Hesat2030 Co-Chair Jaron Porciello recently published an article in The Conversation that shows how the conflict in the Persian Gulf is disrupting fertiliser supplies, how Africa’s food systems stand to lose and how the findings from the recent Hesat2030 research report on nutrition offer pathways for coping: Agrifood systems (the activities that connect the people, investments and decisions involved in producing and delivering food and agricultural goods) rely on a steady flow of inputs like...

In 1946, more than half the world’s population faced hunger. Today, this figure has fallen dramatically—to 8 percent—even as the global population has tripled. Progress the past 20 years has been significant with, for example, Cambodia bringing its hunger levels down from 25 percent in 2000 to 5 percent in 2025. Unfortunately, progress has not only stalled—it has reversed in some regions. At the same time, we are facing colossal health and environmental problems worldwide because of an...

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, environmental protection and...