Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Towards Impact at Scale – About D4N2025

DELIVERING FOR NUTRITION IN SOUTH ASIA: TOWARDS IMPACT AT SCALE – ABOUT D4N2025

ABOUT D4N2025
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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Towards Impact at Scale

December 2-4, 2025, Kathmandu, Nepal

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South Asia continues to face an enduring burden of malnutrition in all its forms—undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and a steady increase in overweight and obesity and non-communicable diseases. Over 1 billion people in South Asia cannot afford a healthy diet. While many promising solutions have emerged, translating them into sustained, large-scale impact remains a challenge.

Although there is a strong evidence base on effective interventions to improve nutrition outcomes, evidence of their implementation and scale‑up in real‑world settings remains inconsistent. Success depends not only on having proven solutions but also on systems, leadership, sustainable financing, and accountability mechanisms to support widespread delivery.

As the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development nears and as South Asia navigates the challenges of climate change, food system disruptions, and economic instability, the need for effective, scalable, and sustainable nutrition action has never been more urgent.

This year’s conference focuses on solutions to address nutrition challenges at scale. This conference will help South Asia move from commitment to coordinated delivery — from evidence to impact.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), together with CGIAR and a range of co-hosts from across the region and globe, will bring together experts, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, donors, and other stakeholders from diverse sectors to explore scalable nutrition-focused solutions and pathways to impact. The hybrid conference will take place from December 2-4, 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal and online.

Delivering for Nutrition 2025 will be the fifth regional conference on implementation research, and the eighth overall. Previous Delivering for Nutrition implementation research conferences were held in 2016, 2019 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Please read the concept note for more information.

Our Co-hosts

List of Co-Hosts:

  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Academy (Global)
  • Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Global)
  • CAFODAT College (Nepal)
  • CGIAR Program on Scaling for Impact (Global)
  • CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (Global)
  • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) (Global)
  • Helen Keller Intl (Nepal)
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) (Bangladesh)
  • Institute for Global Health and Development at Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
  • Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) (Nepal)
  • Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) (Sri Lanka)
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (Global)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Global)
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) (Global)
  • International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Global)
  • James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC (Bangladesh)
  • M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) (India)
  • National Institute of Nutrition (India)
  • North South University (Bangladesh)
  • Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement (Global)
  • South Asia Nutrition Knowledge Initiative (SANI), led by IFPRI (Regional)
  • South Asian Policy Leadership for Improved Nutrition and Growth (SAPLING) (Regional)
  • UN World Food Programme (WFP) (Nepal)
  • UN World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (Regional)
  • University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
  • Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
  • World Bank Group (Global)
  • WorldFish (Global)
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