[FAO] [FSN Forum] DISCUSSION No. 132 • FSN Forum digest No. 1263 Maximizing the Impact of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition Deadline extended until 16 October 2016 [icon]How to participate Send your contribution to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>or post it on the FSN Forum website www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum> [© FAO] [DoA] Dear Members, Together with sending you the summaries of the latest comments to the online consultation Maximising the impact of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition>, we are happy to announce that the deadline has been extended to October 16th. We encourage you to take advantage of these additional days to let us know which elements you deem necessary to make the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition a true success. We are especially interested in your opinion on the roles and responsibilities of the various actors that need to be involved. Please also help us make this consultation as inclusive as possible by inviting your friends and colleagues to weigh in. Every voice counts and will contribute to strengthen the Decade. For further information and background information please visit the FSN Forum webpage, available in all UN languages: English<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition>, Arabic<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/ar/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition>, Chinese<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/zh/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition>, French<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition>, Russian<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/ru/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition> and Spanish. <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/es/activities/discussions/decade_nutrition> You can send your contributions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or post them online upon registration to the FSN Forum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/>. We look forward to keep receiving your ideas. Your FSN Forum team CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED [icon]Rosaline Ntula, Ethiopia Rosaline’s main expectation from the Decade is that all components of the food system are considered when working to improve nutrition. Among the activities that the Decade should support are formulating a clear definition of healthy diets, introducing food and nutrition in the school curriculum a and carrying out awareness raising campaigns. Finally, she praises the attempts made to involve stakeholders as much as possible and calls for a continuation of this practice. Read the full contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/comment/7439> [icon]Jackson Tumwine, Uganda Jackson focuses on the need to build capacities of those active in working on nutrition in Uganda. He then argues that the country needs to put specific fulltime teams in place in order to supervise and support nutrition intervention at subnational levels. Finally, he identifies the engagement of high-level decision makers as an important condition for achieving lasting improvements in nutrition. Read the full contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/comment/7441> [icon]Simeon Onya, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria Simeon warns against focusing on nutrition without dealing with food security first. He argues that governments should muster the political will to increase production through food policies that are inclusive of smallholder farmers. Read the full contribution<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/comment/7443> [icon]Victor Owino, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria Victor lists a series of elements that require attention in order to maximize the impact of the UN Decade. Among others, he mentions ensuring soil quality, addressing land availability, guaranteeing water supply, identifying the best suited crops for specific contexts and empowering farmers to get better prices for their produce. Then he also mentions that the IAEA can make a substantial contribution to the deployment of objective, specific and sensitive nuclear techniques to evaluate nutrition and nutrition-sensitive programmes. Read the full contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/comment/7444> [icon]Erick Boy-Gallego, Harvestplus/IFPRI, United States of America Erick suggests that in order to systematically tackle malnutrition, representative and standardized dietary intake data from countries are indispensable. He also advocates a widespread use of food fortification and supplementation. Especially biofortification, a process by which the density of vitamins and minerals is increased in food crops through plant breeding, agronomic practices, or by genetic engineering, could provide benefits for the nutrition of the poorest if these foods can be made available to them. 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