Insights

17 November 2021

UN Food Systems Summit Debriefing for the Dutch network | 5 November 2021

Following the UN Food Systems Summit in September, a network of Dutch partners convened to share information on the formal outcomes, as well as outline and discuss the key take-aways and findings for the Dutch government and other stakeholders, together with the expected next steps.

9 November 2021

Saline water and food systems: we should have brought the carrots!

For the first time in its existence, the Amsterdam International Water Week included a combined track specifically focussed on both Water and Agriculture. This included an in-person session on Wednesday 3 November, in which opportunities and challenges of saline water and food systems were approached from the perspectives of scientific research and project implementation.

2 November 2021

Call for Seed Money Projects Opened

Organisations that want to increase their international activities can receive support in the form of Seed Money Projects. Building up new international networks is central to these projects.

27 October 2021

Putting Plans into Action | Healthier Diets for Accra

The NFP Ghana Urban Food Environment Collective Impact Coalition is about to take concrete action to improve opportunities for healthier diets in Accra, and is open for people to join them.

26 October 2021

Digitalisation for Agriculture (D4AG) | Lunch and Learn outcomes

On Wednesday 6 October, a discussion amongst FNS policy makers and experts took place on how digitalisation can be a tool in achieving food and nutrition security and what policy choices should be made in the near future in this regard. The discussion was centred around the question: “What policy choices could be made to facilitate digitalisation for achieving food and nutrition security?”

26 October 2021

Zero Hunger, Zero Power | Dutch Design Week Exhibition

Following the affiliated session which took place during the UN Food Systems Pre Summit in July, the Transforming Food Systems by Design project was exhibited during Dutch Design Week between 16-24 October.

22 October 2021

World Food Day 2021 | e-magazine and videos

Last week we hosted our World Food Day 2021 - Refresh the Food System event, on behalf of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Three weeks after the Food Systems Summit, the event provided an ideal opportunity to reflect on the outcomes of the FSS and the pathways for actions to contribute to solutions for food system challenges. Member states in general, and the Netherlands and food professionals in particular need to define their actions towards 2030, with only 'nine harvests' remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

19 October 2021

Results from global scoping study on fruits and vegetables | Wageningen University & Research

Millions of people in Asia and Africa suffer not so much from a lack of food, but from a lack of healthy food. Simply put, fruits and vegetables are more expensive and less readily available than less nutrient-rich food. In addition, agricultural policies and development programmes have for too long focused almost exclusively on grain and vegetables like onions and tomatoes, and not on the much healthier leafy vegetables. This has to change, conclude Wageningen University & Research researchers in a study examining the state of vegetable and fruit consumption in low- and middle-income countries and the food systems of seven countries.

8 October 2021

Increasing Awareness and Knowledge about Nutrition: A Practitioner Guide for SDGP and other PPP projects

In January 2021 the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) organised a webinar on nutrition improvement, offering information, tools and coaching for SDGP and other Public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The webinar was elaborated in collaboration with the Netherlands Working Group on International Nutrition (NWGN). All relevant information has been brought together in a Practitioner Guide for further support and outreach among SDGP and other PPP project teams.

30 September 2021

YALTA Topical Deep Dive Sessions

The Youth in Agroecology and Business Learning Track Africa (YALTA initiative) in close collaboration with its partners organised a series of topical deep dives to strengthen coalition activities on a wide range of topics.