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Policy brief launch - Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges & opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors

18 April 2018, 14.15 - 16.15, FAO HQ (Rome)

FAO and the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition are delighted to invite you to the launch of the policy brief: "Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges & opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors".

This discussion, framed by the six questions posed in the Global Panel policy brief, seeks to explore opportunities to build much more ambitious and effective links between the public and the private sectors to help improve the food environment, and enable better dietary choices.

To register, kindly RSVP here by Friday 13, 2018. 

More information here.

Live stream available here

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