Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on Nutrition, Food Security & Poverty in Africa

26 July 2022. 1 pm GMT or 3 pm CEST/CAT Session #3 of the Nutrition & Food Security Dialogue Series on the “Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on Nutrition, Food Security & Poverty in Africa: Challenges & Opportunities to Building Resilient Food Systems”

The third dialogue, will focused on the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on nutrition, food security, and poverty in Africa and its implications on the ability of African governments to build food systems that are more resilient to economic, health and environmental shocks. 

Dialogue participants also discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by African countries in achieving the different targets related to nutrition, food security and well-being by 2025 and 2030.

Background

In support of the AU’s 2022 Year of Nutrition, AKADEMIYA2063 and the Senegalese National Council for Nutrition Development (CNDN) organize a series of 5 continental level dialogues on nutrition and food security with a broad group of stakeholders.

1. 5 May 2022. Africa’s progress toward meeting nutrition and food security targets, successes, challenges, and lessons learned, including the importance of applying a food systems lens and multi-sectoral approaches to addressing hunger and malnutrition. 
   
   
   
   
2. 28 June 2022. The role of trade and food safety in advancing nutrition and food security objectives and the need for policy alignment. 
   
   
   
   
3. 26 July 2022. Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on Nutrition, Food Security, and Poverty in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities to Building Resilient Food Systems 
   
   
   
   
4. Balancing nutrition goals with climate and environmental goals, shifting to more sustainable consumption patterns, and building resilience in nutrition and food security 
5. Africa’s rapid urbanization and impacts on diet quality, both in rural and urban areas.