Commitment

Commitment to mainstream Nutrition

Donor organisation / Philippines

Asian Development Bank

Commitment made: 02 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Sub-national - Indonesia

Verification status Verified Find out more

Commitment description

Formation of a Multisectoral ADB Working Group on Nutrition Security

Consisting of representatives of multi-sectoral groups. Rural Development and Food Security, Health, Education, Gender Equity, Social Development and Urban, as well as regional operation departments and private sector operations department.

Preparation of ADB's Strategic Direction to Enhance Nutrition in ADB Operations

Review nutritional aspects of ADB's portfolio and outline strategic direction to strengthen ADB's nutrition security engagement.

Identification of areas where nutrition overall strategic framework for the next 3-5 years based on review of relevant best practices

Integration of Nutrition Security Engagement with the Green and Resilient Food System Investments.

Trials and upscaling of new business approaches to nutrition engagements under ADB's portfolio (e.g., nutrition-smart agriculture, nutrition fortification, climate- and nutrition-smart urban agriculture, gender-focused and low-cost production of local vegetables and fruits, and animal protein, and enhancing nutritional linkage in social safety net support)

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Asian Development Bank
Funding mechanism Self-funded
Cost secured Fully secured in 2018 and use up in 2023.
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount disclosed to GNR only

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