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Celebrating the results of the five-year Sustainable Diets for All program
Celebrating the results of the five-year Sustainable Diets for All program December 16, 2020 Following five years (2016-2020) of working in low-income communities in Bolivia, Indonesia, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia to improve their access to sustainable, diverse and nutritious food, the Sustainable Diets for All program (SD4All) is coming to a close at the end […]
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Systemic transformation is needed to fight global hunger
That World Food Programme (WFP) an organization supported by donations that feeds millions - has won the Nobel Peace Prize shows we need to put people's needs first. This was also the main aim of our 5-year Sustainable Diets for All program with IIED which is ending this year, writes Frank Mechielsen.
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The inconvenient truth about ‘capacity’ strengthening in global development
To work with effective and progressive civil society movements in low income countries, do international NGOs need to do less capacity strengthening, and work as allies of these movements instead? Drawing on lessons from a new report, Natalie Lartey discusses how advocates can advance this agenda.
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What impact is COVID-19 having on agricultural diversification in Zambia?
As the Zambian government protects the nation against the COVID-19 pandemic, progress to increase agricultural and dietary diversity is being put at risk. Drawing on findings from a new study, William Chilufya and Jajah Coulibally discuss the challenges and opportunities that policy makers face.
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Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets
A new report from IIED and Hivos calls for a rethink about how sustainable diets can be achieved in low-income countries, with informal food systems central to that goal.
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Transforming food systems governance
Our Hivos session at the World Food Day 2020 event opened the dialogue around inclusive food system governance interventions by showing how successful examples from the Food Change Labs provide smart solutions for healthy diets. Local partners in Uganda and Zambia shared their firsthand experiences in these video interviews.
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Food citizenship: innovative partnerships for healthy food systems
A holistic food system approach involving all stakeholders is key to solving the urgent and interconnected challenges that our world is currently facing. A new retrospective study shows the degree to which the program’s Food Change Labs in Zambia and Uganda used systems thinking to successfully kick-start the transformation of local food systems in these countries.
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Sustainable Food Media Fellowship: promoting food and agriculture stories around the world
In June 2020, Hivos and IIED partnered with Climate Tracker to fund journalists from Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Indonesia, and Bolivia to write stories about the production of food and access to sustainable diets in their home countries. Here is a summary of their work.
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To address food insecurity in Uganda post COVID-19 the government must act now
In the wake of COVID-19, food insecurity in Uganda is drastically increasing. Food Rights Alliance and Twaweza East Africa call on the Uganda government to take specific and urgent action to address the growing threats to food security following the pandemic.
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Smart solutions for healthy diets: join Hivos for World Food Day 2020
On Friday 16 October, Hivos joins the Netherlands Food Partnership in celebrating World Food Day 2020 with an inspiring online event for agri-food professionals.