Presentation given by Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN & Chair, Action Track 1, UN FSS, as part of the UN Pre-Summit on Food Systems, affiliated session "Towards a Zero Hunger, Nourish the Future Pledge For the Private Sector."

1. "Zero Hunger, Nourish
the Future" Pledge
for the Private Sector

2. Voluntary
commitments
Stakeholders to make commitments that contribute to the 10 Ceres2030/ZEF/FAO investment targets needed to substantially
accelerate progress towards SGD2: Zero Hunger.
In addition, governments reiterate their commitment improve governance to prevent hunger.
More resources & more efficient use of
resources for ending hunger
• Zero Hunger Fund/National Hunger Bonds
• Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
• SME financing (AT1 and 4)
• GAFSP
Promoting peace, preventing acute hunger
• Commit to RTF (HR Lever)
• Wasting Reset (AT1)
• Preventing & Managing Humanitarian crises
(AT5)
Investing in Food
Producers
• Climate-resilient
agriculture (AT1, AT5)
• Investment in
extension services
(AT1, AT4)
• Investments in
sustainable agricultural
interventions that are
economically viable
(AT1, AT3)
Solution Clusters
from UNFSS
Examples, evidence
and thinking on what
can be done to
achieve overall goal
Aligned with
Ceres2030/ZEF/
FAO evidence
Empower the Excluded
• Farmer's organizations
(AT4)
• Women’s leadership in
food system (Gender
lever)
• Vocational
training/youth
empowerment (AT1,
AT4)
• Social protection
programs (AT1, AT4)
Food on the
Move
• Reduce post-
harvest losses
(AT1/AT2)
• Support SMEs
in the value
chain
(AT1/finance
lever/AfDB)
Member states (TBC) Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Canada, Cameroon,
China, DRC, Ethiopia, Germany,
Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland,
Madagascar, Malaysia, The
Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa,
USA, Zambia..
Coalition
Potential
Members
Private Sector:
20 companies for
pre-Summit, 50+
for Summit
Civil society & research (TBC)
Action Against Hunger, Alliance
Bioversity-CIAT, Alliance to End Hunger,
Asian Farmer Association, BRAC,
Concern, ENN, FOLU, GAIN, Grow Africa,
Grow Asia, IFPRI, IISD, IRC, One Acre,
PAFO, Save the Children UK, SDG2-Hub,
WBA, ZEF…
Multilateral
organisations and
Foundations (TBC) ,
AfDB, BMGF, CIFF, FAO,
IFAD, Kofi Annan
Foundation, UNICEF,
UNITLIFE, WFP…
Zero Hunger by 2030, consistent with Paris Climate Accords
and Decent Livelihood Generation
Goal

3. GOAL
A pledge by companies
and investment funds to
align their investments to
10 high-impact areas to
achieve zero hunger by
2030.
TARGET
> $1 billion per year till
2030

4. Why will
it work?
• The evidence for the 10 high impact investments needed are laid out in: Ceres2030
(2020), ZEF-FAO-IISD-IFPRI-Cornell (2020), SOFI (2020), and PARI (2020).
• An additional USD33 billion per year invested in 10 high-impact interventions is
needed to end hunger, double the incomes of 545 million food producers and their
families on average, and limit greenhouse gas emissions for agriculture to the
commitments made in the Paris climate agreement.

5. What are the 10 high-impact investment areas?
Types of investment needed Example of aligned company investment
1. Enabling participation in farmer organisations Contract with farmers organisations
2. Vocational programs for rural youth offering integrated
training in multiple skills
Establish programs for young or female farmers that train them on a wide
range of skills
3. Scaling up social protection programmes Encourage innovative contract farming that provides multiple services to
farmers, and enables them to provide affordable nutritious food to social
protection public procurement
4. Extension services, especially for women, to accompany
R&D spending
Support female farmer leadership programs within their value chains
5. Agricultural interventions to support sustainable practices
that are economically viable for farmers
Provide support to small producers to develop stronger business models
for regenerative farming
6. Supporting adoption of climate resilient crops Provide access to climate resilient crops at lower prices through public-
private partnerships
7. Scaling up farm level interventions in water scarce regions Support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovation services to
supply clean irrigation
8. Improving quality and quantity of livestock feed for small
and medium scale commercial farms
Support responsible sourcing and testing of livestock feed
9. Reducing post-harvest loss by focusing beyond cereals to
fruits and vegetables, and other parts of the value chain
Provide a package of technologies and services such as: multi-use,
circular, aggregation cool storage units that can be purchased by farmers
organisations/communities; improved access to testing facilities for safety
and quality (e.g. aflatoxin); transparent contracts and price premiums for
quality produce
10. Infrastructure, regulations, technical assistance and
services to support SMEs in the value chain
Provide innovation support to SMEs in the value chain and workforce
nutrition programmes
Empower the
excluded
On the farm
Food on the
move

6. Where are the priority countries?
Source: Ceres2030

7. Announced at UN FSS pre-Summit with 20+ companies.
Supported by FAO, GAIN, Grow Africa, Grow Asia, IISD, WBA,
WBCSD, WEF & WFP.
Launched at the UN FSS with 100+ companies at special event.
Secretariat established and pledge implemented globally.
How will the pledge work?
26 July 2021
September 2021
October 2021
onwards
Annual Annual or biennial Pledging & Reporting Conference. WBA
reporting & accountability.

8. Who’s on board?