WHH will promote healthy opportunity crops to target nutrition gaps.

WHH commits to contributing to the reduction of stunting and wasting among children under 5 years of age by implementing food system-transformative approaches in 15 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia between 2025 and 2030.

Recognizing that micronutrient deficiencies are a major driver of impaired physical and cognitive development, WHH will scale up strategies that increase year-round access to healthy and diverse diets. Our approach focuses on promoting “opportunity crops”-nutrient-rich, climate-resilient, and locally appropriate crops—through food-based solutions that strengthen local food systems and improve diet quality at community level.

Over the six-year commitment period, WHH will achieve food system-transformative outcomes in each of the 15 target countries by delivering at least three of the following measurable outcomes per country:

a. Public Financing for Nutrition: At least one new or expanded government budget allocation supporting the production and/or consumption of opportunity crops will be secured in each target country.

b. Policy or Institutional Reform: In each country, WHH will support the adoption or revision of at least one policy, plan, or institutional mechanism that promotes sustainable and nutrition-sensitive food systems.

c. Capacity Strengthening: In each country, at least one multi-stakeholder capacity-building initiative will be implemented to strengthen the ability of government and/or private sector actors to address nutrition gaps through food-based approaches.

d. Data and Evidence Generation: In each country, WHH will conduct and publish at least one study on the potential, constraints, and pathways for scaling up opportunity crops for improved nutrition outcomes.

Progress will be monitored through internal results tracking systems and reported biannually. WHH will document completion of at least three of the four indicators in each of the 15 countries by the end of the commitment period, with mid-term internal reviews in 2027 to assess implementation progress and adapt programming as needed.

Through this commitment, WHH aims to contribute directly to reducing the prevalence of stunting and wasting in young children by enabling more equitable access to affordable, nutritious diets, thereby supporting our vision of a world free from hunger and poverty.