Agriculture is closely linked to both the direct causes of undernutrition (e.g. diets, feeding practices, and health) and the underlying factors (e.g. income, education, access to water, sanitation, hygiene and health services, and equity).
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A4NH flagship 3: Food safety
Food safety is moving rapidly up the development agenda as major new studies reveal its severely under-estimated importance.
Governments, businesses, and civil society groups increasingly realize the important need of supporting food systems to produce and supply diverse, nutritious, and safe foods for healthy lives.
Agriculture enhances access to food and improves livelihoods, but in some cases, may also be linked with increased risks of disease transmission.
Micronutrient deficiency affects approximately 2 billion people globally and is caused by poor-quality diets resulting in low intakes of key micronutrients.