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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Household food and nutrition security in low and middle-income countries with a focus on PNG</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date/Time: 20 February, 1.00-2.00pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Location: Griffin Room, #132 Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Household food and nutrition security is a basic human right. However, the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent">2019
State of the World’s Children Report</em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by UNICEF stated that poor diets are driving malnutrition
in early childhood with around half of the world’s children aged 6 to 23 months not receiving adequate quantities of fruit, vegetables, eggs, dairy, fish or meat. Further, the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent">2019
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World</em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">indicates that the number of hungry people
has been increasing over the past four years. High rates of childhood stunting occur in two of our near neighbours, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. Achieving equitable food and nutrition security for all household members is hugely challenging.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This challenge will be unpacked by Dr Emily Schmidt and Dr Jim Woodhill. They will explore the multifaceted issues and solutions associated with: access of poor households to nutritious
food; improving fair market access to smallholder farming households; orienting production towards more nutritious foods; stimulating public-private partnerships that facilitate the development of needed physical, financial and risk protection insurance infrastructure;
and the key elements of public regulatory frameworks that enable inclusive and sustainable private investments. This seminar will be chaired by Professor Robyn Alders.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent">Dr Emily Schmidt</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Development
Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent">Dr Jim Woodhill</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Lead, Global
Foresight4Food Initiative, Oxford University, UK, and Food Security Advisor to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio in South Asia</span></p>
<a href="https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/16004/household-food-and-nutrition-security-low-and-middle-income-countries-focus?tb=download#tab">https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/16004/household-food-and-nutrition-security-low-and-middle-income-countries-focus?tb=download#tab</a><br>
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