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Nutrition Security in India

Overview
Objectives
Anticipated Outcomes
Events

Nutrition Security in India

Evolving Effective and Demonstrable Models involving Public and Private Sector to address Nutritional Security : A Pilot in India

Project Overview

Nutrition is central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 development agenda. Despite strong constitutional provisions, legislative policy, plan and programme commitments, India suffers from a high burden of under nutrition and micronutrient deficiency diseases. The statistics on nutritional status indicate that India has been a laggard on the issue, among fast-growing economies and also in the region. With a ranking of 102 of 119 on the Global Hunger Index 2019 and 130 of 189 on the Human Development Index 2018 , India is home to almost one-fourth of the world’s chronically undernourished people (190.7 million out of 815 million). Therefore, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger cannot be achieved globally unless it is achieved in India.

Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) and Cargill India have teamed up to address the issue of malnutrition and SDG 2. The project addresses Nutritional Security in India by aligning with the priorities of the POSHAN Abhiyan along with engaging the public and the private sector to collaborate and find ways to co-create possible approaches to address the problem collectively. The core project components include building collaborative platforms, providing for supplementary nutrition, working on improved care and nutrition practices and creation of an effective nutrition value chain

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Objectives

  • Identify, map and engage with stakeholders across value chain
  • Generate awareness, share good practices & knowledge among key groups
  • Build capacities and handhold officials for greater efficacy & effectiveness
  • Develop and scale business models for private sector engagement
  • Document findings & distil learnings for evidence- based policy & systemic recommendations

Anticipated Outcomes

The project activities would be implemented with the following objectives:

  • Improved nutritional knowledge, awareness and behaviours amongst key groups in the community
  • Reduction in prevalence of malnutrition in children between six to 36 months of age
  • Confident and empowered government officials and local stakeholders to successfully pursue food and nutrition targets at the state-level
  • Private sector (including SMEs) to effectively engage in food and nutrition issues in their states and districts

Events

Session on, 'Partnership for Nutrition Catalyzing public – private partnerships on Nutrition Security’ at CRB's ISS Conference 2020, 30 October, 2020

Nutrition session at CRB conference 2020 titled ‘Partnership for Nutrition Catalyzing public – private partnerships on Nutrition Security’. The overarching objective of the session is to deepen the understanding and importance of “access to and availability of nutrition in pursuance of SDG 2 goal and delivering on national nutrition targets through innovative approaches and models. The session will also be used as a launchpad for the initiative on nutrition security that the three organisations WFP, Cargill and CRB have come together.

The Panel Discussion looked at

  • Understanding the nutrition ecosystem and its importance
  • Talking about challenges and gaps in availability and accessibility to good nutrition
  • Highlight the role private sector can play in aiding government initiatives;public-private partnership models and their implementation

Session on, 'Nutrition Security for India - Evolving Effective and Demonstrable Models involving Public and Private Sector' at CRB's ISS 2019, 21 November 2019

On 21 November 2019, as part of CRB’s Annual Conference India Sustainability Standards (ISS) 2019, a session on Nutrition Security for India – Evolving Effective and Demonstrable Models involving Public and Private Sector was held at The Eros Hotel, New Delhi. The session which was co-hosted by UNWFP and Cargill India, looked at

  • Highlighting the larger nutrition scenario in India and the government framework in place i.e. food safety nets.
  • Putting spotlight on ICDS, specifically the first 1000 days and the Take Home Rations.
  • The role of Private sector in Nutrition Security, the opportunities and way forward.
  • The significance of behaviour change and the role of CSOs.
  • The need for policy reforms and the emerging aspects of quality assurance that are emerging and a critical role that a regulator – FSSAI plays in such a dynamic scenario.

Nutrition Security for India - Project Partners Meeting, 8 July, 2019

On July 8, 2019, a Project Partners Meeting was held at Cargill India Office in Gurugram, Haryana. The meeting included representatives from UNWFP, CRB and Cargill India and was planned to

  • Discuss the overview of the project along with the Governance and Structure
  • Review the project components and broad Partner Responsibilities amongst Partners
  • Develop and agree on the Action Plan for the next six months for each partner
  • Discuss the Impact Matrix looking at activities, outputs, outcomes and impact from the project

For further information, please contact

Ms. Nandini Sharma
Director
Email: nandini@c4rb.in
Phone: +91 (11) 41088853

Ms. Bhavya Sharma
Programme Officer
Email: bhavya@c4rb.in
Phone: +91 (11) 41088853

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