Compact2025 News in Brief: February 15, 2017

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NEWS in BRIEF #10

15 February 2017

To accelerate progress to end hunger and undernutrition around the world, the News in Brief informs partners on emerging 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.

POLICIES AND PROGRAMS

European Union and BRAC-Liberia launch nutrition and resilience program to support vulnerable groups strengthen their resilience to recurrent shocks and to contribute to achieving SDG 2.

Latin American and Caribbean States’ food security plan lays the groundwork to eradicate hunger in the region by 2025.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Multidisciplinary approaches will be essential to solving the development challenge of malnutrition, and a new book aims to develop multidisciplinary capacity by bringing together nutrition and the social sciences.

Education, social networks, and social capital strongly determine the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity, according to an analysis of FAO’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale, a new global food security measure.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Bangladesh is on the rise.

Study launched in Mali to examine the impact of child undernutrition on health, education, and the economy. This is part of the larger Cost of Hunger in Africa series.

NEWS AND EVENTS

IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan calls for reshaping agri-food systems for improving nutrition.

Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic Review – launched by the Kufuor Foundation – seeks to contribute to the government’s efforts to accelerate progress toward eliminating hunger and achieving food security and SDG 2.

Highlights from this and past Compact2025 News in Briefs, along with other key resources, can be found at the Compact2025 Knowledge & Innovation Hub resources page.

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