Rethinking the global food system The role of policy innovations by Shenggen Fan
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Shenggen Fan, September 2014
Rethinking the global food systemThe role of policy innovations
Shenggen FanDirector General | International Food Policy Research Institute
IFPRI-IRRI Policy SeminarSeptember 26, 2014 | Washington, DC
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Outline
A rethinking of the global food system is needed to address emerging challenges
Policy innovations can be game changers
How IFPRI’s strategic research contributes to CGIAR goals and upcoming SDGs
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Rethinking the global food system
OLD Food insecurity is mainly a supply
problem
Agricultural intensification with more output
Small(holder) is always beautiful
Self-sufficiency is beneficial
Food systems are safe
Global governance food system dominated by North and UN
NEW Accessibility issues are major
problems
Sustainable intensification with more nutrition
Context specificity matters
Open, transparent, and fair global trade provides more gains
Safety of food systems is increasingly at risk
New players now play a bigger role
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Policy innovations can be game changers
Asian Green Revolution Promoted enabling and sustained policies and investments–
infrastructure, market, finance, extension, and input systems
Vietnam’s Doi Moi reforms Implemented land tenure and agric. market reforms (among others),
transforming Vietnam from rice importer to 2nd largest exporter
Thailand’s food security and nutrition policy Launched agricultural and social protection policies with nutrition
interventions to nearly end hunger and child stunting
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Food policy research
Provides enabling environment for technology adoption and use, for example
Offers guidance on avoiding or reforming counter-productive policies
AND contributes to food security and nutrition via
• Better allocation of resources
• Improving governance, institutions, markets, and trade
Food policy research has broad impacts
Policy research is crucial
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Provided early warning about 2007-08 global food price crisis
Contributed to a broader understanding of crisis and policy responses
• Produced 30 publications and disseminated findings through high-level presentations and briefings
• 7 of 8 proposed urgent actions were adopted as policy recommendations in the Comprehensive Framework for Action by the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis
• 2008 G8 Summit report, Double Jeopardy: Responding to High Food and Fuel Prices, drew on IFPRI research to justify revision of biofuel policies
Informing food security policy
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Shaping public investment priorities
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators• Instrumental in helping policymakers understand levels of investment and
human capacity and where to intervene
• Creates a unique international public good
• 2012 G8 Accountability Report and G20 Interagency Report have been very important in calling for sustainable support for ASTI
Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED)• Contributes to transparency in public spending
• Provides the most comprehensive and publicly-available public expenditure information for 147 countries and several sectors
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Supporting country-led strategies
NIGERIASUPPORTING
AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS
GHANAPROMOTING INNOVATIONS
IN VALUE CHAINS
ETHIOPIASUPPORTING
AGRICULTURE-LED INDUSTRIALIZATION
STRATEGY
BANGLADESHSTRENGTHENING EVIDENCE-
BASED SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY AND HUNGER
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IFPRI’s strategic research supports CGIAR goals
• Less rural poverty• Better food security
• Better nutrition and health• Sustainably managed resources
CGIAR goals
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CGIAR goals contribute to upcoming SDGs
Improving health,
nutrition & food security
Reducing rural
poverty
Sustainable natural
resource management
1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 12, 17
1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 17
5, 6, 12, 13, 16, 17
1. End poverty2. End hunger3. Ensure healthy lives4. Ensure education 5. Achieve gender equality6. Ensure availability of water and sanitation7. Ensure access to energy8. Promote economic growth and work for all9. Build resilient infrastructure10. Reduce inequality within and among countries11. Make cities safe and sustainable12. Ensure sustainable consumption and
production
13. Take action to combat climate change14. Conserve oceans and marine life15. Protect and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems16. Promote peaceful, inclusive societies for
sustainable development17. Strengthen global partnerships
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Ensuring sustainable food production—nexus approach to link water, energy and food together
Promoting healthy food systems—experiments and evaluation of value chains for nutrition
Improving markets and trade—not just output markets, new research focusing on input markets: land, water, finance, labor
Transforming agriculture—leveraging the role of medium-size farms?
Building resilience—using a system approach to link short-term relief to long-term development?
Institutions and governance —new institutions and implications of new technologies on institutions
Gender—big push on gender-disaggregated data
IFPRI’s strategic research Pushing the frontiers of knowledge
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A call to rethink the global food system cannot be ignored
Policy innovations will be key to create a healthy and sustainable food system for all
The CGIAR (incl. IFPRI) has a critical role to play in achieving this goal in the post-2015 agenda
We must all work together to support country-led strategies
In conclusion