At the 2021 Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, 65 countries and 215 stakeholders pledged more than $27 billion in nutrition-related funding. The outcome document, Tokyo Compact on Global Nutrition for Growth[1], was issued, outlining concrete directions for future efforts to end malnutrition by 2030 in the five areas of health, food, resilience, accountability, and financial resources. JICA presented the JICA Nutrition Declaration[2] and contributed as part of the Tokyo N4G Summit.
Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit[3] will be held on March 27th (Thu) and 28th (Fri) 2025, hosted by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Paris N4G is an important opportunity to build on the achievements in Japan and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
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Showcasing JICA's initiatives at Paris N4G 2025
JICA's nutrition cooperation addresses the global “double burden of malnutrition” through both the health approach and the food/agriculture approach, under the JICA’s Global Agenda “Improving Nutrition” and “JICA Nutrition Declaration”. JICA will leverage this summit to communicate with global society on our nutrition cooperation and promote multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaboration by leveraging Japan’s experience in development as well as JICA strengths.
JICA’s Global Agenda
【Health】
The health approach is working to improve nutrition throughout the life course, with three pillars: maternal and child nutrition, NCD prevention and school meal programs and Shokuiku.
●Strategic Paper: JICA’s Cluster Strategy “Nutrition improvement through life-course”
● Youtube Maternal and Child Nutrition and SHOKUIKU in Japan
● Youtube School Meals and Shokuiku in Japan through the lens of Planetary Health
●Youtube NCD Prevention and Control for the Working Population in Japan
- French (Comming Soon)
● Essay: JICA Human Development Department; Japan’s most forward-looking School Meals and Shokuiku through everyone’s engagement-from the perspective of Planetary Health-
● Technical Brief “School Lunches, the key to children’s growth and health”
- Japanese
● Technical Brief “Shokuiku, the key to nurturing healthier choices”
● Technical Brief “Proyecto de Mejoramiento de Nutrición Materno Infantil a Través de la Atención Primaria en Salud (PROMiNUTRI)” in Guatemala
● Technical Brief “The Project for Strengthening Maternal and Child Nutrition Services (ProNUT)” in Mozambique
● Technical Brief “JICA's Knowledge Co-Creation Programs (KCCP)”
● Article: Marika Nomura and Saeda Makimoto. Responding to Increasingly Complex Nutrition Issues by Implementing Multi-sector/Multi-stakeholder Approaches. Human Security Today 2024 34-47.
【Food and Agriculture】
The food and agriculture approach are promoting the approach to improving food access (NFA approach) under the “African Initiative for Food and Nutrition (IFNA)”.
Webinar Series related to Paris N4G
● [February 27, 2025] Realization of quality school meal program and nutrition education for children's healthier 8000 days
● [March 6, 2025] How can the food system contribute toward a Healthy Diet?
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