Deliver agricultural extension programmes, infrastructure and education to support farmers to grow and market nutritious foods.

(Re)design agricultural development programmes intended to increase food producers’ income to also focus on producing, and accessing markets for, nutritious crops and providing nutrition education.

Provide women with agricultural assets, training and support to increase agriculture productivity and output, and access to markets to sell nutritious foods.

Provide low-income households, including women, with support for animal-husbandry and training for animal rearing, safety management and processing along with nutrition education.

Support the production and consumption of nutritious indigenous crops through agrobiodiverse cropping systems, agricultural extension, breeding programmes, subsidies, land tenure rights, regulatory protection, market development and public awareness.

Deliver (peri-)urban agriculture programmes which provide land and other inputs, support local market development and deliver training and nutrition education.

Provide inputs and training to develop and maintain home gardens along with nutrition education.

Agricultural Actions

Design trade policies to prioritise the supply of nutritious foods over foods manufactured high in fats, sugars and salt and their ingredient, taking account of the benefits of local and international supply chains in different contexts, the protection smallholder farmers, and the availability of complementary policies.

International Trade Actions

Prioritise high-nutrient density when breeding crops in conventional crop breeding programmes and when selecting crops to grow.

	Implement biofortification programmes including breeding, support for adoption and market development and public awareness campaigns.

Develop innovative postharvest storage technologies, packaging and processing techniques for nutritious foods to reduce nutrient losses, remove anti-nutrients, prevent contamination and reduce food losses.

Develop new processed products that extend the shelf life of nutritious foods, make them more convenient for consumers to prepare, and reduce food and nutrient losses.

Implement mandatory large-scale food fortification programmes.

Reformulate processed food to reduce fats, sugars and salt.

Research and develop alternative proteins sources and share the research in the public domain.

Research, Processing and Technology Actions

Build and improve roads, transportation, storage, cold chain and logistical distribution infrastructure to enable the delivery of safe, perishable nutritious foods to urban and rural markets.

Support the development of e-commerce platforms to help producers create markets for nutritious foods and improve access for populations with limited mobility or in underserved areas.

Maintain and upgrade markets selling nutritious foods to low-income communities and ensure they have access to infrastructure to enhance food safety and reduce foods losses.

Empower smallholder farmers and small farm businesses to access markets for nutritious foods by establishing farm associations, cooperatives and food hubs, developing mechanisms for collective bargaining and increasing access to price information.

Develop infrastructure to reduce loss and waste of nutritious foods and increase its redistribution.

Mandate training programmes for food producers and retailers on storage, processing and packaging to reduce spoilage and contamination of nutritious foods.

Supply Chain Infrastructure Actions

Redirect agriculture subsidies from staple crops to increasing production of nutritious foods.

Provide nutritious foods and meals at lower prices at point-of-purchase by subsidising public distribution programmes, state-managed stores, public restaurants, and other forms of subsidy programmes.

Focus cash transfer, voucher and food delivery programmes on increasing the availability, affordability and appeal of nutritious foods and limiting the appeal of foods high in fats, sugars and salt.

Implement taxes to decrease affordability and incentivise reformulation of sugary drinks and foods high in fats, sugars and salt food.

Financial Actions

Implement comprehensive school food programmes, incorporating food and meals, nutrition standards, nutrition education, school gardens, food personnel training, food skills and literacy.

Adopt a public food procurement policy that applies nutritional guidelines to food procured for public institutions and prioritises purchasing from smallholders, local, family and/or sustainable food producers.

Public Institution Actions

Provide investment funds and technical support for start-ups and small-and medium-sized food processing business to produce, market and promote nutritious foods targeted at low-income consumers.

	Use financial incentives and planning regulations to drive the establishment of new supermarkets, fresh food markets, shops and street vendors in underserved communities.

Provide incentives to fast food outlets, street food vendors and food service trucks to place nutritious options more prominently or in place of foods high in fats, sugar, salt, reformulate their recipes and promote only nutritious foods.

Provide technical assistance, equipment, cost-sharing etc. to businesses to provide nutritious foods to their employees at lower prices.

Develop independent accountability mechanisms to monitor and publicly report on business progress towards increasing the availability, access, affordability and appeal of nutritious foods and decreasing it for foods high in fats, sugars and salt.

Business Incentives

Set mandatory limits on trans fats, sugar, salt/sodium and/or saturated fat in packaged foods.

Require nutrition labelling on packages/menus to indicate if foods are high in calories, fats, sugars and/or salt and/or in positive nutrients.

Restrict all forms of marketing, advertising and in-store promotions of HFSS foods, particularly to children.

Use zoning laws to restrict numbers of “fast food” outlets and vendors in select geographic areas.

Establish and enforce safety regulations, surveillance mechanisms and protocols throughout the supply chain for nutritious foods, taking into consideration the importance of access to affordable nutritious foods among low-income populations through the informal sector.

Regulations and Laws

Deliver culturally-appropriate nutrition education, food literacy and skills training to children and adults through schools, health services, agricultural extension, social protection schemes and community settings.

Provide dietary counselling to women during antenatal care and pregnancy, including awareness of benefits of nutritious food and risks of foods high in fats, sugars and salt.

Launch engaging and compelling mass media and behaviour change communication campaigns about foods and diets.

Promote traditional food cultures associated with good nutrition by supporting and protecting traditional foods, providing information about traditional dishes and public awareness campaigns.

Education and Public Awareness Actions

Align all food systems policies and programmes with food-based dietary guidelines and widely communicate the guidelines to the general public.

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