"We hope this event will build on the momentum generated by President Barack Obama's increased commitment to nutrition and smallholder farmer productivity announced at the G8 last week.
This is why there must be strong and sustained political and financial commitment to nutrition, and the time for it is now".
The selection criteria for training opportunities in Boston included interest and involvement during the short course, educational background, commitment to nutrition and potential to transfer knowledge back to the parent institution.
Students were selected by a committee composed of Bangalore and Boston faculty based on the following criteria: professional training, commitment to nutrition, main area of research interest and academic potential.
The nutritional care, too is carried out in different ways e.g. variation in management of the kitchen, composition of menus, and the commitment to nutrition displayed by care staff and managements are all part of the larger picture.
The UNICEF-EU project is aligned with the Scaling up Nutrition or SUN Movement, a country-led, global initiative that aims at increasing the effectiveness of existing nutrition programmes by supporting national priorities, bringing together resources and fostering broad ownership and commitment to nutrition.
For too long, the District has taken for granted the kitchen's commitments to quality nutrition, sustainability and good wages.
UNICEF welcomed the formal Compact agreed by participants that highlighted commitments to make nutrition a top political and socio-economic priority for both donors and countries affected by undernutrition, capitalise on scientific knowledge and innovation to improve nutrition, and strengthen transparency and monitoring of results.
