The document discusses several strategies for addressing food insecurity including: 1. Investing in real-time analysis of food and input prices to guide policy responses around exports, social protection, and assistance. 2. Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions such as using food reserves and reducing farm taxes. 3. Avoiding short-term policies that could worsen the situation and instead investing in sustainable and resilient food systems.

1. 1. Invest in real-time analyses: The monitoring of food and fertilizer input prices and
analysis of country-specific food security risks could guide policy responses aimed at
food exports, expanding social protection and food assistance​.
2. Monitor effectiveness of interventions: A range of options are mooted including the
internationally coordinated use of existing food reserves and reduced taxes on farming
Trade-offs!
3. Prevent policies that could worsen the situation: Governments should avoid short-term
responses that hinder progress towards sustainable and resilient food systems.
4. Invest in climate-friendly agricultural research and evidence-based innovation to build
long term resilience to shocks.
5. Identify and scale technologies: Examples given include satellite and remote-sensing
imagery and data for farmers that can help to boost productivity.
6. Provide evidence for optimal policies by showing the impact on food security, poverty,
diets, and gender equality of previous interventions.
Proposed One CGIAR Response

2.  Support countries with latest technologies into farmers fields
& improved digital agronomy leading to 20- 30 % increase in
food production
 Diversification agenda - lintel; chickpea; barely
 Promote Inter-Regional & Inter-African Trade
 Promote strategic grain reserves & storage facilities
 Cassava bread Nigeria example
 Native cereal mix varieties to make bread
 Wheat substitutes - barley/wheat flower mix bread
Further measures for Egypt

3. National consultation workshop
Lead: MoSIT, MoA with technical support from
ICARDA
Contributors: Key stakeholders
Actions:
Stakeholder mapping
Barrier analysis
Detailed study of potential for wheat-barley
composite flour in Egypt
Lead: e.g. MoSIT, MoA, NRC, ARC with technical
support from ICARDA
Contributors: Key stakeholders
Actions:
Technical, financial and socio-economic
feasibility assessed
National program to introduce barley in
composite flour for baladi bread
Lead: e.g. MoSIT, MoA
Contributors: Key stakeholders
Actions:
Development and expansion of barley
production and value chain
Address consumer preferences and demand
Enabling environment (capacities, services,
policies and food subsidy schemes)
National program
and financing
plan defined
30 %
Reducing
cereal yield
gap
Potential outcome Impact
Enhanced Food
security
GDP Nutrition
Sustainability
Step 3
Step 2
Step 1
Wheat/Barley flour Mix - Balady Bread