I think the framework is comprehensive, evidence-based and inclusive. Coming from a institute that supports poor livestock keepers, I especially liked the positive mention of animal source food for the under-nourished, reference to the importance of research, and the thorough treatment of food safety and antimicrobial resistance. Getting more food will not help poor people if that food makes them sick.
As for many framework documents, many of the statements were very broad: this makes for good policy but a strategy is also needed with specific actions and targets. In some cases, the statistics quoted went beyond the evidence (for example, correlational data cannot be used to impute causation). It is important to apply an evidence lens, even to advocacy statements.
I would like to have seen more emphasis on the smallscale farmers, processors and sellers (many of them women) who are providing more than 80% of the nutrition rich food in developing countries.
博士 Delia Grace
Congratulations for the initiative!
I think the framework is comprehensive, evidence-based and inclusive. Coming from a institute that supports poor livestock keepers, I especially liked the positive mention of animal source food for the under-nourished, reference to the importance of research, and the thorough treatment of food safety and antimicrobial resistance. Getting more food will not help poor people if that food makes them sick.
As for many framework documents, many of the statements were very broad: this makes for good policy but a strategy is also needed with specific actions and targets. In some cases, the statistics quoted went beyond the evidence (for example, correlational data cannot be used to impute causation). It is important to apply an evidence lens, even to advocacy statements.
I would like to have seen more emphasis on the smallscale farmers, processors and sellers (many of them women) who are providing more than 80% of the nutrition rich food in developing countries.