Contributing to achieving the WHA global nutrition targets and SDGs through IFC's investment operations including: Mainstreaming nutrition in IFC portfolio: Continue to assess each individual investment for its nutritional impacts and screen projects for nutrition-sensitive characteristics Indexing nutrition-sensitive investments: Review its annual agribusiness investment to track the proportion of financing that helped to diversify diets or improve access to key micronutrients (for reference, the proportions were 18% and 29% of total agribusiness investments in FY20 and FY21, respectively, which corresponds to US$189 million in FY20 and US$518 million in FY21) Implementing food fortification: Deploy food fortification financing solutions for millers and food producers, and deliver requisite technical assistance through advisory services Improving smallholders' nutrition: Design training programs through advisory services aimed at improving the nutritional status of smallholder suppliers to IFC's clients and their households
World Bank Group
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
| Targeted location | Global - As per business demands. IFC's investments are decided based on business demands across all regions. |
| Targeted population | Specific population group(s) |
| Targeted population age | Specific age group(s) |
| Targeted population specific age | Specific population groups, depending on business demands The age groups will depend on business needs that are different in each country/market contexts. |
| Targeted population sex | All |
| Primary indicator | Nutritious crop production, training on household nutrition, access to community health |
| Primary indicator baseline | |
| Primary indicator target | Demonstrated improvement in nutrition outcomes within supply chain (actual count in #s) |
| Duration | July, 2020 - June, 2025 |
Goal action plan
Contributing to achieving the WHA global nutrition targets and SDGs through IFC's investment operations including:
Mainstreaming nutrition in IFC portfolio: Continue to assess each individual investment for its nutritional impacts and screen projects for nutrition-sensitive characteristics
Indexing nutrition-sensitive investments: Review its annual agribusiness investment to track the proportion of financing that helped to diversify diets or improve access to key micronutrients (for reference, the proportions were 18% and 29% of total agribusiness investments in FY20 and FY21, respectively, which corresponds to US$189 million in FY20 and US$518 million in FY21)
Implementing food fortification: Deploy food fortification financing solutions for millers and food producers, and deliver requisite technical assistance through advisory services
Improving smallholders' nutrition: Design training programs through advisory services aimed at improving the nutritional status of smallholder suppliers to IFC's clients and their households
Nutrition Action Classification
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
