GFPR DC Launch Event
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Strong advances against hunger and poverty
Hunger is decreasing…
…as is extreme poverty
Steady GDP growth2014
19%
11%
1990 2014
Advanced economies
LICs & MICs
4.4%
1.8%
700 million people
209 million people
36%
16%
1990 2010
Lowest staple food pricessince 2010
118
161
201
160
188
230
202
180
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
FAO Food Price Index
Food policy in 2014
Mixed results
PROGRESS VULNERABILITIES HOPE
Higher priority for nutrition
Greater understanding of role of WASH
New commitments on trade and climate
Increased attention to resilience
Focus on family farming
! Persistent conflicts
! Re-emerging zoonotic diseases (e.g. Ebola, Avian flu)
! Continued extreme weather shocks (e.g. Typhoon Hagupit)
! Rising food safety scandals
! Higher prices of nutritious foods
SDGs—refining goals
China-US climate deal—making real advances
Lima GHG accord—realizing more progress in Paris
Global Alliance for CSA—driving greener production
ICN2 sequel—sustaining action on nutrition
Compact2025—pushing knowledge frontier
Regional and national developments
• High food inflation; intense climatic risk
• New schemes of financial inclusion for the poor
• Reduced fuel subsidies
• Built strategic grain reserves
• Recommitted to CAADP (Malabo Declaration)
• Pledged to reduce child malnutrition by 2025 (5 more SUN countries)
• Renewed commitment to food security and food safety (Beijing Declaration)
• Reforms of agric. and social protection policies
• Remained food production powerhouse
• New South-South learning initiatives e.g. Brazil’s Zero Hunger
Africa
South Asia
MENA
LAC
East Asia
MICs should not be neglected
• Global economic powerhouses
• BUT home to nearly half of the world’s hungry
• Can help end hunger and malnutrition
• Within own countries
• In other countries via investments, trade and sharing experiences
Common features in MICs
Progress in reducing hunger and undernutrition, but
• Rising inequalities
• Urbanization and changing consumer preferences
• Lack of focus on nutrition, poor targeting in safety nets
Accelerating progress in MICs and beyond
• Reshape agriculture for nutrition and health
• Reduce inequalities, focus on gender and smallholders
• Improve rural infrastructure, esp. sanitation
• Expand effective social safety nets
• Facilitate south–south knowledge sharing
Toward inclusive and resilient food system
• Reshaping global development agenda
• Translating G7 commitments to action
• Advancing climate talks
• Tackling multiple burdens of malnutrition
• Dealing with wild cards—oil and food prices