The African Union has declared 2022 as its year of nutrition. This year, as the agency celebrates its 20th anniversary, delegates at its annual summit for heads of states and government will reflect on the theme, “Building resilience in nutrition on the African continent: Accelerate human capital, social and economic development.”
According to the Institute for Security Studies, the theme builds on the AU’s previous decisions such as establishing an African task force on food and nutritional development and the drawing up of an Africa regional nutrition strategy for the years 2015 to 2025.
Though ISS said the new theme could help the AU to emphasize the importance of linking agricultural production and food security to health and nutrition, it noted that it would be important to ensure that “this statement of intent goes beyond mere meetings and events.”