At the International Conference on Food and Nutrition held recently in Beijing in China, I argued that in order to achieve better health and nutrition, the agenda for nutrition security needs to build on the linkages that exist between agriculture, health, and nutrition. In particular I proposed that a new agenda for nutrition security should build on the following four action principles:

1. fill the knowledge gaps;
2. do no harm;
3. seek out and scale up innovative solutions; and
4. create an environment in which cooperation can thrive.

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