The health gains achieved through economic development over the last five decades could be reversed by 2050 due to the consequences of climate change according to a new report by the Lancet Commission on the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change. The report urges for a radical rethinking of business models, food systems, […]
Featured Resources: Week of January 21
Food is the single strongest lever to optimize human health and environmental sustainability on Earth, but it currently is threatening both people and planet concludes a review by the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health. The study—authored by 30 world-leading scientists from across the globe—outlines how to sustainably feed a future population of 10 billion […]
Featured Resources: Week of November 5
FAO’s Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition reveals that the region is at serious risk of missing 2030 targets to end all forms of malnutrition—from hunger to obesity. Reduction in the number of hungry and malnourished people—including children—has come to a virtual standstill. Additional highlights from this week’s Compact2025 News […]
NIPN brings together researchers, implementers and decision makers to discuss Food Systems and Diets in Ethiopia
Almost eighty researchers, program implementers and policy makers came together at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) on September 7, 2018 to discuss how food systems and diets are interlinked in Ethiopia. This opportunity was provided by the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) which convened its first Nutrition Research and Policy Seminar around this […]
Food Systems and Diets in Ethiopia: NIPN Nutrition Policy and Research Seminar
The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) will host a Nutrition Policy and Research Seminar organized by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and IFPRI at the EPHI training center on September 7. The seminar, which is on “Food systems and diets in Ethiopia” will feature presentations from Bart Minten, program leader of IFPRI’s Ethiopia […]
