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22 July 2021

Transforming Food Systems by Design | UN Food Systems Pre Summit Presentation

Work from the Transforming Food Systems by Design project will be showcased and presented during an affiliated session at the UN Food Systems Pre Summit on Monday 26 July.

19 July 2021

Dilemma’s around scaling of food nutrition and security innovations

Scaling innovations is often seen as essential for improving food and nutrition security, in particular for marginalised groups. During the Food Fights online webinar earlier this year, the central question was whether scalability is essential to improving food and nutrition security for a larger amount of farmers in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

19 July 2021

Announcing the winning blogs from the food systems e-course

During the past few weeks more than 500 actors and stakeholders from across our international network have taken part in the he second iteration of the e-course on food system transformation, that we have been delivering in partnership with Wageningen University and Research. Supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the course provides participants to learn and exchange knowledge, expertise and best practice that can in turn be applied and implemented within their respective countries.

13 July 2021

Good Food for All Campaign - How to Get Involved

Good Food For All (GFFA) is public campaign for the UN Food System Summit which aims to create an open global dialogue around the opportunities and challenges within our food systems that everyone, everywhere can join.

12 July 2021

Last Dutch Stakeholder preparation meeting in run up to the Pre-Summit | 5 July 2021

This meeting with the Dutch network builds on the three earlier information and networking meetings which were held in the course of the past few months, as well as on the outcomes of the Dutch National Food Dialogue. The meeting is the last general networking meeting in the run-up to the UN FSS Pre-Summit on 26-28 July 2021.

2 July 2021

Global Access to Nutrition Index 2021 Calls for Food Industry to Urgently Address Nutrition Gap in the COVID-19 Era

Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) has launched its 2021 Global Index, assessing the world’s 25 largest global food and beverage manufacturers and their contributions to addressing malnutrition. While some companies have shown significant progress since its last iteration in 2018, progress from the top 10 ranking manufacturers has slowed. ATNI is urgently calling on companies to step up efforts to tackle some of the world’s toughest nutrition challenges.

1 July 2021

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30 June 2021

Dutch stakeholders continue preparation for UNFSS 2021 | 11 May 2021

Participants from Dutch organisations, institutions and companies active in the area of Food & Nutrition Security in low- and middle-income countries took part in the third preparatory information meeting, to shape and explore the Dutch contribution to the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit in September.

29 June 2021

Last Food & Business Research projects nearing completion

In 2021 the last Food & Business Research projects financed through Global Challenges Programme and Applied Research Fund are being finalised. From 2014 until 2021 WOTRO, the Science for Global Development department of NWO (the Dutch Research Council) managed the Food & Business Research funding aimed at addressing persistent food security challenges in low and middle income countries. It consisted of two Programmes: the Global Challenges Programme and the Applied Research Fund.

28 June 2021

Developing innovative business models and building coalitions for increasing market access in vegetable value chains