MIMAROPA stakeholders eye upgraded nutrition quality
The highlight of the forum was the presentation of the recent results of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey , food technologies ready for transfer and commercialization, and the technology transfer and commercialization procedures.
However, to meet the 2022 PPAN target of 21.4 percent reduction in stunting and the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target of zero malnutrition, a 2.2 and 2.5 percentage point decrease, respectively, in stunting per year have to be achieved. Participants in the forum included regional, provincial, city and municipal nutrition officers as well the BNS and BHWs in MIMAROPA region.
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