![]() Children who lack key nutrients from conception to the age of two become permanently stunted – shorter, weaker, more vulnerable to disease and less cognitively able. Too many don't have access to healthy diets, leaving the continent's expecting and new mothers, as well as children under two years old, most at risk. This year's World Food Day, with its theme "leave no one behind," highlights that some 246 million people across Africa will go to bed hungry. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily those of CGTN.Įconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, rising food and fuel prices, as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict – which is putting a stranglehold on Black Sea region-grown wheat, maize and other foods imported to Africa – have the potential to throw some 30 million Africans into catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Beth Dunford is Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, responsible for the implementation of the Bank's Feed Africa Strategy and management of the Bank's Nutrition Division and the African Leaders for Nutrition Initiative. Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world.
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