Nutrition and Food Security Alliance of Namibia
World Food Day is coming up!
Saturday – 16 October 2021
Watch this space for more updates on activities…
World Food Day (WFD) is celebrated every year all over the world with a view to paying tribute to the founding date of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945.
In honor of WFD, NAFSAN will participate in a panel discussion on how organic agriculture can improve nutrition security in Namibia, which is initiated and organised by the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa @KHSA and the Namibia Nature Foundation @NNF, together with the Namibian Organic Association @NOA.
See poster for details and tune in on:
SATURDAY, 16 October at 10h (am) on NOVA FM
Celebrating World Food Day 2021.
The Namibia Organic Association hereby invites you to take part in the WFD competition:
Take a video or a photo of yourself in your garden or your most nutritious meal and post on Facebook and Instagram, don't forget to tag us.
Two lucky winners with the most liked post will walk away with a hamper. Competition runs from 21 September – 15 October 2021.
Winner to be announced on WFD, 16 October 2021.
The global Scaling Up Nutrition movement has published the full version of its Annual Progress Report 2020,
…and has also developed a new SUN Strategy 3.0 (2021-2025)
World Food Day – Panel Discussion on Organic Agriculture & Food and Nutrition Security in Namibia, Saturday, 16 October at 10h (am) on NOVA FM
UN Food Systems Summit 2021 – New York (United Nations), September 2021 + Pre-Summit – Rome (Italy) 26-28 July 2021
+ National Food System Dialogues and Stakeholder Engagement in Namibia, between 29 July and 16 August 2021, which will feed into the UN Food Systems Summit later in September 2021.
+ the Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis for Namibia is currently being finalised, with a preliminary Summary Report and findings related to Agriculture Supply and Food Fortification as well as Health, Social Protection and Education.
Nutrition for Growth Summit – Tokio (Japan), 7-8 December 2021
Responses & Resources
COVID-19 positive mothers advised to continue Breastfeeding (NAFSAN, July 2021)
In addition to strengthening your Immune System through Nutrition, something else is extremely helpful during COVID-19 infections and while recovering: Breathing Exercises + Breathing – a home guide + Breath-work and Gentle Yoga Stretching for Recovery
You can also get involved here in one of Namibia's Community Responses to the current Covid-Crisis.
+ + + BREAKING NEWS + + +
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2021 has been launched!
+ + +
Malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide … according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report – (re-watch the launch).
+ + +
African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery (Sept. '20) – POSITION PAPER
+ + +
Basic Income Grant in Namibia: BIG – Coalition Relaunched (Sept. '20) – read the DECLARATION
+ + + INTERESTING ARTICLES + + +
How-the-green-revolution-is-harming-Africa – Article in the https://www.namibian.com.na/ on 20 May 2021
Sugar, the toxic drug – Article in The Namibian on 14 October 2020
