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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.
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New paper calls for a green and inclusive COVID-19 recovery
A new SD4All paper calls upon governments to adopt crisis mitigation measures that are truly green and inclusive, and that are directly oriented towards building greater resilience against systemic shocks like pandemics and climate change.
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Women leading crop diversification in Zambia
Sustainable Diets for All partner, the Zambian Alliance of Women (ZAW), has created a women-centered movement focusing on bringing diversity back to the farm and the plate.
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Breaking Gender Norms: Lessons from the Women’s Food Lab in La Paz, Bolivia
The deployment of Hivos' Food Lab methodology in a women-only setting in La Paz, Bolivia, allowed stakeholders to hear from and truly involve female participants, who often lack a voice.
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Involve marginalized groups to make food systems more climate-resilient
Climate change is already hitting low-income and marginalized groups the hardest. If we want to realize a just and rights-based transition to climate-resilient and inclusive societies, we need to make sure of one important thing. That all those in today’s food system – especially those hit hardest – are involved in re-shaping our future food system.