We are pleased to share the pilot issue of the News in Brief with the Compact2025 community. To accelerate progress to end hunger and undernutrition around the world, the News in Brief informs partners on cutting-edge research and innovation, developments in global, regional, and national policies and programs, and timely news and events. Please feel free to share any feedback at IFPRI-Compact2025@cgiar.org.
Rwanda: First country to sign climate change regional framework. Rwanda is leading the way on a framework that establishes the Climate Application and Prediction Center for Central Africa, which will collect, forecast, and communicate data on weather and climatic conditions.
Right Start program launched in Senegal to improve nutrition of women and girls. The Micronutrient Initiative and Government of Canada have launched a new program in Senegal to accelerate progress towards better nutrition for girls and women, part of the global Right Start initiative aimed at improving the nutrition of 100 million women and girls around the world by 2020.
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2016. The report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) documents trends in African agricultural transformation and includes a chapter focused on the progress made to reduce malnutrition and hunger across the continent.
The Taste of Change. NCDFREE and the Nutritional Health Alliance in Mexico have released a short film documenting efforts to combat obesity in Mexico including the government’s implementation of a tax on sugary beverages.
NEWS AND EVENTS Godan launches petition and summit for open data. The 300+ partners of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (Godan) initiative are calling on organizations to open their data on agricultural research through a two-day summit, the largest event of its kind.
Malawi: US announces $47 million food assistance to Malawi. The package is in response to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s report that 6.5 million Malawians are food-insecure. Half of the package will be in the form of food aid and the other half is earmarked for agricultural recovery and nutrition activities.
FAO calls on governments to act on malnutrition in all its forms. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva reminded governments of their commitments made at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in 2014, and called on them to transform those commitments into action through national policies and programmes.
