Integrating nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems into Vietnam’s national policy framework: Insights from the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region
Over the past five years, the Department of Cooperative and Rural Development (DCRD), under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, has collaborated closely with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) to advance the integration of nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems (NSAF) into national policy frameworks.
Integrating nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems into Vietnam’s national policy framework: Insights from the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region
Over the past five years, the Department of Cooperative and Rural Development (DCRD), under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, has collaborated closely with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) to advance the integration of nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems (NSAF) into national policy frameworks.
This long-term collaboration began with the co-development of the Guidelines for Nutrition-Sensitive Agri-Food Systems Projects and training materials for provincial and commune-level officials in the Mekong Delta, under the Sustainable Poverty Reduction National Target Program (2021-2025), with support from the CGIAR Initiatives on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT). These guidelines and accompanying training programs provide experts and practitioners a practical multisectoral foundation for linking different aspects of the food systems in the local planning process.