Part of a series on key themes from IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report. Read the other posts here and here.
This year’s World Food Day theme, “Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future,” stresses the critical role of sustainable food systems in ensuring everyone’s fundamental right to nutritious food and healthy diets. As global food insecurity intensifies, the connection between food systems, diets, and health has never been more important.
The theme aligns closely with the evolution of nutrition research and practice discussed in our chapter on Diets and Nutrition in the 2024 Global Food Policy Report, which highlights the shift from focusing on merely producing more food for calories to promoting sustainable healthy diets that address all forms of malnutrition. The focus on sustainable healthy diets prioritizes equitable access to safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate diets, while also addressing environmental sustainability. This approach is central to realizing the right to food.