Hesat Happenings

Hesat2030 has published a new report that identifies 10 high-impact nutrition interventions for agriculture and food systems – from production to markets and consumption – to improve diet quality and contribute to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition. When bundled together, these interventions boost efficiency and reduce overall costs.   “At a time when aid budgets are under stress, it is no longer viable to address food security, agricultural development, environmenta

The world remains off-track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Why? because of a failure to prioritise diet quality and food access. Agriculture and food systems continue to deliver empty calories at the expense of nutrition, with detrimental consequences to public health, environmental sustainability, and inequality. This calls for a shift in how hunger is addressed.  The Hesat2030 initiative, co-chaired by the FAO, the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, IFPRI and CABI,

The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge today released its latest Biennial Accountability Report – “From Pledge to Action” . The report found that between 2021 and 2024, private sector companies deployed USD 440 million in 40 priority countries, to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger . Despite multiple crises around the world and volatility across sectors, companies are demonstrating tangible actions to end global hunger and malnutrition. The Zero Hunger Priva

Deforestation combined with intensive agricultural practices – such as monocultures and the widespread use of agrochemicals –is driving biodiversity losses and climate change. Agroforestry, which integrates trees with crops and/or livestock, aims to reverse these trends. Agroforestry has been proposed as a sustainable solution with positive outcomes on climate change mitigation (CCM), climate change adaptation (CCA) and biodiversity. However, what is the evidence of agrofores

In the past 20 years, agriculture and food systems in Cambodia have undergone one of the most rapid transformations in history. Driven by...

Researchers from Hesat2030, together with the Zero Hunger Coalition and national stakeholders, have developed an evidence-based,...

The UN Food Systems Summit+4 served as a backdrop to the soft launch of the Food Security and Nutrition Aid Analyser. David Laborde,...

By Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, Chair of the Zero Hunger Coalition and the African Union's Special Envoy on Food Systems Despite shrinking aid...