The diagnostic study concluded that to understand nutrition vulnerability, we must adopt a more holistic systems approach, one that uses data from water and sanitation, health, protection, and food systems, as well as more consideration of conflict and social networks. This requires additional capacity and adapted analytical frameworks for analysis not currently found in the NIS ecosystem. To make this possible, we need a new architecture that facilitates data sharing and analysis, while bringing together multi-disciplinary expertise to better track nutrition vulnerabilities and the risk of famine.

The study resulted in a joint initiative co-led by UNICEF and WFP on Nutrition Vulnerabilities Assessment in Crisis (NuVAC). The main purpose of the NuVAC is in the long term to be a source of recognized consensual nutrition analysis and a mechanism to facilitate more coordinated anticipatory actions to prevent and respond to any deterioration of nutritional context.

During the period when N4D was facilitating the Taskforce,  there was a growing recognition of the multiple opportunities during the 2021 Nutrition Year of Action to mobilise ambitious commitments and the value of intensifying collaborative efforts in this regard. Constituencies increasingly shared information on their own activities and identified ways in which other constituencies might engage, support and amplify their efforts. The Taskforce provided an informal space where consituencies could share ideas and develop common views to inform discussions within the N4G Advisory Group, led by the Government of Japan, and thereby influence decisions and approaches in the planning of the N4G Summit.