Role of small farm holdings in infant nutrition highlighted at UN forum

PRODUCING food to combat world hunger and under-nutrition among children was the focus of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation forum yesterday in Rome, Italy, as part of the UN’s World Food Day initiative.

Small farm holdings play a critical role in infant nutrition in developing countries, notably in the vital first 1,000 days of life, from pregnancy to second birthday.

This was the core message of a day-long seminar jointly hosted yesterday by Ireland and the US, highlight issues relating to child under-nutrition to the organisation’s Committee on World Food Safety.