Commitment

At least 80,000 smallholder households accessing, and 20 percent using, at least five improved crop varieties; and adopting at least six good agricultural practices, with at least a 20 percent increase in the women's empowerment in agriculture index and a 30 percent increase in household dietary diversity scores. https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/22-market-driven-resilient-and-nutritious-agrifood-systems-in-the-humid-zones-of-west-and-central-africa/

Research institution / France

Description

With partners, CGIAR will work with value chain actors to improve production of quality seed and crops, post-harvest handling, and consumption practices that support food and nutrition security; promote increased diversity of household production systems; ensure stakeholders have access to climate information and personalized agronomic practices; and improve women and youth empowerment to ensure increased control of resources by women and other marginalized groups, among other strategies.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

CGIAR work to improve global nutrition

Description

As the world’s largest public sector research partnership, CGIAR has worked tirelessly with its extensive network of partners for 50 years to serve the needs of more than 500 million smallholder farmers who are responsible for feeding billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Now, building on this extensive record of research and innovation, CGIAR commits to contributing to collective global targets for nutrition, health, and food security:

1. Ending hunger for all and enable affordable healthy diets for the 3 billion people who do not currently have access to safe and nutritious food.

2. Reducing cases of foodborne illness (600 million annually) and zoonotic disease (1 billion annually) by one third.

To meet these goals, CGIAR announces the launch of a new portfolio of 32 research initiatives, supported by financial commitments of more than US$1 billion from a steadily growing global coalition.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Partially verified
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Food supply chain
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Resilience

Measurement

Key indicator Number of smallholder households with access to climate-resilient nutrient-dense crop varieties
Value Measurement date
Baseline pending confirmation from research team 2021
Target 80,000 households

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