African Agriculture @ UNGA 73 and Global Goals Week (6)

27th September 2018
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23-29 September 2018. New York. Food systems, hunger and nutrition received a great deal of attention during Global Goals Week.

25 September 2015. Food System Approaches to the Prevention of NCDs.

The burden of malnutrition is two-fold and concurrent with devastating rates of undernutrition and overnutrition across the world – as many as 815 million people are hungry and 2 billion are micronutrient deficient while 1.9 billion are overweight and 600 million are obese. Malnutrition is now a leading cause of NCDs, which have proven devastating socioeconomic impacts on individuals, communities, and entire economies.

Run of Show
Concept Note

Panel 1: The importance of healthy and sustainable food systems for NCDs

Panel presentations

Moderator: Dr. David Nabarro (Curator of the Food Systems Dialogues)
H.E. Nikolai Astrup (Minister of International development, Government of Norway)
H.E. Prof. Nila F. Moeloek (Minister of Health, Government of Indonesia)
Ms. Agneta Karlsson (State Secretary for Health and Social Affairs, Government of Sweden)
Mr. Gilbert Houngbo (President, International Fund for Agricultural Development) IFAD

Panel 2: Tools and practices to take the shared message forward

Moderator: Ms. Gerda Verburg (UN Assistant Secretary General & Coordinator of the SUN Movement)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom (Director-General, World Health Organization) – TBC
Dr. Steve Waygood (Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva)
Ms. Kanni Wignaraja (Director, UN Development Operations Coordination Office)

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African Agriculture @ UNGA 73 and Global Goals Week (6)

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