The Journey
The Commitments
Overall, the UNFSS Dialogues and the Summit catalysed clarity on the need and urgency for food systems transformation to achieve sustainable healthy diets for all Ghanaians. The process motivated National Commitments (see Fig2) to achieving the following Food Systems Transformation targets by 2030.
Following the UNFSS in September 2021 wherein the above commitments were delivered, Ghana updated the Commitments and submitted a set of 17 Commitments (See Box 3) to the Nutrition for Growth(N4G) Summit held in Tokyo, Japan in December 2021. These set of Commitments are in line with national priorities to transformation Ghana’s food systems, and the N4G Principles of Engagement. Several of the commitments are aligned with the SDG targets to be achieved by 2030, as well as targets linked to the World Health Assembly – to be achieved by 2025.
By 2025, the Government of Ghana will increase the percentage of early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour from 52%... (Click to read more)
By 2025, the Government of Ghana will reduce all forms of malnutrition; including the prevalence of stunting in children under... (Click to read more)
By 2024, the Government of Ghana will increase maternity leave to 14 weeks to be implemented across all sectors of... (Click to read more)
By 2022, the Government of Ghana will develop and implement a comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security Strategy, which will lead... (Click to read more)
By 2023, the Government of Ghana will develop and implement food-based dietary guidelines that define context-specific sustainable healthy diets; and... (Click to read more)
By 2024, the Government of Ghana will compile, consolidate, and update local food composition databases, and develop a nutrient profiling... (Click to read more)
By 2028, the Government of Ghana will reduce food losses and food wastes from 20% to 10% and from 84... (Click to read more)
By 2030, the Government of Ghana will achieve seed security, breed security and land security for Ghanaian farmers, especially women... (Click to read more)
By 2023, the Government of Ghana will jointly agree with multilateral agencies, civil society, and donors on coordination and oversight... (Click to read more)