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Focus Area 3.2 Sustainable food supply chains to achieve healthy diets in the context of economic, social and environmental sustainability, and climate change
Sub-focus Area 3.2.3 Promoting nutrition within agriculture and food supply chains

Recommendation Number: 3.2.3.g

Governments should promote strategies, guidelines or instruments that support appropriate measures to enable healthy diets, in accordance with paragraph 17, and promote nutrition within agriculture and food supply chains taking into account [World Health Assembly] WHA Resolutions 57.17(*1), paragraph 22, and 66.10(*2) as well as national legislations, contexts and capacities.

(*1) Resolution WHA57.17. https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA57/A57_R17-en.pdf.
(*2) Resolution WHA66.10. https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA66/A66_R10-en.pdf.

The identified documents have been grouped into four categories: UN evidence-informed documents, UN normative guidance documents, UN operational/technical guidance documents and other documents that have been published by non-UN bodies.

UN evidence-informed documents
Title Author Publisher Year
Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: maternal and child diets at the heart of improving nutrition FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO FAO 2021
Agriculture and climate change: law and governance in support of climate smart agriculture and international climate change goals FAO FAO 2020
Legislative approaches to sustainable agriculture and natural resources governance Gobena, A. FAO & UNEP 2020
Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2019: placing nutrition at the centre of social protection FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO FAO 2019
Dynamic development, shifting demographics and changing diets: the story of the rapidly evolving food system in Asia and the Pacific and why it is constantly on the move Dawe, D., Ahuja, V., Bloem S., Damen, B., Martyn, T. & Whiting, L. FAO 2018
Proceedings of a technical workshop: development of voluntary guidelines for the sustainability of the Mediterranean diet in the Mediterranean region, 14–15 March 2017, CIHEAM-Bari, Valenzano Meybeck, A., Redfern, S., Hachem, F., Capone, R. & Dernini, S., eds. FAO & CIHEAM 2017
UN operational/technical guidance documents
Title Author Publisher Year
Food systems and nutrition: handbook for parliamentarians N°32 IPU & FAO IPU & FAO 2021
Nutrition and livestock: technical guidance to harness the potential of livestock for improved nutrition of vulnerable populations in programme planning FAO FAO 2020
Strengthening nutrition action: a resource guide for countries based on the policy recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) FAO & WHO FAO & WHO 2018
Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in practice: options for intervention FAO FAO 2017
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments Jull, C. FAO 2016
Designing nutrition-sensitive agriculture investments: checklist and guidance for programme formulation FAO FAO 2015
Guide on legislating for the right to food Bultrini, D.B., Vidar, M., Knuth, L. & Rae, I. FAO 2009