Working group 1: Policies promoting nutrition orientation to food
production
Issues discussed in the working group
- Nutrition should be considered
as a national priority
- Promotion of production and
consumption of fruits and vegetables at all levels
- Local and traditional foods
- Synergy between food production
and nutritional well being
- Food diversification
- Food fortification
- Food safety and quality
- Value addition of agricultural
products
- Potential role of food derived
from biotechnology
- Food trade
- Food processing and post
harvest losses
- Non-food interventions such as
hygiene, sanitation etc.
- Institutional capacity building
to deal with food and nutrition issues