry and malnourished people—including children—has come to a virtual standstill. Additional highlights from this week’s Compact2025 News […]
Featured Resources: Week of October 22
Ceres2030 will build global consensus on the interventions needed to end hunger and transform the lives of the world’s poorest farmers while protecting the environment. Led by Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, IFPRI, and the International Institute of Sustainable Development, this new initiative will support the development and monitoring of a global donor […]
Featured Resources: Week of October 8
October 16 is World Food Day, which in 2018 will focus on the theme, “Our actions are our future: A #ZeroHunger world by 2030 is possible.” A series of events will take place around the world in conjunction with World Food Day including the 45th meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on […]
Featured Resources: Week of September 24
The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly is underway with several of the side events and concurrent meetings focusing on food security and nutrition: Side event on Data to End Hunger (September 24) Side event on Food System Approaches to the Prevention of NCDs (September 25) Panel on Transforming Food Systems to Drive Solutions […]
