Over 2,200 delegates attended last week’s Second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome 22 years after the first edition in 1992.
As expected, government representatives gathered at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s headquarters in the Italian capital endorsed the political document known as the Rome Declaration and a framework for action to guide their future efforts in fighting global malnutrition.
But aside from the official items on the agenda, what buzz topics took center stage at the conference, what do experts now view as the main nutrition challenges, and how must we reform food systems to feed a growing world population more efficiently? In an exclusive interview, we asked Francesco Branca, director of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development at the World Health Organization.
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Elena L. Pasquini@elenapasquini
Elena Pasquini covers the development work of the European Union as well as various U.N. food and agricultural agencies for Devex News. Based in Rome, she also reports on Italy's aid reforms and attends the European Development Days and other events across Europe. She has interviewed top international development officials, including European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs. Elena has contributed to Italian and international magazines, newspapers and news portals since 1995.
