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One out of three people in the world suffers from one or several forms of malnutrition—and every third person lives in a water-stressed environment. It is, however, not only the magnitudes that link water and nutrition—the challenges and solutions are also closely interlinked—so interlinked, in fact, that achieving SDG targets for water without consideration of other goals and targets could well constrain efforts to reach SDG targets on nutrition—and vice versa.

The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development provide pillars to co-develop and co-implement water-nutrition solutions across a wide spectrum of interventions. This event discusses new evidence on water-nutrition linkages with a focus on small-scale supplementary irrigation. Compelling studies on water-wise diets, and a new guidance for practitioners on nutrition-sensitive water management will also be presented. The event will strengthen the links between the water and nutrition communities.

27 August, 9:00-10:30 am Room M6, Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

THE MULTIPLE BRIDGES CONNECTING THE WATER-NUTRITION DIVIDE: WHAT’S NEW?

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Welcome by ChairBiniam Iyob, Water and Irrigation Advisor, USAIDIntroduction to the Session

Presentations

Stineke Oenema, United Nations System Standing Committee on NutritionThe interlinkages between water and nutrition, implications for the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development

Jan Lundqvist, SIWI and Louise Malmquist, SLUWhat is a water-wise diet?

Claudia Ringler, IFPRI/WLE/WASAGHow irrigation supports nutrition outcomes. New Insights from the USAID Feed-the-Future Small-Scale Irrigation project

Regassa Namara, World BankNutrition-sensitive water management: Practical guidance for irrigation interventions

Participatory activity and Panel (AGRA, Africa Union, EAT, WASAG, SLU)Q&A

Closing remarks by the Chair

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