End hunger and
undernutrition

A Compact to end hunger and
undernutrition by 2025
• What C2025 will do: Assist countries to refine and
implement their road maps for action toward ending
hunger and undernutrition by 2025
• How: By developing national and subnational
networks of researchers and policymakers who will
identify evidence and tool gaps
• Special focus: Enhance implementation at national
and subnational levels
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Multisectoral strategies are key
• Smallholder agriculture-led strategies (China and Vietnam)
• Help farming households produce and purchase more nutritious foods
• Social protection-led strategies (Brazil)
• Promote inclusive growth by building and protecting assets from shocks
• Integrated nutrition interventions (Thailand)
• Address immediate AND underlying causes of undernutrition via, e.g. improved breastfeeding
practices, AND biofortification
It is possible to accelerate progress
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• The global community has a higher priority on ending hunger and undernutrition
• Experiences of successful countries have shortened the learning curve for others
Other strategies show promise, e.g. sanitation (Bangladesh, Ethiopia) and women
empowerment (Bangladesh)

Approaches and activities
• Serving as knowledge and innovation hub
• Sharing experiences, challenges, and solutions within and across
countries
Sharing knowledge
• Using pilot projects to strengthen and scale-up effective strategies
• Promoting monitoring and evaluation systems
Supporting evidence-
based policies and
experiments
• Providing reliable data for evidence-based policymaking
• Collaborating to improve data collection and analytical capacity
Mobilizing a data
revolution
• Facilitating implementation of country policies and strategies
• Adapting successful policies to local contexts
Facilitating country-led
strategies and
investments
• Supporting and mobilizing established and new players
• Strengthening accountability mechanisms at country and global
level
Strengthening inclusive
participation and
enhanced accountability
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Compact2025 provides evidence-based support to end hunger
and undernutrition by 2025
National
initiatives led
by Ethiopia,
Rwanda,
Malawi,
Bangladesh,
and others
Regional
commitments
led by the
African Union
and others
International
initiatives led
by SUN, GAIN,
National
Information
Platforms for
Nutrition, and
others
Global goals
e.g. Zero
Hunger
Challenge,
SDG2
Supporting other initiatives
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I N N O VAT I O N L A B
Innovations in scaling up
Innovations in social marketing
S Y N T H E S I S
Nourishing Millions
Country case studies
C O M M U N I C AT I O N S
Portal, website, and media
Policy monitor and bulletin
D ATA , T R A C K I N G ,
A N D M O N I T O R I N G
Global Nutrition Report
Global Food Policy Report
Global Hunger Index
K N OW L E D G E &
I N N OVAT I O N
H U B
Knowledge and Innovation Hub
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Focal countries
• Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, & Rwanda are the first C2025 focal countries
• Proposed activities in each country with select milestones for 2016-2020
•Analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the country’s food security
and nutrition situation
•Convene roundtable meeting with key stakeholders to recommend policy actions
Setting
priorities
•Develop an innovation lab
•Conduct policy pilots and experiments
•Design monitoring mechanisms
Innovating
and learning
•Identify policies for scale-up and initiate new pilots
•Enhance Knowledge & Innovation Hub activities, e.g. capacity building & communications
Building on
success
•Undertake M&E of impacts of scale-ups
•Synthesize lessons learned for feedback into the global K&I Hub
•Share lessons and select further policies to scale up
Synthesizing
shareable
lessons
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Compact2025: Ending Hunger and Undernutrition
Governance structure
Identifies gaps, priorities, and evidence
required to advance food security and
nutrition
Provides guidance on most effective and
efficient strategies
Development practitioners, researchers, and
other experts from public and private sector
S E C R E TA R I AT
T E C H N I C A L A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L
L E A D E R S H I P C O U N C I L
Handles day-to-day business of
Compact2025
Hosted by IFPRI
Provides strategic direction and helps
shape and unify commitments to
address challenges
Champions, influential thinkers
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Catherine Bertini
Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Saulos Chilima Vice President, Republic of Malawi
Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
Hailemariam Desalegn Prime Minister, Ethiopia
Shenggen Fan Director General, IFPRI (ex officio)
Neven Mimica Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission (EC)
Anastase Murekezi Prime Minister, Republic of Rwanda
Kanayo Nwanze President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Lillianne Ploumen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Netherlands
Jaidev Shroff Chief Executive Officer, UPL Limited
Kathy Spahn President, Helen Keller International
M.S. Swaminathan Founder, Chairman and Chief Mentor, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission (AUC)
Leadership Council members
(November 2015)
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Compact2025: Ending Hunger and Undernutrition
Technical Advisory Committee members
(November 2015)
Catherine Bertini (co-chair)
Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse
University
Stuart Gillespie (co-chair) Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Lawrence Haddad (co-chair) Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Khalid Bomba CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Pedro Campo-Llopis
Policy Officer, Rural Development, Food Security, and Nutrition, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DG
DEVCO), European Commission
Mushtaque Chowdhury Vice-Chairperson, BRAC
Patrizia Fracassi Senior Nutrition Analyst and Policy Advisor, SUN Movement Secretariat
Sheryl Hendriks Director of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria
Isatou Jallow Senior Nutrition & Partnership Advisor and Head, NEPAD
Nabeeha Kazi President & CEO, Humanitas Global
Yves Martin-Prevel Research Officer, Institute of Research for Development (IRD)/NutriPass Joint Research Unit
David Pelletier Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University
Prabhu Pingali Professor and Director, Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative
Jennifer Requejo Senior Technical Officer, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, World Health Organization
Vijay Sardana Vice President and Head, Food Security and Agribusiness, UPL Limited
Octave Semwaga Director General of Strategic Planning & Programme Coordination, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
Fokko Wientjes Vice President, Corporate Sustainability & Public Private Partnerships, DSM
Yang Yuexin
President, Chinese Nutrition Society, and Director of the Department of Food and Nutrition Assessment, National Institute of
Nutrition and Food Safety for China Center for Disease Control

A world free of hunger and
undernutrition is within reach—
together, we will achieve it
For more information, contact
Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI), s.fan@cgiar.org
Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Chief of Staff and Head of 2020 Vision
Initiative, IFPRI, r.pandya-lorch@cgiar.org
Teunis van Rheenen Head of Partnerships and Business
Development, IFPRI, t.vanrheenen@cgiar.org