Key Recommendations for Improving Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems Food
Author: UN Steering Committee on Nutrition
Year: 2015
Resource type: Official
Food systems provide for all people’s nutritional needs, while at the same time contributing to economic growth. The food and agriculture sector has the primary role in feeding people well by increasing availability, affordability, and consumption of diverse, safe, nutritious foods and diets, aligned with dietary recommendations and environmental sustainability. Applying these principles helps strengthen resilience and contributes to sustainable development.
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UN Steering Committee on Nutrition (2015). Key Recommendations for Improving Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems Food. www.ennonline.net/recommendationsforimprovingnutrition