Limited or lack of access to sufficient and nutritious food underpins food insecurity and malnutrition. The reasons for this are many that range from food deserts to lack of income by poor urban dwellers to buy nutritious food.
Find out how to ensure easy access to food for everyone. For instance, building forms of social protection systems - food banks, community food kitchens, social restaurants, emergency food pantries, nutrition-sensitive cash-transfer programs etc. - or supporting grassroots activities dedicated to provide vulnerable populations with access to healthy and sustainable food.
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