IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - Preeti Ahuja

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

1. Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts

2. Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker:

• Preeti Ahuja, Practice Manager for Agriculture in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, World Bank