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Book (stand-alone)Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets
Step 3: Going to scale
2021Also available in:
No results found.This paper, STEP 3, is the third of three background papers produced to inform the ‘Everyone Around the Table: FAO/GAIN Roundtable with Private Sector on Healthy Diets’ series of virtual roundtables which took place in July 2020. As in STEP 1 and STEP 2, the topics covered are relevant to all regions, but where possible a greater focus has been given to low- and middle-income countries. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are again a focus, given their role in the food systems of these regions (see STEP 1 for more detail), including their common presence in the food environments of many people living in poverty. STEP 3 (this paper) looks more closely at what it means to go to scale with healthy diets and better nutrition, providing examples and reflections for all stakeholders to consider. -
Book (stand-alone)Analysis of nutrition-sensitive public expenditure in Ethiopia’s agrifood sector to enable healthy diets 2025
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No results found.This study aims to provide an analysis of nutrition-sensitive public expenditure in the food and agriculture sector in Ethiopia, to inform and support the optimization of spending in the agrifood sector and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets to improve nutrition outcomes. The methodology applied in this study draws upon the framework outlined in the "Nutrition-sensitive investments in agriculture and food systems: Budget analysis guidance note" and uses the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme dataset on public expenditure in the food and agriculture sector in Ethiopia. Referred to as the FAO-adapted Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) 3-step approach, the process entails: 1) defining the perimeter of the analysis; 2) for those expenditures within the food and agriculture perimeter, classify them into either nutrition-sensitive (such as urban horticulture), potentially nutrition-sensitive (cash transfer programmes), or non-nutrition; and 3) vetting and validating the results through a workshop and making a decision on those budget lines where uncertainties remain after the desk-based analysis. As a result, we add a nutrition marker to the dataset covering five fiscal years (2016/2017–2020/2021) in Ethiopia. The findings reveal that nutrition-sensitive agricultural initiatives are not sufficiently prioritised in government spending. Although efforts have been made to promote such investments, their relative budgetary allocation remains low compared to other expenditure areas. The study concludes that increased financial commitment is needed to support programmes that promote healthy diets and improve long-term nutrition outcomes. -
Book (stand-alone)Proceedings of the FAO/WHO International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition
1-2 December, 2016, Rome, Italy
2018Also available in:
No results found.In December 2016, FAO and WHO convened an International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, gathering delegates from 90 UN Member States representatives of intergovernmental organizations, private-sector entities, civil society organizations, academia/research organizations and producer organizations/cooperatives. The symposium aimed to increase awareness of today’s urgent food and nutrition challenges, and to create a forum to discuss strategies for regulation and reform, in the aftermath of the ICN2 and under the umbrella of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025. Nine parallel sessions comprising expert presentations and country case studies were complemented by a session on the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, a student’s session, plenary and special events. These proceedings include summaries of the parallel sessions, summaries and transcriptions from the plenary and Decade of Action sessions, to contribute to better-informed, accelerated action at national, regional and global levels on the urgent need to improve the human and environmental health of food systems worldwide and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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