1. Nutrition Sensitive Food Systems - Post ICN2 and SDGs: Priorities for Africa
6th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
28 – 30 October 2015 – Kampala Uganda
Presented by Mohamed Ag Bendech
Snr. Nutrition Officer FAO- Regional Office for Africa

2. Food Systems are drivers of nutritional outcomes-
The Second International Conference on Nutrition highlithed the critical role of food systems for malnutrition
Food Systems are drivers of nutritional outcomes-
Food Systems include Growing food, harvesting, processing, packaging, distributing , marketing, consuming and disposing wates (GNR 2015
Africa Food Systems are associated with lowest and productivity, Highest post-harvest loses, malnutrition rates and food budget shares
There is the need to transform them as the unbalanced diet is a major risk factor for all forms of malnutrition
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3. A lot has happened in less than 10 years to transform the nutrition landscape

4. Global level evolution
Scaling up Nutrition Movement (SUN, 2010
About 55 countries have committed to address malnutrition
1000 Days Partnership formed (2010)
To focus on the first 1000d; respond to country requests
UNGA on NCDs 2011
Requesting dietary and food system changes and health system strengthening
G8 Summit, Camp David, USA, 2012
New Alliance for food security and nutrition for sustained Agric-led growth in Africa
WHA 2012
MIYCN- six global targets for 2025
CFS 2013
Incorporated UNSCN on its Advisory Board
UN GA 2013
69th session, included an item on Agric development, food security and nutrition
UN Human Right 2014
Right to food resolution (not to use for political or economic pressure)

5. Global level evolution
Global Nutrition for Growth Summit, 2013
To reduce by 20 million number of stunted children <5yrs
Financial commitment: $4.15 billion
Launch if the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food systems for nutrition (2013)
To stimulate the evidence-base for integrating nutrition, agric and food systems
1st and 2nd Global Nutrition Reports (2014, 2015)
To track commitments and progress; actions and accountability
AU Malabo Declaration
By 2025: End Hunger
Reduce stunting to 10%
Reduce underweight to 5%
2nd International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)- FAO-WHO led
Countries made 10 commitments to eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition; strong emphasis on the food system.
Sustainable Development Goals, 2015
17 Goals, 169 targets:
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

6. What have we learnt the past 10 yrs?
Nutrition is a complex issue with multiple causes; we need to work together to address the problem.
Focus on both nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions
Agricultural policies and programs should be made nutrition-enhancing
We need to focus on the food system

7. Outcome documents Rome Declaration on Nutrition
Political statement of 10 commitments
for more effective and coordinated action
to improve nutrition
Framework for Action
Voluntary technical guide of
60 recommendations for implementation
of political commitments

8. Ten ICN2 commitments
Eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition
Increase investments
Enhance sustainable food systems
Raise the profile of nutrition
Strengthen human and institutional capacities
Strengthen and facilitate, contributions and action by all
stakeholders
Ensure healthy diets throughout the life course
Create enabling environment for making informed choices
Implement commitments through Framework for Action
Integrate vision and commitments into post-2015 agenda 8

9. Framework for Action 60 policy and strategy recommendations to achieve
better nutrition for all
Thematic areas for action:
- Enabling environment – with multi-sector engagement
- Sustainable food systems for healthy diets
- nutrition-enhancing investment and trade
- Nutrition education and information
- Social protection
- Strong and resilient health systems, including actions on:
o breastfeeding, wasting , stunting , childhood overweight and obesity, anaemia in women of reproductive age and health
services to improve nutrition
- Water sanitation and hygiene
- Food safety
- Accountability
Governments primary responsibility to take action, in dialogue with a wide
range of stakeholders

10. Sustainable Development Goals
Linking food system, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
in the same goal is an indication of the food-based approach to
nutrition

11. Create healthy food environments as they have great potential to improve eating patterns

12. After ICN2 – Africa Actions
Nutrition gap programming analysis at regional and country level in relation to Food Systems and ICN – 2 framework for action
Technical support and follow up on country implementation of commitments and recommendations
identifying high impact policy options to make the food systems more nutrition-sensitive
Improving agricultural productivity and food diversity
Promoting healthy eating to make healthy choices more available, affordable and attractive

13. Linkages between SDGs, Food Systems and Nutrition Targets
Capitalize the ICN-2 framework for action when translating SDG into action at country level
Mobilize political, financial and technical resources for accountable implementation
Integrate nutrition indicators into all SDG M&E framework

14. Akinwumi Adesina - President of Africa Development Bank
FAO DG Jose Graziano da Silva
We must recognize that nutrition is a public issue.
And treat it that way.
On Rome Declaration on Nutrition and Framework for Action
Together, they are the starting point of our renewed efforts to
improve nutrition for all. But they are not the finishing line.
Our responsibility is to transform the commitment
into concrete results.
Akinwumi Adesina - President of Africa Development Bank
“We need to think big and we have. We need to act big and we will and we need to pool all our efforts together and we will”
© UN Photo/Amanda Voisard
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Africa Nutrition Champion - King Letsie III
Called for increased government investment in nutrition and the need to do things differently in the post 2015 development era.
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