Double the number of graduates trained to combat malnutrition using a multi-sectoral approach by 2025
Description
Our action plan is to promote the MSc programme in Food Security Policy and Management to a wider audience of potential students around the world, including those with strong work experience in this field from food-insecure countries who are keen to upgrade their knowledge, skills and academic qualifications.
We work closely with food and nutrition security organisations around the world, including those involved in our applied research projects, and with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which provides an intensive workshop for a week every year. We are keen to develop stronger links with UN organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and with government agencies and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) to further promote the programme to a wider audience, but also to meet the needs of such organisations for postgraduates well-versed in best practice in and at the cutting edge of food and nutrition security.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
New Generation 4 Food & Nutrition Security
Description
The MSc in Food Security Policy and Management at University College Cork is in its third year. The aim is to help build a cadre of professionals to deal with the complexity of working in the field of food and nutrition security, helping to meet the SDG 2 targets of ending famine and hunger, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agri-food systems.
The MSc team has trained students from a wide range of countries, but most of the demand is from the developing world, nearly all of whom are dependent on the small number of scholarships available. We are, therefore, committing to increasing the number of graduates trained and ensuring that the number of students from developing countries who graduate is at least double, and to establishing a much larger number of scholarships available to students from least developed countries each year.
We have three commitments:
1. Double the number of graduates trained to combat malnutrition using a multisectoral approach by 2025.
2. Double the number of students from developing countries graduating from the programme by 2025.
3. Establish at least five programme scholarships for students from least developed countries by 2025 and increase that number by 2030.
In this way, we hope to improve our contribution towards building the next generation of food and nutrition experts, particularly in developing and least developed countries.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Anaemia
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Operational
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of master’s students graduating from the programme |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 10 Graduates | 2022 |
| Target | 20 Graduates | December 2025 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | 15 graduates | November 2023 |
On Course
Given the current trajectory of progress, the target is on course to be met by the end date.
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