Nutrition and Food security
Equitable and stable access to foods and beverages that are adequate, safe, and nutritious and meet dietary needs and preferences of communities, will promote community well-being, prevent and even treat disease. This is essential for the prosperity and posterity of communities. ;
The nutrition and food security challenges, especially among low income and marginalized communities, are typically a result of Climate Change that affects food production, specifically quality and quantity. This is due to frequent extreme weather events, altered temperature and rainfall patterns often resulting in floods and landslides, and the spread of pests and diseases, which reduce the quality and quantity of food that is produced. Interventions related to the environment and biodiversity conservation, ecological use of aquatic and terrestrial food production systems, and the adequate utilization of food value chain systems, will help mitigate this challenge.
Investing in and supporting causes related to food and nutrition security offers benefits of economic growth, improved health outcomes, and increased social stability, poverty reduction, agricultural research enhanced labour and school attendance, on top of mitigating food conflicts and social unrests that tend to arise in instances of disasters and famine and drought. Involving organizations to support this cause has a net positive effect on the community thus a clear and effective CSR intervention.
