Summary and policy recommendations: Toward a nutrition revolution for Africa

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dc.creatorCovic, Namukolo
dc.creatorHendriks, Sheryl L.
dc.date2016-10-17
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:20Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:43:01Z
dc.descriptionMalnutrition in all its forms—undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight—is robbing Africa of much-needed productivity and growth potential. Addressing nutrition is an investment with high potential returns in terms of reduced health costs, increased productivity, and improved human resource capacity and economic growth. Although nutrition interventions have been seen as belonging in the health sector, integrated programs that include agriculture and other sectors can create synergies and added value. The agriculture sector needs to become more nutrition sensitive so that it can work in tandem with other sectors to drive a much-desired nutrition revolution for Africa. Achieving the goals of the Malabo Declarations on (1) accelerated agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods and (2) nutrition security through inclusive economic growth and sustainable development will require efforts from agriculture, social agriculture, social protection, education, water and sanitation, and more to implement high-impact interventions at scale.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/112621
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCovic, Namukolo and Hendriks, Sheryl L. 2016. Summary and policy recommendations: Toward a nutrition revolution for Africa. In Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition. Covic, Namukolo and Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Eds.). Chapter 13. Pp. 179-184. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295933_13.
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectbiofortification
dc.subjectmycotoxins
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectundernutrition
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectnutrition policies
dc.subjectagricultural growth
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectindicators
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectevaluation
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectaflatoxins
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleSummary and policy recommendations: Toward a nutrition revolution for Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter

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