The aim of this chapter is to present a forward-looking analysis of need for MSN systems and the required three main capacity areas (technical, managerial, and leadership) for effective MSN action to bring about the desired nutrition outcomes for
In the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, the world faces many seemingly intractable problems. Malnutrition should not be one of them.
The current AU policy environment supports efforts by African countries to address malnutrition and can be a rallying point for different interventions at the continental, REC, and country levels.
Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting.
Focusing the 2015 ATOR on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets
The food and agriculture sector is pivotal not only to addressing undernutrition but also to containing and preventing the spread of diet-related noncommunicable disease.
This chapter explores how evidence-informed decision making related to nutrition can be enhanced in Africa.
Over the past 15 years, conventional breeding efforts have resulted in varieties of several staple food crops with significant levels of the three micronutrients whose deficiency can be most limiting to humans: zinc, iron, and vitamin A.
Malnutrition in all its forms—undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight—is robbing Africa of much-needed productivity and growth potential.
Along with high economic growth over a period of somewhat more than the past three decades, poverty, household food insecurity, and undernutrition have substantially declined in Ghana.
The current global evidence base regarding the nutritional impacts of nutrition-sensitive programs, including popular ones such as social safety nets and agriculture development programs, is generally limited due to poor targeting, design, and imp
The revised CAADP Results Framework has 40 indicators for tracking progress across three levels.
Depuis le passage au nouveau millénaire, l’Afrique au sud du Sahara (ASS) a connu une croissance économique sans précédent : dans la plupart des pays africains, les taux de pauvreté ont régulièrement diminué et les sources de revenus en zone rural
Investing in Future Harvests examines agricultural research and development (R&D) in the region and how R&D can be improved.
Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) has seen unprecedented economic growth since the turn of the millennium: poverty rates have steadily declined, and rural livelihoods have improved in many of the region’s countries.
This chapter presents an overview of the actions required to unlock the inherent potential of agricultural R&D
The evidence presented in this chapter indicates how imperative it is that African countries make the necessary efforts to sustain and accelerate the current recovery process.