How can public and private sector links be more effective to improve diets? A new policy brief from the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition examines how governments and other stakeholders can incentivize the private sector to improve the food environment and enable better dietary choices. The brief sets out six priorities for action: (1) encouraging investments in food sector small and medium-sized enterprises, (2) promoting consumer demand for healthy diets, (3) incentivizing appropriate action in the private sector, (4) managing risks, (5) building trust, (6) and providing reliable and supportive infrastructure.
Additional highlights from this week’s Compact2025 News in Brief include:
- An IFAD brief on nutrition-sensitive value chains in Nigeria explores how promoting the production and consumption of certain crops could help improve nutrition and livelihoods for smallholders.
- A May 9 webinar hosted by CGIAR will highlight pathways from women’s group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia.
- On May 10, the Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition will host a webinar on “Understanding Program Adaptation” to explore how lessons learned from adapting evidence-based public health interventions might inform practices in implementation science in nutrition.
