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Find out the latest UNSCN news, reports and achievements in food and nutrition.
Trade, Food Security, and the 2030 Agenda
10/10/2016 - The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets a ground-breaking new commitment for all countries: to end hunger and “all forms of malnutrition” by 2030. The new goals will [...]
Food Systems and diets: Facing the challenge of the 21st century
30/09/2016 - Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century, published by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, uses modelling and trend analysis to describe how diets [...]
UNSCN – A New Strategy, A New Focus
01/09/2016 - UNSCN is gearing up: News about the Decade of Action on Nutrition coincided with the finalization of the new Strategic Plan of UNSCN. UNSCN is pleased to be ready to support the UN system to ensure a [...]
Dr Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: Report A/71/282
01/09/2016 - The Report A/71/282, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/154, is dedicated to reiterating the importance of a rights-based approach to “adequate food”, that is, nutritious [...]
Food and nutrition security and role of smallholder farms - challenges and opportunities
01/08/2016 - Enhancing smallholders’ production capacities and their economic and social resilience may have a positive impact on food security and nutrition at different levels. Given the importance of [...]
From Promise to Impact – Ending Malnutrition by 2030, The Global Nutrition Report 2016
02/07/2016 - The 2016 Global Nutrition Report Report focuses on the theme of making—and measuring— SMART commitments to nutrition and identifying what it will take to end malnutrition in all its forms [...]
HLPE Report on Sustainable Agriculture Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Roles for Livestock?
01/07/2016 - Agricultural development plays a major role in improving FSN: by increasing the quantity and diversity of food; as a driver of economic transformation; and, because agriculture is the main source of [...]
FAO - Soils and pulses, Symbiosis for life
01/07/2016 - The United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS) and 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) to increase awareness and understanding on the importance [...]
Humanitarian Action for Children
01/05/2016 - The number of children trapped in humanitarian crises around the world is both staggering and sobering. Nearly 250 million children live in countries affected by violent, often protracted conflicts. [...]
WHO Guideline: Use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women
06/04/2016 - The guideline is intended for a wide audience, including governments, nongovernmental organizations, healthcare workers, scientists and donors involved in the design and implementation of [...]
WHO Guideline: Daily iron supplementation in infants and children
05/04/2016 - This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on daily iron supplementation in infants and children, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of anaemia and iron [...]
WHO Guideline: Daily iron supplementation in adult women and adolescent girls
04/04/2016 - This guideline provides a global, evidence-informed recommendation on daily iron supplementation in menstruating adult women and adolescents, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of [...]
UN General Assembly proclaims the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
01/04/2016 - The UNGA proclaimed the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) on 1 April 2016. UNSCN, together with its members welcomes this important step towards mobilising action to eradicate [...]
Obituary in Memory of Dr. Urban Jonsson
11/03/2016 - Dr. Urban Jonsson passed away on 8 March 2016, just a few days after his 72nd birthday. Urban Jonsson, a national of Sweden and resident of Tanzania, held a Ph.D. in Food Science with focus on [...]
Secretary-General Appoints Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
08/03/2016 - United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands as the Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement.The Coordinator will work with [...]