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AgricultureDevelopment and FoodSecurityPresentation of the Secretary-General’sReport to the 64th General AssemblyA/64/221 available at:http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/resources/res docugaecos 64.shtml
2008: Shocks to the World EconomyEnergy price volatilityFuel crisisRapid escalation of foodand commodity pricesFood crisisFinancial crisisGlobal economicrecession
Food and Commodity Prices 2000-2009Source: Farm Foundation (2009), What’s Driving Food Prices, Issue Report, March 2009 update; availableat www.farmfoundation.orgNote: Commodity prices and indices are normalized to equal 1.0, on average, for 2002.
Global Food Production System:Key Problems Widespread hunger and malnutritionPrice volatilityWidening gap between supply and demandCompetition for land and water resourcesClimate changeFailure to scale upGreen revolution
Source: World Food Programme, http://un-foodsecurity.org/countries
Responsesto the Food CrisisActions at the Global, Regional, and National Levels
ActionsTaken attheGlobalLevelUN High-levelTask Force on theGlobal FoodSecurity Crisis(HLTF)Established April2008Source: HLTF Comprehensive Framework for Action, July 2008.
High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security CrisisChair: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-GeneralVice-Chair: Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)International Labour Organization (ILO)International Monetary Fund (IMF)Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA)United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries LandlockedDeveloping Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)World Bank (WB)World Food Programme (WFP)World Health Organization (WHO)World Trade Organization (WTO)Coordinator: Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General
Actions Taken at the Global Level 2008 FAO High-level Conference on World Food Security:the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy estimated the total amount needed for achieving agricultural developmentand food security to be around USD 30 billion annually. donor countries and financial organizations announced significant additionalfinancial support totaling more than 12 billion. High-level Meeting on Food Security, Madrid, January 2009 additional pledges materialized, and Spain has since disbursed its firstcommitment of 1 billion for 17 West African countries. Group of Eight meeting, L’Aquila, Italy, July 2009 Italy agreed to commit more than 20 billion to agriculture over the next threeyears as part of the food security initiative. FAO Council World Summit on Food Security, November 2009Source: Outline of Progress Against the July 2008 CFA, HLTF, www.un-foodsecurity.org.
Actions Taken at the Global Level17th session of the Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentMay 2009National Actions: Sustainable development strategy Sustainable green revolution Social strategyAreas of International Cooperation: Financing: meet agreed ODA commitments Enhanced access to international markets, including through tradepolicy and assurance of price stability (Doha Round) Cooperation in research and development Enhancing policy coherence
Regional Initiatives and ActionsASEAN Integrated Food Security FrameworkAugust 2008CAADPCommission on Family FarmingMERCOSURInvesting in Agriculturefor Economic Growth and Food SecurityAfrican Union July 2009Colombo Declaration on Food Security
Actions Taken at the National LevelPolicyactions toaddresshigh foodpricesPolicyactions toaddresshigh foodprices byregionSource: High-levelConference On World FoodSecurity: The Challenges OfClimate Change AndBioenergyRome, 3 - 5 June 2008Soaring Food Prices: Facts,Perspectives, Impacts AndActions /
Actions Taken at the National LevelCountries Targeted by the UN High-level Task Force* These 35 countries are targeted for intensive coordinated action*Afghanistan*Bangladesh*Benin*Bhutan*Burkino FasoBolivia*BurundiCameroon*CAR*CambodiaCote d’IvoireComoros*DjiboutiDominican ala*Guinea*Guinea nN *Niger*PakistanPhilippines*RwandaSao TomeSenegalSource: Outline of Progress Against the July 2008 CFA, HLTF, www.un-foodsecurity.org.*Sierra LeoneSomaliaSri oUgandaUzbekistanWest Bank Gaza Strip*YemenZambia*Zimbabwe
Concluding Remarks Implement agreed Decisionsand outcomes of relevant international conferences Focus on long-term considerations Also implement short-term measures
UN DESADivision for SustainableDevelopmentMuhammad Chaudhrychaudhry@un.orgTonya Vaturivaturi@un.org
High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis Chair: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General Vice-Chair: Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Food Insecurity in Early Childhood New Policy Series on Food Security Food insecurity and hunger are related but not synonymous.1 The concept of "food security" is used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to measure a household's social and economic ability to access adequate food. The most common cause of food insecurity is
Types of food environments Community food environment Geographic food access, which refers to the location and accessibility of food outlets Consumer food environment Food availability, food affordability, food quality, and other aspects influencing food choices in retail outlets Organizational food environment Access to food in settings
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Food Fraud and "Economically Motivated Adulteration" of Food and Food Ingredients Congressional Research Service 1 Background Food fraud, or the act of defrauding buyers of food and food ingredients for economic gain— whether they be consumers or food manufacturers, retailers, and importers—has vexed the food industry throughout history.
by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Facilitated by DAL's Food Security Branch a policy development team was assembled in September 2014. The team included expertise in food policy, food production, nutrition and gender issues. The team was guided by a Food Security Policy Advisory Group.
the World Agrometeorological Information Service1 and NMHS websites. Case studies have been provided by WMO, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Global Environment Facility, the World Bank and the World Food Programme.
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