More than 27 billion dollars mobilized at the Nutrition for Growth 2025 Summit in Paris
Publié le 07/04/2025.
The Nutrition for Growth 2025 Summit in Paris brought together more than 127 delegations, including 106 governments, as well as numerous international organizations, civil society actors, development banks, philanthropic organizations, research institutions, and businesses.
In total, the international community’s financial commitments for nutrition reached an all-time high amount of $27.55 billion dollars.
Some 120 stakeholders have recorded more than 400 commitments on the Nutrition Accountability Framework platform.
The majority of commitments were made by States and civil society organizations.
The commitments made during the Summit have been published on the official Summit website. Accountability and the ability to track these commitments over the coming years will be crucial to ensure their impact.
The amount mobilized in Paris surpasses the record set at the previous N4G Summit in Tokyo in 2021, in a context of reduced international aid from major donor countries. Among them, the United States, the largest global donor of food aid, had pledged more than 11 billion dollars at the 2021 N4G Summit, but did not announce any new financial commitments at the 2025 edition.
The majority of commitments were made at the national level, although a significant portion are global, regional, or multi-country commitments.
Among the recorded commitments, 53 (13%) are financial and 350 (87%) are political. Among the political commitments:
- 23% focus on a conducive environment, meaning the creation of conditions favorable to improving nutrition (e.g., leadership and governance, research, monitoring, or data collection).
- 51% concern policies, strategies, programs, or interventions, in other words, the implementation of concrete actions (e.g., developing a multisectoral nutrition plan, treating cases of acute malnutrition, or increasing the proportion of healthy products in a company’s offering).
- 26% aim for direct impact, meaning the tangible improvement of nutritional outcomes in a population (e.g., reducing stunting in children under 5 years old or decreasing anemia among women of reproductive age).
Financial commitments
Development banks responded massively to the call, with :
- 5 billion dollars from the World Bank for the period 2025-2030
- 9.5 billion dollars from the African Development Bank for the period 2025-2030
The European Union and its Member States also showed a strong commitment, with a total of 6.5 billion euros, including :
- 3.4 billion euros from the European Commission for the period 2024-2027
While some long-standing donor countries in the fight against malnutrition (United States, United Kingdom, Canada) did not make financial commitments, others pledged :
- France, host of the Summit, pledged 750 million euros by 2030. These funds mainly concern projects supported by the French Development Agency and food aid programs from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
- Germany announced 870 million euros for the period 2022-2027.
- Ireland committed to providing 250 million euros per year between 2026 and 2029.
- Madagascar committed to allocating 5% of its national budget to nutrition.
- Nepal promised more than 1 billion dollars.
- El Salvador promised more than 500 million dollars.
Philanthropic organizations also played a crucial role, mobilizing more than 2 billion dollars :
- Gates Foundation : 750 million dollars over the next four years to improve access to nutrition for mothers and children and fortify staple foods.
- Bezos Family Foundation : 500 million dollars in donations for the Child Nutrition Fund hosted by UNICEF.
- Children’s Investment Fund Foundation : 400 million dollars by the end of 2028 for various nutrition interventions.
- Kirk Humanitarian : 125 million dollars last year to increase access to prenatal vitamins (multiple micronutrient supplementation – MMS)
- Rockefeller Foundation : 100 million dollars for school meals and food systems transformation.
- Eleanor Crook Foundation : up to 50 million dollars for prenatal vitamins (MMS).
- GiveWell : 50 million dollars for nutrition programs.
- Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) : 10 million dollars.
| Focus on France’s commitment to nutrition at the latest N4G Summit in Tokyo in 2021
Action Santé Mondiale conducted an analysis of the commitments made by France at the N4G Summit in Tokyo in 2021, targeting over 90 million euros per year.
Source: From Tokyo to Paris: France’s commitment against malnutrition, Action Santé Mondiale |
Political commitments
Some countries, including Madagascar, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, and Bangladesh, have made notable political commitments to address the burden of malnutrition in their countries.
France, at the national level, committed to strengthening education on sustainable diets, promoting the prevention and early detection of malnutrition, and improving the nutritional quality of the food supply. France also stated that nutrition and the monitoring of the N4G Paris Summit commitments would be on the agenda of the French presidency of the G7 in 2026.
Private sector commitments
Only companies that adhere to the N4G Summit engagement principles (see the engagement guide here) were allowed to participate and make commitments at the Summit. However, in order to facilitate a dialogue with the entire private sector, a parallel event entitled “Private Sector and Nutrition : A Shared Responsibility” was organized by the Paris Peace Forum, in collaboration with ATNi and GAIN on March 26 prior to the Summit.
This event notably launched the Paris Declaration on Business and Nutrition 2030, a roadmap for transforming food systems by 2030. The Declaration proposes targeted actions for each stakeholder.
In particular, it encourages businesses to redirect their investments and activities to reformulate the composition of their products to improve nutritional quality, or to avoid promoting unhealthy foods by adapting their marketing strategies. It also urges investors to integrate nutritional criteria into their investment strategies.
Beyond the private sector, this roadmap also seeks to mobilize governments, civil society, and international organizations to promote a healthier and more sustainable “nutrition economy.”
The roadmap also calls on non-profits and international organizations to develop frameworks for private sector engagement in nutrition, and to define their roles and responsibilities.
Governments are urged to redirect the subsidies they provide to businesses to encourage the production and consumption of more nutritious foods.
Youth Commitment
At the closing of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, children and young people from around the world presented their Call to Action, urging leaders to act on the malnutrition crisis. Representing thousands of young people who shared their challenges and solutions, they emphasized the need for urgent action and genuine youth engagement for sustainable change in the fight against malnutrition.
Joint Declaration from Civil Society Organizations
On the sidelines of the N4G Summit, civil society organizations from around the world gathered for two days at the Civil Society Pavilion to address urgent challenges in the nutrition landscape and to chart a common path forward. From these discussions, civil society united around a set of key recommendations, supported by over one hundred organizations that signed this declaration.
See the joint declaration signed by more than one hundred civil society organizations during the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris 2025.
Launch of a Coalition for Nutrition Integration
A global coalitionto fight malnutrition has been launched through a new Global Compact for Nutrition Integration. The goal of this initiative is to encourage signatories to integrate nutritional goals into their policies, programs, and investments across various sectors, and to collaborate to implement their commitments.
In a context of reduced budgets allocated to combating global inequalities, the N4G Summits serve as key moments to remobilize the international community in the fight against malnutrition. The host of the next Summit is not yet known at this time.
Reactions from Civil Society Organizations
At the conclusion of the Summit, several civil society organizations reacted to the commitments made, particularly those of France:
- Action Against Hunger praises the unprecedented political mobilization in favor of the fight against malnutrition but regrets that the financial commitments are not on par with the challenges.
- Global Health Action deplores the lack of commitments, particularly financial ones, from France at the N4G Summit and praises the leadership of the European Union during the N4G Summit, with an ambitious pledge of 3.4 billion euros for the 2024-2027 period.
- The Generation Nutrition network emphasizes the strong commitment of the European Union at the Summit. It reminds that clear timelines, transparent financing mechanisms, and an enhanced governance framework will be crucial to ensure that nutrition remains a priority for the EU.
