Nutrition summit an opportunity to rethink investments in women, food systems, and agriculture

The food system touches every single priority across the health and development agenda. Investing in good nutrition is key to economic and social development, and to reducing inequality and eliminating poverty.

This is an opportunity for Canada to align investments between nutrition, climate resilience, and food systems, by focusing investments on smallholder farmers, especially women, and on nutrition-sensitive agriculture, write Andrew Defor and David Mbugua.Unsplash photograph by Annie Spratt

Opinion

BY ANDREW DEFOR AND DAVID MBUGUA

December 6, 2021

The Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) will focus attention on ending global malnutrition, with donors expected to identify ways and provide resources so everyone, everywhere can reach their full potential. N4G will be hosted by the Government of Japan between Dec. 7 and 8. While agriculture is criti...

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