Sustainable food and nutrition security, climate adaptation and natural resource management in targeted families of youth, women and refugees, including those with disabilities.

The current food systems are largely dependent on the mining of natural resources. Increasing production requires more land, which in turn leads to large-scale environmental and biodiversity degradation. More trees and wetlands must be destroyed to reclaim arable land. Yet with the rising level of urbanisation, changes in food habits are also leading to a rapid loss of traditional foods in favour of fast foods. A generation hardly able to grow and cook traditional foods is emerging, and with a high burden of otherwise preventable diseases. New trends of initially perceived urban diseases associated with excessive consumption of sugar, cooking oil, and GMO foods are slowly penetrating rural areas. AFARD will stir a cautious balance to bring back traditional foods on the table. Efforts will be made to identify climate-smart varieties, increase their production, engage elderly women to train young women and men and chefs in the food traditions. Efforts will be made to strengthen preventive health to reduce the high disease burden families face.