Dhaka, May 19 -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have jointly launched an initiative called "Mainstreaming Nutrition: Improving the Impact of IFAD Investments on the Nutritional Quality of Diets".

The initiative was launched on Sunday, highlighting the need to improve access to healthy diets in Bangladesh through stronger integration of nutrition into agriculture, food systems, markets and rural development programmes.

The launch also marked the beginning of a two-day co-creation workshop attended by representatives from government agencies, development partners, UN bodies, academia, civil society organisations, agribusinesses and the private sector.

The s...