International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition

FAO/WHO

International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 15 p.

Author FAO/WHO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

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Synopsis (short abstract) These key messages are the culmination of three days of discussions, sharing of experience and reflection by over 600 people who participated in the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition co-convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2016. Participants included including delegates from 90 FAO Member States, and representatives of intergovernmental organizat ions, private-sector entities, civil society organizations, academia, research organizations and producer organizations. These key messages should now be used to formulate better-informed and accelerated specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely (SMART) policy actions for food-system reform at national, regional and global level.

Language English

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