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Calculando el costo de la malnutrición — Episodio 48

25 septiembre 2023
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El programa de este mes se centra en la nutrición y la malnutrición. Ilaria Bianchi, consultora del FIDA especializada en nutrición, nos hablará del desafío que representa la obesidad. Nuestra especialista técnica principal en materia de nutrición, Joyce Njoro, analizará cómo repercute la inflación alimentaria en la dieta. Más tarde, charlaremos con la Directora del FIDA para la Coordinación de los Sistemas Alimentarios, Nadine Gbossa; tras lo cual nos reuniremos con la Directora en el País, Isabel De La Peña, para hablar sobre los desafíos nutricionales que afrontan las comunidades indígenas de Guyana. 

A continuación, el chef Walter El-Nagar, de Recetas para el cambio, destacará la importancia de llevar una dieta saludable, y finalizaremos con una visita a Kenya, donde Moses Abukari, del FIDA, nos hablará de los beneficios del sorgo. 

 

 

Episode content

 

Ilaria Bianchi on the challenge of obesity

Ilaria Bianchi

Ilaria Bianchi discusses how to source evidence and resources to help create food systems for sustainable, healthy diets. And how this, in turn, can help minimise diseases and illnesses linked to obesity, particularly in East and Southern Africa.

 

How does inflation impact diets? Joyce Njoro explains

Joyce Njoro, Lead Technical Specialist (Nutrition) at IFAD

Joyce Njoro explains what drives food inflation and how it impacts quality of life and nutritional standards for rural families and small-scale farmers in developing countries.

 

Nadine Gbossa on UNFSS findings and collective responsibility

Nadine Gbossa, Director for Food Systems Coordination at IFAD

IFAD’s Director for Food Systems Coordination Nadine Gbossa gives tells us about the findings of the Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment and considers the importance of political leadership, societal awareness and the need to collectively address our planet’s challenges.

 

Isabel De La Peña tells us about Guyana’s nutritional challenges

Isabel De La Peña, Country Director (Latin America and the Caribbean Division) at IFAD

Isabel De La Peña joins us from Latin America to talk about the indigenous communities in Guyana’s rural hinterland and the nutritional challenges they face.

Walter El-Nagar: A champion of healthy and sustainable diets

Chef Walter El-Nagar

Despite his successes, Chef Walter El-Nagar has remained a dedicated activist at heart. He tackles social and political issues and the need to continue promoting healthy and sustainable diets. Take a look at his non-profit, Mater Cucina Democratica.

 

The importance of sorghum, with Moses Abukari

Moses Abukari

Moses Abukari works on IFAD’s Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme - Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Window (KCEP-CRAL). He helps us appreciate the importance of scaling up sorghum value chains for small-scale farmers in developing countries as well as its nutritional benefits.

 

Summing up

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