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How can India reduce the cost of the Public Distribution System while improving nutrition outcomes and farmer livelihoods? By replacing some PDS rice with millets. Read our policy brief to learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eR68QzSn

#Nutrition resilience is our compass towards a healthier world. In a complex, interconnected era, safeguarding nutrition is vital. #Climatechange, high #food prices, and malnutrition demand global unity to protect vulnerable populations. Dive into the blog by Irshad Danish & and Alexandra Newlands on local voices shaping nutrition resilience. Micronutrient Forum Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement https://lnkd.in/dkNXgvGi

CORDNutrition Stand. In a world of food and nutrition insecurity aggravated by climate chage, insecurity, manmade and natural disaster hitting more LMICs, We need urgently to have: a strong and proactive "Food and Nutrition Social Security System ( FNSSS)"

IPCC AR6 looked at the Feasibility and effectiveness assessments of multi-sectoral adaptation for food security and nutrition. Adaptation options considered are climate-resilient food production, sustainable and healthy diets, access to health, nutrition, early warnings to avert adverse effects on nutrition, social protection and risk reduction with insurance. Feasibility dimensions included economic, technological, institutional, social, environmental, and geophysical. Evidence, agreement, effectiveness and enabler relevances were also considered for low, medium and high assessment scores. Women empowerment, education and such were enabler relevances. Malnutrition risks arise out of food availability and increased costs of healthy food with global impacts but higher risks for many regions such as Africa and South/Southeast Asia. Hazards come from climate impacts on crops and fisheries and exposures increased by high populations in climate sensitive regions and markets. Vulnerabilities will be exacerbated by inequalities, poverty, conflict, slow development and ineffective social protection. Adaptation options for malnutrition include nutrition-sensitive adaptation and disaster risk reduction, governance, education for girls, etc. A similar table for mental health lists hazards, exposures, vulnerabilities and adaptation options with high potential for reducing risks. Urban infrastructure, warning systems, post-disaster social support, mental healthcare, climate resilience and mental healthcare training are key. #adaptation #foodsecurity #nutrition #mitigation #resilience #vulnerability #climatechange #decarbonisation #mentalhealth #healthcare #netzero https://lnkd.in/dJmyMKcE

More than a quarter of a billion people are now facing acute levels of hunger, and some are on the brink of starvation. That’s unconscionable. This seventh edition of the Global Report on Food Crises is a stinging indictment of humanity’s failure to make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 to end hunger, and achieve food security and improved nutrition for all.

What is the responsibility of researchers and civil society in safeguarding public policies aimed at addressing malnutrition during periods of political instability? In this article I explore the efforts of academy and civil society in Brazil to prevent the complete erosion of the advancements achieved in the field of nutrition. #nutrition #peoplesdispatch #globalhealth

Absolutely correct. Public health has failed miserably to create and enforce food nutrition policy. It’s a no-brainer. Appalling to see what is available as “food” - plastic containers of food coloring and chemicals - and boxes of empty calories. Equally heartbreaking to appreciate the failure of people to know what is real food and what to do with it. And public policy MUST include food waste management and surplus gathering for sustainability.

Ahead of COP28 UAE, important report by FAO on the challenges of climate change and malnutrition – how they are interlinked and mutually reinforcing – and the importance of making sure that policy decisions and solutions are not taken in isolation. #climatechange #malnutrition

"People often think that malnutrition stems only from insufficient food intake, or hunger. Food diversity is also a major problem, especially in many agricultural, rural areas." AIR's Juan Diego Bonilla studies agricultural development, nutrition, social protection, and education policy as part of AIR's #international division. In the latest #MeetTheExpert, he discusses misconceptions about diet diversity, the promise of #AI for farmers, and how orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are improving maternal and infant health in Tanzania. https://bit.ly/4aYn4Yh 🎨: Rick J. Burks for AIR

Climate Action and Nutrition – Pathways to impact. #Climatechange and #malnutrition are two of the #greatest #challenges facing humanity today. A common set of #risks and #vulnerabilities m across people and societies means that climate change is disproportionately impacting those who are already most vulnerable to malnutrition, including #adolescent girls and #women. Four key #systems linking climate and nutrition are: #agrifood, #water, #socialprotection, and #health. Responding to climate change and malnutrition with integrated action provides one solution to two of our biggest barriers to #sustainable #development. https://lnkd.in/d5KuQdMR FAO United Nations UN-Nutrition World Health Organization Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Nutrition International UNICEF Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium SickKids Centre for Global Child Health Aga Khan University Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USAID Advancing Nutrition USAID MOMENTUM Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Micronutrient Forum World Food Programme Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) #climatechange #malnutrition #agrifoodsystems #healthydiet #socialprotection #health