Commitment

Strengthening regulation mechanisms on flour fortification and quality control

Government / Kyrgyzstan

January 2022 — December 2025

Description

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Enabling environment for nutrition

Description

By 2025, the government of Kyrgyzstan commits to draft and adopt laws, policies and regulations to increase access, availability and utilisation of safe food and improve the nutritional status of the population. Specifically, it will:

• Draft regulations on subsidised seeds.

• Strengthen regulations on flour fortification.

• Draft regulations on antimicrobial use.

• Ensure that all provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes are in place.

• Strengthen multisectoral coordination on food security and nutrition.

• Develop a national social behaviour change communication strategy on nutrition.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Gender identity
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Leadership and governance
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Number of bylaws on flour fortification
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0 Bylaws 2021
Target 1 Bylaws December 2025

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report Strengthening regulation mechanisms on flour fortification and quality control November 2022 Progress not able to be assessed
Despite the commitment maker’s active participation in the process, they were unable to provide the required information about the baseline data or the progress indicator's updated (latest) level or status, or the data provided were not in a format allowing calculation of progress.

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