UN-Nutrition 24d ago

#RomeNutritionWeek2026 | Day 3 - 27 May 2026 - HL Plenary Session - Local Food Solutions for Global Nutrition Impact  This plenary explores how local food solutions can drive global nutrition impact and accelerate progress toward healthy diets for vulnerable populations across humanitarian and development settings. Today, even with enough food produced globally, 2.6 billion people still cannot afford a healthy diet. Local food solutions offer a practical pathway to close this gap. By reducing production and transport costs, shortening supply chains, and creating predictable local demand through public procurement and social assistance programmes, they make nutritious foods more accessible and affordable. At the same time, they contribute to transform and strengthen local food systems. The session examines how locally produced, fortified and nutrient‑dense foods can support the full nutrition continuum, from prevention to treatment, through a combination of market-based and programmatic platforms, including home‑grown school feeding, nutrition‑sensitive social protection, and humanitarian response. Discussions will highlight how coordinated public‑private action can expand access to safe, nutritious foods while strengthening local food systems and building resilience to future shocks. Organizers: World Food Programme More Information: Rome Nutrition Week 2026: https://www.unnutrition.org/rome-nutrition-week-2026 Session page: https://www.unnutrition.org/rome-nutrition-week-2026/local-food-solutions-global-nutrition-impact