A green thumb, especially among the young, can be a powerful tool to improve nutrition, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today cast a spotlight on its TeleFood initiative supporting school garden projects in more than 40 countries.
With millions of young children around the world underfed, underweight and more vulnerable to fatal diseases, the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) has opened a review of ways to strengthen nutrition as a key element of national development plans and UN programmes.
