An overview of Dutch Policy Objectives

1. FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
Brief outline of policy objectives
and their background

2. Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security
and improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture
The Dutch government is committed to achieving two
main goals formulated by the global community:

3. PEOPLE
2 billion undernourished
PROFIT
50-70% increase food production
PLANET
Food systems depend on nature
People, Profit, Planet is used to structure this e-course
and is an important pillar of the policy to stimulate FNS

4. 1. Eradicating existing hunger and
malnutrition
2. Promoting inclusive and sustainable
growth in the agricultural sector
3. Creating ecologically sustainable food
systems
In line with People, Profit, Planet, the following main
objectives for Dutch FNS policy have been formulated
in the letter to Parliament of November 2014:

5. Putting the two previous slides together, this results in the
following framework/policy objectives for FNS:
Global Challenge FNS
Currently 805 million with hunger
And 2 billion undernourished
Challenge of feeding
9 billion people in 2050
International Framework (Sustainable Development Goals, Zero Hunger Challenge)
zero stunting,
malnutrition
100% access
year round
double smallh.
productivity
sustainable
food systems
food losses,
agbiodiversity
Netherlands policy objectives (People, Profit, Planet)
Eradicate existing
hunger/malnutrition
Inclusive and sustainable
growth in agriculture
Ecologically sustainable
food systems worldwide

6. + ODA+ EmbasCentral
Central: 150
+ Embas.: 150
+ ODA: 300
Total: 600
Dutch development
cooperation budget for FNS
(yearly in millions of Euros)

7. The Dutch government has programs in four programs
areas that (directly or indirectly) contribute to
stimulating FNS
Food & nutrition security nexus
Food & Nutrition
Security
Food,
Water &
Energy
Climate Change
Agriculture &
Food
Agriculture
Nutrition &
Health
Gender,
WASH &
SRGR

8. Examples of programs
• Amsterdam Initiative against Malnutrition (AIM)
Local nutrition for young children (UNICEF)
• 2Scale: agri-inputs for smallholder chain development
(IFDC)
Trade Mark East Africa: regional market development
• Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (IFAD)
International Land Coalition and landscape approaches
Plus: local embassy programmes in partner countries

9. In the past few years, the Dutch government in its FNS
policies has been advocating cooperation between
different types of stakeholders through the so-called
‘Dutch Diamond approach’. More about this concept in
the next learning objective.