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Supporting the Preparation of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition - GCP/GLO/964/GER (Ex Ante)

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Committee on Food Security (CFS) lies at the centre of global efforts to ensure food security and nutrition. The work of the CFS is technically supported by the Rome-based UN Agencies, which are FAO, The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). In consultation with these organizations and other stakeholders, the CFS produces and endorses policy recommendations and guidance to reduce hunger and malnutrition. The preparation of these policy tools is informed by the scientific evidence provided in reports produced by the CFS’s High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE). This project was designed to support the CFS’s convergence process for the drafting of Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition. The purpose of these Voluntary Guidelines is to serve as a global consensus document for governments and other stakeholders on the policies, investments and institutional arrangements that are needed to address the key causes of malnutrition in all its forms.

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