Kufuor urges more commitment to food and nutrition at COP21

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has stressed the need for stronger commitment to food and nutrition security so as to able to see progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the new development agenda after the millennium development goals (MDGs).

"The world needs agriculture to be climate-smart and also nutrition-smart”, he stated.

He was speaking as a panel member and Co-Chair at a side event organised by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition at the ongoing climate change conference in Paris, France.

So far, Only 24 out of the 156 Parties that have submitted Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of COP21 refer to nutrition, and even fewer note the links between nutrition policies and climate action, the Global Panel noted.

"The Parties at COP 21 need to show stronger commitment to nutrition security to see progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The Global Panel on Agricu