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Stress on diversification of way food is produced to help diversify diets
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Thursday, 23 February, 2023, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) hosted Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation emphasising diversification of the way food is produced & marketed to help diversify diets.
The event was organised by CII’s Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE) in partnership with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The interaction was aimed at setting the context and throwing light on the aspects of food systems transformation, focusing on the inter-linkages between people, planet, and prosperity, and to instill a vision towards adopting a food systems approach towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, executive director Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), remarked, that while India is performing well on the production side, the challenge is more on the market side where the food loss is high. He suggested that diversification of the way food is produced & marketed will help diversify diets thereby reducing the food wastage.
Present on the occasion, Vinita Bali, the chairperson of CII National Committee on Nutrition, highlighted some solutions to address the issue in the Indian context that included value chain interventions to reduce post-harvest losses, focus from processing companies on fortification/reformulation, more PPP projects on improving access to nutrition, creating consumer awareness on healthier choices, innovative marketing to attract youth as ambassadors for nutrition.
Meanwhile, the event was a curtain raiser for the upcoming CII Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation scheduled for April 20-21, 2023, in New Delhi.
Planned as a two-day conference, the dialogue will aim to bring together global thought leaders from across the world and showcase best practices and implementation models from G20 countries. The first day of the Global Dialogue (April 20) will see multiple thematic sessions around curated topics impacting food systems, such as nutrition, data science, agro-ecology, food waste, food safety and so on. This will be followed by the inaugural session and three plenary sessions around the themes of People, Planet and Prosperity on April 21, 2023.
According to CII, the sessions will aim to find the pathways towards implementing food systems transformation to ensure sustainable production, food security and nutrition of the global family and outline priorities and defining actionable goals under the G20 umbrella.
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