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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEvaluation of FAO’s contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 2
Nutrition education
2021Also available in:
No results found.Unhealthy diets remain one of the main contributors to the global burden of malnutrition and disease. According to the World Health Organization Global Nutrition Report 2018, poor feeding of infants and young children remains a key cause of infant malnutrition. Thus, actions to improve diet, including holistic nutrition education, are key to achieving SDG 2 target 2.2 on ending all forms of malnutrition. FAO has been working for many years to support countries in promoting healthy diets through school, community and professional nutrition education. Its nutrition education approach uses diverse strategies to foster lifelong healthy eating habits and promote environments that support good nutrition and healthful food choices. This study focuses on those initiatives with the potential to be upscaled and to make a significant contribution to the achievement of SDG 2 targets. It assesses achievements linked to SDG 2, ties to the key principles of the 2030 Agenda, lessons learned and the factors behind successes and challenges to implementation, replication and upscaling. The study found human and financial resources to be among the main constraints on FAO’s nutrition work. While nutrition education is crosscutting and often included in projects, it receives few resources and has low visibility. Most interventions are small-scale pilots that depend on rare regular budget allocations. The study recommends that nutrition education be included as part of other measures to promote healthy food environments and that it be integrated into the curriculums of agricultural and rural development training institutions to bolster human capacity to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems and healthy diets. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEvaluation of FAO’s contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 2
Urban Food Agenda
2021Also available in:
No results found.This report is part of the evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) role in supporting Members’ efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), providing a critical analysis of the potential of FAO’s work on the Urban Food Agenda. It is forecast that by 2050, two-thirds of the global population will live in urban areas, with 90 percent of the increase in Africa and Asia. This poses a great challenge to the urban and peri-urban food systems that will need to be transformed to deliver quality food in sufficient quantity in a sustainable manner. FAO’s framework for the Urban Food Agenda takes a fresh approach to tackling the main food and nutrition security challenges in urban and surrounding areas – a key focus of this review. The study finds that FAO has adapted its approach to address the challenges of urbanization. Its strategy on urban food has evolved from a focus on urban agriculture to building more efficient, sustainable and resilient food systems in urban and surrounding rural areas. However, this approach is considered complex to implement on the ground. Some of the challenges stem from difficulties in assembling holistic governance structures and coordinating complex relationships between levels of government. The study recommends that FAO prioritize the replication of positive experiences from urban initiatives such as the City Region Food Systems Programme and the NADHALI project. The study also recommends that FAO strengthen and diversify its personnel at country level and implement strategies to capitalize on privatesector social and environmental responsibility. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEvaluation of FAO’s contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 2
Aquaculture promotion and Blue Growth
2021Also available in:
No results found.This review forms part of the overarching evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), as requested by the FAO Programme Committee at its 125th session. FAO’s Blue Growth initiative is a strategic, innovative approach to improving the use of aquatic resources while simultaneously increasing social, economic and environmental benefits for communities dependent on fisheries and aquaculture. The study finds that FAO has traditionally offered “discrete” support actions that are “packaged”, staffed and financed as such. However, having large-scale national economic effects requires a programmatic sequence of interrelated actions over a prolonged period. This has implications for the way in which such programmes are funded, how FAO’s budget is structured and disbursed, and the expertise and experience required of FAO staff ‒ all of which need to be aligned to such a way of working. As such, the study recommends that FAO develop programmatic aquaculture and Blue Growth interventions to supplement Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) projects and bring about “joined-up” design and strategy. Additionally, FAO could benefit from the expertise of other professionals to deliver its increasingly multifaceted, multidisciplinary, holistic Blue Growth and aquaculture projects, particularly in relation to commercial markets, business models, innovation, new products and service development.
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