NEPAD's Food and Nutrition Security Programme strives to reduce hunger and malnutrition of the vulnerable populations using evidence-based policies and programmes. The programme undertakes research, builds capacity for policy makers and programme experts across sectors and supports implementation. This programmes exists within NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which is concerned with reducing poverty and hunger through agriculture-led growth. Improvements in agricultural production and productivity, and even in food security, do not automatically translate to improved nutritional outcomes, and can even have negative impacts on nutrition. As political commitment to nutrition is increasing, agriculture and food security interventions must be specifically designed to address hunger and malnutrition problems. To enhance and sustain the nutrition focused momentum within CAADP over the next decade, this Food and Nutrition Security Programme seeks to build on and scale up programme activities around the following broad thematic areas:
- Maternal and child nutrition
- Food fortification and bio-fortification
- Dietary diversity
- Home grown school feeding