Nepal, Jan. 15 -- A time could come in the future when you can take a food capsule a day to keep hunger away. But until such an invention arises, we have to keep cultivating and harvesting to eat-and eat healthy too. This means our farms have to remain productive, our farmers engaged and interested in farming, and our crops diverse and plentiful. But achieving that warrants a coordinated, innovative and institutional approach to ensure that no one is left behind when it comes to eating healthy food.

Nepal is one of the 193 United Nations member states that have committed to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. SDG 2 concerns ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and making agriculture sust...