Overview
- César Acuña, the Alianza para el Progreso presidential candidate, answered a citizen’s debate question on malnutrition by saying that to end anemia there must be food.
- He outlined a simple chain that starts with water for farmers and leads to stronger agriculture, better diets, better health, and what he called zero anemia.
- He pledged investment and incentives for agriculture with priority on irrigation and water projects to raise food output for families with young children.
- He framed early childhood nutrition as the starting point for policy and said governing should focus on the long-term well-being of children.
- Coverage in La República and Diario Sin Fronteras highlighted the exchange, with the latter calling his phrasing a lapsus, while public health efforts in Peru usually pair food access with health care, supplements, and sanitation.