In many countries, in both the global North and South, malnutrition and obesity frequently co-exist in the same people. Without addressing all of these, South Africa will be unable to address the double burden of malnutrition and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). They have focused on increasing production, whether through urban agriculture or support to small-scale farmers in rural areas. These enable small-scale farmers to sell directly to consumers, cutting out the middleman and thereby raising incomes;public procurement from small-scale farmers, especially those using agroecological production methods;school lunches and school gardens. When the policies and programmes developed in Belo Horizonte were rolled out nationally, Brazil experienced a notable decline in hunger.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 18, 2019 13:52 UTC