Farm Africa at keynote London hunger summit

08 June 2013

Farm Africa's Chief Executive Nigel Harris is attending a high-level meeting in London today which will make ambitious new commitments aimed at tackling under-nutrition.

The meeting, Nutrition for Growth - Beating Hunger Through Business and Science, is being co-hosted by the governments of the UK and Brazil and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

According to the official website, the keynote event will "bring together business leaders, scientists, governments and civil society to make the ambitious financial and political commitments needed to reach millions more pregnant women and infants with the right nutrition at the right time, and reduce cases of stunting and deaths from severe acute malnutrition."

The event is being livestreamed. You can watch the meeting as it happens via the webcast.