Presentación de Deep Ford, Coordinador Regional para el Caribe de la FAO en el marco de la XXXIV Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe #LARC34
The document outlines the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000 to be achieved by 2015. The goals address issues such as eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Each goal contains specific targets and indicators to measure progress made toward the goals.
The document outlines the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed upon by all United Nations member states and major development organizations. The goals aim to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, environmental sustainability, and global partnerships by the target date of 2015. Each goal contains specific targets to measure progress made on that issue, such as halving the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day and the under-five mortality rate. The full achievement of these ambitious but feasible targets would significantly improve life for billions of people.
Aideen,caitlin and eilise millenium development goalsEilise123
This document discusses Millennium Development Goal 8, which aims to develop a global partnership for development. It outlines several targets for Goal 8, including addressing the needs of least developed countries and dealing with developing country debt. It also discusses efforts to provide access to essential medicines in developing nations through cooperation with pharmaceutical companies and increasing aid levels and trade access for developing countries. However, it notes that many developing countries still face debt burdens and require further debt relief to fund development goals.
The Millennium Development Goals ReportAndy Dabydeen
This document summarizes the progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals across different regions of the world based on data collected by UN agencies and experts. It finds that while progress has been made in some areas like reducing extreme poverty, increasing primary education, and reducing child mortality, greater efforts are still needed to achieve many of the targets by the 2015 deadline. Challenges include rising food prices, the global economic slowdown, and climate change that threaten to reverse some of the gains made. Continued coordinated global action will be required to achieve the overall goal of ending poverty and deprivation.
The document discusses the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Philippines. It provides details on the status and challenges in goals related to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. While some goals have seen improvements, such as reductions in poverty, child mortality and malaria, other goals like improving maternal health and achieving universal primary education face significant challenges and may not be fully achieved by 2015.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000 to improve human development by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and related targets and indicators to measure progress in reducing poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, and gender inequality. While some progress was made, many targets are unlikely to be met given uneven progress across regions, with sub-Saharan Africa in particular continuing to face many challenges in improving health, education, and development standards.
The document outlines the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000 to be achieved by 2015. The goals address issues such as eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Each goal contains specific targets and indicators to measure progress made toward the goals.
The document outlines the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed upon by all United Nations member states and major development organizations. The goals aim to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, environmental sustainability, and global partnerships by the target date of 2015. Each goal contains specific targets to measure progress made on that issue, such as halving the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day and the under-five mortality rate. The full achievement of these ambitious but feasible targets would significantly improve life for billions of people.
Aideen,caitlin and eilise millenium development goalsEilise123
This document discusses Millennium Development Goal 8, which aims to develop a global partnership for development. It outlines several targets for Goal 8, including addressing the needs of least developed countries and dealing with developing country debt. It also discusses efforts to provide access to essential medicines in developing nations through cooperation with pharmaceutical companies and increasing aid levels and trade access for developing countries. However, it notes that many developing countries still face debt burdens and require further debt relief to fund development goals.
The Millennium Development Goals ReportAndy Dabydeen
This document summarizes the progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals across different regions of the world based on data collected by UN agencies and experts. It finds that while progress has been made in some areas like reducing extreme poverty, increasing primary education, and reducing child mortality, greater efforts are still needed to achieve many of the targets by the 2015 deadline. Challenges include rising food prices, the global economic slowdown, and climate change that threaten to reverse some of the gains made. Continued coordinated global action will be required to achieve the overall goal of ending poverty and deprivation.
The document discusses the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Philippines. It provides details on the status and challenges in goals related to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. While some goals have seen improvements, such as reductions in poverty, child mortality and malaria, other goals like improving maternal health and achieving universal primary education face significant challenges and may not be fully achieved by 2015.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000 to improve human development by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and related targets and indicators to measure progress in reducing poverty, hunger, disease, lack of education, and gender inequality. While some progress was made, many targets are unlikely to be met given uneven progress across regions, with sub-Saharan Africa in particular continuing to face many challenges in improving health, education, and development standards.
2013
An overview of the current process and its implications for UNESCO. Slides from one of the presentations at the General Conference this year during the first two weeks of November when over 190 countries send their delegates to address the business of UNESCO – educational, scientific and cultural.
2013 Global Hunger Index Launch -- The Callenge of Hunger "Building Resilience to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security" published by International Food Policy Research Insititute, Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
1) The document summarizes the acute food and nutrition insecurity situation in the Sahel and West Africa region based on analysis from 15 countries.
2) It finds that from October-December 2020, over 16.7 million people were estimated to be in Crisis or Emergency (Phase 3-5) situations, increasing to over 23.6 million from June-August 2021.
3) The key drivers of food insecurity included the impacts of COVID-19, conflict and insecurity (especially in the Lake Chad Basin and Liptako Gourma zones), and economic factors like high food prices.
Présentation par la FAO, Séance thématique sur les approches territoriales et innonvantes de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, 33e réunion annuelle du Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires (RPCA), Cotonou, Bénin, 4-6 décembre 2017
Extreme poverty remains a challenge in Bangladesh despite reductions in overall poverty. The extreme poor have eroded assets, malnutrition, health issues, and exclusion from services. Standard poverty reduction strategies do not work for them due to assumptions about capacity and opportunities that do not apply. A new approach is needed that combines subsistence support, safety nets, health care, education to break intergenerational poverty cycles. Social protection including unconditional transfers is imperative for the most vulnerable. A pro-poor political settlement is needed to fund prevention, protection and promotion through expanded taxation.
Launch of Global Food Policy Report 2014-2015IFPRI Africa
The document provides an overview of the global food policy report for Africa. It notes that GDP growth in Africa has been over 5% but under 4% for agricultural GDP growth. Poverty and child malnutrition rates have also increased slightly. Agriculture production growth increased significantly from -1.34% to 7.7% and the agriculture share of GDP rose from 3.1% to 3.7%, showing some major progress. However, challenges remain such as structural imbalances, conflicts like Ebola, and global economic issues. The report discusses strategies for Africa like boosting intra-African trade and climate-smart agriculture to sustain momentum in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition.
This document provides options for businesses to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Philippines. It contains information on strategic programs identified by MDG clusters to help achieve the targets. The programs address areas like poverty reduction, education, health, and environment sustainability. They include details on costs, targets, partners and a directory of implementing organizations. The publication aims to offer choices for businesses to align their corporate social responsibility initiatives with the MDGs through core business, social investment, and policy advocacy.
The 2012 Global Hunger Index document summarizes key findings about global hunger levels based on a composite index measuring undernourishment, child underweight rates, and child mortality. It finds that while global hunger has decreased by 26% since 1990, it remains serious in many developing nations. Twenty countries have alarming or extremely alarming hunger levels, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The report identifies policies to promote sustainable food security through responsible governance of land, water and energy resources.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. The goals aimed to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, health, environmental sustainability and global partnerships by 2015. Each goal is broken down into specific targets to be measured by indicators like poverty rates, education enrollment, access to clean water and technology infrastructure. The document provides details on the targets and indicators for each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
This document outlines the goals, targets, and indicators for tracking progress on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It includes goals and targets related to eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Progress is measured using specific indicators for each target.
The 2015 Global Hunger Index document reports that while tremendous progress has been made in reducing global hunger since 2000, severe hunger remains in many parts of the world, particularly countries affected by conflict. It finds that the level of hunger in developing countries has fallen by 27% since 2000 according to GHI scores, with 17 countries reducing scores by over 50%, yet 8 countries still have "alarming" hunger levels. It also notes that hunger levels in some of the poorest, conflict-affected countries cannot be fully assessed due to lack of data. Armed conflict is strongly associated with severe hunger, though hunger can also persist in peaceful countries. Further efforts are needed to reduce conflict and poverty to end hunger.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000:
1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by reducing poverty and hunger rates by half.
2) Achieve universal primary education by ensuring all boys and girls complete primary school.
3) Promote gender equality and empower women through increasing literacy rates and education levels for women and girls.
4) Reduce child mortality by reducing death rates of children under five from preventable causes like diarrhea, malaria, and pneumonia.
5) Improve maternal health by reducing maternal mortality rates and ensuring access to medical care and services during pregnancy and childbirth.
6) Combat HIV/AIDS,
1 eradicate extreme poverty and hungerbipeuroscola
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. It notes that while poverty rates have been halved between 1990 and 2010, 162 million young children still suffer from chronic undernutrition. It also outlines some of the ongoing problems, such as one in five people in developing regions living on less than $1.25 per day and one in four children under age five having inadequate height. The objectives discussed include advocating for children's well-being, improving access to water and sanitation, supporting nutrition, educating girls, and building primary healthcare capacities.
Food and Nutrition Security in Small Island Developing StatesFAO
The document summarizes food and nutrition security challenges in small island developing states (SIDS) and FAO's response programs. It finds that many SIDS have high levels of undernourishment, poverty, and non-communicable diseases associated with diets. Natural disasters also negatively impact their economies and food security. FAO is working with SIDS on issues of food/nutrition strategies, poverty reduction, agriculture revitalization, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk management. Its goal is to support national efforts and strengthen partnerships to improve food security in SIDS.
Presentación realizada en el "Diálogo regional en hambre, inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en el Caribe: Desafíos en derecho a la alimentación y gobernanza", evento que se llevó a cabo en Antigua y Barbuda el 1 y 2 de agosto de 2013.
This document provides an overview of progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It highlights that lives have been improved through reductions in poverty, disease, and mortality. Key accomplishments include reducing malaria deaths by 20% worldwide, increasing access to HIV treatment by over 1.2 million people, successfully treating 41 million tuberculosis patients, and increasing access to clean drinking water for over 1.8 billion people globally. While progress has been made, more work is still needed to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The document provides an overview of FAO's appeals and funding requirements for humanitarian assistance in 20 countries and regions in 2015. It summarizes FAO's response and funding status for each appeal as of mid-2015, highlighting priority interventions and funding gaps. The total funding requirement across all appeals is USD 754 million, of which only USD 154 million (20%) has been received to date. The document appeals for further support to help FAO assist vulnerable farmers and rural communities affected by conflict and natural disasters.
The document is the 2014 Global Hunger Index report which analyzes hunger levels around the world. It finds that the global hunger level has declined 39% since 1990 but remains serious. It also reports that Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia have the highest hunger levels. The report calls for making elimination of hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies a priority and for integrated, multi-sectoral approaches and increased accountability to further reduce world hunger.
The Global Hunger Index is a statistical tool used to describe and measure hunger in countries. It is calculated based on three indicators: the proportion of undernourished people, the prevalence of underweight children, and the mortality rate of children under five. Countries are ranked from low to extremely alarming levels of hunger based on their GHI scores. The 2009 GHI found that progress in reducing global hunger remains slow, with over 1 billion hungry people worldwide, most living in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Key factors that affect the GHI include risks faced by rural farmers, children, women, and gender inequality.
This year’s report looks at the impact of rapid urban growth on food security and nutrition, and considers how food systems can be reshaped to benefit both urban and rural populations.
1. The document discusses challenges facing the global food system such as drought, volatile food prices, and conflict, as well as opportunities for economic transformation in Africa through agricultural growth.
2. It emphasizes the need to focus on smallholder farmers in Africa, link agricultural growth to improved nutrition and health, and build resilience against shocks.
3. The outlook calls for building resilience of food systems and the poor, advancing integrated approaches to agriculture, nutrition, and related sectors, and fulfilling commitments to end hunger by 2025 through country-led processes.
2010 CT Food System Alliance Welcome & Summarywholesomewave
This document summarizes an event for the CT Food System Alliance Summit. It provides an overview of the planning committee and sponsors, which include various non-profit organizations and government agencies. It then discusses the goals and objectives of bringing together experts and change agents to discuss barriers and strategies to improve Connecticut's local food system. Several statistics are presented about the current state of agriculture and food insecurity in Connecticut. The summit aims to celebrate successes, generate ideas, and engage stakeholders in sustaining a food system alliance going forward.
2013
An overview of the current process and its implications for UNESCO. Slides from one of the presentations at the General Conference this year during the first two weeks of November when over 190 countries send their delegates to address the business of UNESCO – educational, scientific and cultural.
2013 Global Hunger Index Launch -- The Callenge of Hunger "Building Resilience to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security" published by International Food Policy Research Insititute, Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
1) The document summarizes the acute food and nutrition insecurity situation in the Sahel and West Africa region based on analysis from 15 countries.
2) It finds that from October-December 2020, over 16.7 million people were estimated to be in Crisis or Emergency (Phase 3-5) situations, increasing to over 23.6 million from June-August 2021.
3) The key drivers of food insecurity included the impacts of COVID-19, conflict and insecurity (especially in the Lake Chad Basin and Liptako Gourma zones), and economic factors like high food prices.
Présentation par la FAO, Séance thématique sur les approches territoriales et innonvantes de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, 33e réunion annuelle du Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires (RPCA), Cotonou, Bénin, 4-6 décembre 2017
Extreme poverty remains a challenge in Bangladesh despite reductions in overall poverty. The extreme poor have eroded assets, malnutrition, health issues, and exclusion from services. Standard poverty reduction strategies do not work for them due to assumptions about capacity and opportunities that do not apply. A new approach is needed that combines subsistence support, safety nets, health care, education to break intergenerational poverty cycles. Social protection including unconditional transfers is imperative for the most vulnerable. A pro-poor political settlement is needed to fund prevention, protection and promotion through expanded taxation.
Launch of Global Food Policy Report 2014-2015IFPRI Africa
The document provides an overview of the global food policy report for Africa. It notes that GDP growth in Africa has been over 5% but under 4% for agricultural GDP growth. Poverty and child malnutrition rates have also increased slightly. Agriculture production growth increased significantly from -1.34% to 7.7% and the agriculture share of GDP rose from 3.1% to 3.7%, showing some major progress. However, challenges remain such as structural imbalances, conflicts like Ebola, and global economic issues. The report discusses strategies for Africa like boosting intra-African trade and climate-smart agriculture to sustain momentum in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition.
This document provides options for businesses to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Philippines. It contains information on strategic programs identified by MDG clusters to help achieve the targets. The programs address areas like poverty reduction, education, health, and environment sustainability. They include details on costs, targets, partners and a directory of implementing organizations. The publication aims to offer choices for businesses to align their corporate social responsibility initiatives with the MDGs through core business, social investment, and policy advocacy.
The 2012 Global Hunger Index document summarizes key findings about global hunger levels based on a composite index measuring undernourishment, child underweight rates, and child mortality. It finds that while global hunger has decreased by 26% since 1990, it remains serious in many developing nations. Twenty countries have alarming or extremely alarming hunger levels, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The report identifies policies to promote sustainable food security through responsible governance of land, water and energy resources.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000. The goals aimed to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease, and gender inequality while promoting education, health, environmental sustainability and global partnerships by 2015. Each goal is broken down into specific targets to be measured by indicators like poverty rates, education enrollment, access to clean water and technology infrastructure. The document provides details on the targets and indicators for each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
This document outlines the goals, targets, and indicators for tracking progress on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It includes goals and targets related to eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Progress is measured using specific indicators for each target.
The 2015 Global Hunger Index document reports that while tremendous progress has been made in reducing global hunger since 2000, severe hunger remains in many parts of the world, particularly countries affected by conflict. It finds that the level of hunger in developing countries has fallen by 27% since 2000 according to GHI scores, with 17 countries reducing scores by over 50%, yet 8 countries still have "alarming" hunger levels. It also notes that hunger levels in some of the poorest, conflict-affected countries cannot be fully assessed due to lack of data. Armed conflict is strongly associated with severe hunger, though hunger can also persist in peaceful countries. Further efforts are needed to reduce conflict and poverty to end hunger.
The document summarizes the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000:
1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by reducing poverty and hunger rates by half.
2) Achieve universal primary education by ensuring all boys and girls complete primary school.
3) Promote gender equality and empower women through increasing literacy rates and education levels for women and girls.
4) Reduce child mortality by reducing death rates of children under five from preventable causes like diarrhea, malaria, and pneumonia.
5) Improve maternal health by reducing maternal mortality rates and ensuring access to medical care and services during pregnancy and childbirth.
6) Combat HIV/AIDS,
1 eradicate extreme poverty and hungerbipeuroscola
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. It notes that while poverty rates have been halved between 1990 and 2010, 162 million young children still suffer from chronic undernutrition. It also outlines some of the ongoing problems, such as one in five people in developing regions living on less than $1.25 per day and one in four children under age five having inadequate height. The objectives discussed include advocating for children's well-being, improving access to water and sanitation, supporting nutrition, educating girls, and building primary healthcare capacities.
Food and Nutrition Security in Small Island Developing StatesFAO
The document summarizes food and nutrition security challenges in small island developing states (SIDS) and FAO's response programs. It finds that many SIDS have high levels of undernourishment, poverty, and non-communicable diseases associated with diets. Natural disasters also negatively impact their economies and food security. FAO is working with SIDS on issues of food/nutrition strategies, poverty reduction, agriculture revitalization, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk management. Its goal is to support national efforts and strengthen partnerships to improve food security in SIDS.
Presentación realizada en el "Diálogo regional en hambre, inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en el Caribe: Desafíos en derecho a la alimentación y gobernanza", evento que se llevó a cabo en Antigua y Barbuda el 1 y 2 de agosto de 2013.
This document provides an overview of progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It highlights that lives have been improved through reductions in poverty, disease, and mortality. Key accomplishments include reducing malaria deaths by 20% worldwide, increasing access to HIV treatment by over 1.2 million people, successfully treating 41 million tuberculosis patients, and increasing access to clean drinking water for over 1.8 billion people globally. While progress has been made, more work is still needed to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The document provides an overview of FAO's appeals and funding requirements for humanitarian assistance in 20 countries and regions in 2015. It summarizes FAO's response and funding status for each appeal as of mid-2015, highlighting priority interventions and funding gaps. The total funding requirement across all appeals is USD 754 million, of which only USD 154 million (20%) has been received to date. The document appeals for further support to help FAO assist vulnerable farmers and rural communities affected by conflict and natural disasters.
The document is the 2014 Global Hunger Index report which analyzes hunger levels around the world. It finds that the global hunger level has declined 39% since 1990 but remains serious. It also reports that Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia have the highest hunger levels. The report calls for making elimination of hidden hunger due to micronutrient deficiencies a priority and for integrated, multi-sectoral approaches and increased accountability to further reduce world hunger.
The Global Hunger Index is a statistical tool used to describe and measure hunger in countries. It is calculated based on three indicators: the proportion of undernourished people, the prevalence of underweight children, and the mortality rate of children under five. Countries are ranked from low to extremely alarming levels of hunger based on their GHI scores. The 2009 GHI found that progress in reducing global hunger remains slow, with over 1 billion hungry people worldwide, most living in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Key factors that affect the GHI include risks faced by rural farmers, children, women, and gender inequality.
This year’s report looks at the impact of rapid urban growth on food security and nutrition, and considers how food systems can be reshaped to benefit both urban and rural populations.
1. The document discusses challenges facing the global food system such as drought, volatile food prices, and conflict, as well as opportunities for economic transformation in Africa through agricultural growth.
2. It emphasizes the need to focus on smallholder farmers in Africa, link agricultural growth to improved nutrition and health, and build resilience against shocks.
3. The outlook calls for building resilience of food systems and the poor, advancing integrated approaches to agriculture, nutrition, and related sectors, and fulfilling commitments to end hunger by 2025 through country-led processes.
2010 CT Food System Alliance Welcome & Summarywholesomewave
This document summarizes an event for the CT Food System Alliance Summit. It provides an overview of the planning committee and sponsors, which include various non-profit organizations and government agencies. It then discusses the goals and objectives of bringing together experts and change agents to discuss barriers and strategies to improve Connecticut's local food system. Several statistics are presented about the current state of agriculture and food insecurity in Connecticut. The summit aims to celebrate successes, generate ideas, and engage stakeholders in sustaining a food system alliance going forward.
Innovative tools and their application for dynamic conservation of agricultur...Francois Stepman
1) Agricultural heritage systems around the world are at risk due to factors like globalization, climate change, and industrial agriculture expanding. These systems produce over 70% of the world's food and are stewards of biodiversity and the environment.
2) The FAO has recognized 36 globally important agricultural heritage systems (GIAHS) in 15 countries that meet criteria like food/livelihood security, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, cultural diversity, and landscape diversity.
3) Conserving GIAHS through dynamic approaches that engage local communities and governments can promote sustainability, identity, and resilience while rewarding smallholders and indigenous communities.
2019 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI
The 2019 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments and events from the past year. In this eighth annual report, leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners explore the potential of rural revitalization to improve rural lives and meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Summit; 19-21 August 2014; African ...Nixon Ganduri
Overally, 70% of the South African poor live in Rural Areas (Government of South Africa 2000); where the most primary school completion is on average more than 20% lower, nearly twice as many children suffer from malnutrition, and maternal mortality rates are twice as high when compared with other countries. Some 5% of rural households report no cash income whatsoever. Despite being rural dwellers, more than one million African households have no access to demarcated arable land. While up to 12 % in South Africa depend on state pensions as their only source of cash income. As much as 26% of rural households entirely depend on remittances from urban centers for their cash income. Severe job losses in several industries are likely to have worsened the situation of late. Superimposed on this is the growing impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods. It is I guess an unfortunate reality that in a country like South Africa in which 20% of the population is HIV positive, 25.6% are unemployed, the sustainability of rural livelihoods is still not considered a priority issue as is meant to be by some stakeholders.
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Johan Swinnen
(ICAR), and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
JUL 6, 2020 - 04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM IST
The document summarizes key messages from FAO about supporting the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically:
1) Ending hunger and poverty requires pro-poor investments in sustainable agriculture, rural development, and social protection programs.
2) Smallholder farmers, especially women, play a critical role and need more support through access to resources, education, and decision making.
3) Food systems must become more sustainable to feed a growing population with less environmental impact, through reducing waste and adopting sustainable practices.
4) FAO has expertise in food, agriculture and natural resource management that can help countries achieve the SDGs through policies, programs and monitoring frameworks.
The overall goal of FAO's Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System initiative is to identify and safeguard eco-friendly traditional farm practices, associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity, and knowledge systems of local communities. The initiative aims to reduce food loss and waste, which is currently around 14% of total food production globally. A new online platform will serve as a gateway with information on measurement, reduction policies, alliances and examples of successful models to reduce food loss and waste across different regions and countries. Reducing food loss and waste can benefit food security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lessen pressure on land and water resources, and promote economic growth.
Smallholder family farmers produce most of the world's food but remain poor. Investing in smallholder family farmers has large potential returns and is critical for reducing poverty and achieving food security and sustainable development. IFAD has invested over $15 billion empowering over 410 million rural people. Continued investment is needed in key areas like infrastructure, research, and risk mitigation to help family farmers improve productivity and incomes while strengthening food systems, communities, and the environment.
Strategic Options for agriculture and development in Malawi by Andrew DorwardIFPRIMaSSP
This paper considers potential strategic options for agriculture and development in Malawi in the context of the country’s current situation and the prospects the country faces. After briefly reviewing current national and sectoral policy and potential roles of agriculture in economic growth, we set out the current situation in order to consider strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
We conclude that a major emphasis is needed on supporting changes that reduce the rate of population growth and promote capacity for adaptation and resilience to climate change. Rapid increases in the productivity of agricultural land and labor and rural incomes will be critical to this (alongside increased education and empowerment of girls and women). There are, however, difficult potential trade-offs to negotiate (for example between increased irrigation and reduced inflows into Lake Malawi) and these need further consideration.
From this analysis we derive a set of nine strategic principles and two operational principles that we suggest could helpfully stimulate and guide strategy development that addresses the opportunities and threats facing Malawian agriculture. The application of these principles is illustrated by indicative consideration of policy and investment options focusing on development of different commodities and (broadly defined) resources. Consistent implementation of coordinated and consistent sectoral and inter-sectoral policies is critical for achievement of the desired growth and diversification impacts.
The document discusses food security challenges in the Caribbean exacerbated by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) strategic pillars to build production, social, and environmental resilience. Key issues include high food import dependence, lack of investment in local agriculture, and over half the population unable to afford a healthy diet. The document advocates for climate smart agriculture, food sovereignty, and collaborative partnerships to address interlinked challenges of food security and climate change. It concludes financial leadership and access to concessional funding are needed to support related projects like community-based agriculture in Haiti and climate smart initiatives in Grenada and Belize.
This document summarizes a report on agriculture and rural development in Pakistan. It finds that while agriculture contributes less to GDP growth than in the past, it remains important for poverty reduction. Rural poverty levels remain high. The report argues that agriculture can still contribute to growth if Pakistan improves policies around irrigation, water management, seeds, and fertilizer. It also argues for empowering rural communities through better public services, aspirations, and taking advantage of the 18th amendment's devolution of power.
Rural development aims to improve the quality of life for rural populations. It is a multi-disciplinary field that involves improvements in areas like agriculture, infrastructure, education, and health. The document discusses various concepts related to rural development, including the stages of economic growth in traditional societies, preconditions for development, the take-off stage where self-sustaining growth begins, and later stages of maturity and mass consumption. Poverty remains a major challenge in the Philippines, though economic growth has helped reduce rates in recent decades. Creating more jobs and opportunities for the poor is key to accelerating poverty reduction.
This document outlines a vision and guiding principles for Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems for Rural Development (AKIS/RD). It summarizes that AKIS/RD aims to help rural farmers and communities access knowledge, information, technologies and skills to improve livelihoods and food security. However, existing AKIS/RD efforts have been insufficiently responsive to farmers' needs. The document proposes that AKIS/RD seize new opportunities from advances in technology, participation, and relationships to transform into demand-driven systems that empower farmers and make education, research and extension more relevant, effective, integrated and sustainable.
The document discusses strategies to enhance smallholder profitability in Africa. It notes that smallholders make up the majority of poor and hungry people in Africa but face many challenges. Key strategies discussed include promoting land rights and markets, agricultural research to increase productivity, supporting efficient food value chains, addressing gender gaps, developing young farmers, and scaling up cross-sector social safety nets. The director argues that smallholders need support to either move up to more profitable farming or move out of agriculture into other sectors.
The document summarizes Catherine Bertini's presentation on ensuring gender responsiveness in agricultural development portfolios. It discusses how agriculture is key to reducing poverty but has been neglected, especially for women. The foundation takes a comprehensive approach to support farmers from seed to sale, focusing on improving opportunities, participation, and welfare for women.
The document provides an overview of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). It summarizes several sections and key findings from the report. The sections discussed include global food security trends, the impacts of trade, investment, migration, knowledge and data, developed country policies, and regional developments. For each area, the document extracts highlights and recommendations from the GFPR.
Similar to Transformation of the rural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (20)
Agenda of the 5th NENA Soil Partnership meetingFAO
The Fifth meeting of the Near East and North African (NENA) Soil Partnership will take place from 1-2 April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt. The objectives of the meeting are to consolidate the NENA Soil Partnership, review the work plan, organize activities to establish National Soil Information Systems, agree to launch a Regional Soil Laboratory for NENA, and strengthen networking. The meeting agenda includes discussions on soil information systems, a soil laboratory network, and implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. The performance of the NENA Soil Partnership will also be assessed and future strategies developed.
This document summarizes the proceedings of the first meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN). GLOSOLAN was established to harmonize soil analysis methods and strengthen the performance of laboratories through standardized protocols. The meeting discussed the role of National Reference Laboratories in promoting harmonization, and how GLOSOLAN is structured with regional networks feeding into the global network. Progress made in 2018 included registering over 200 laboratories, assessing capacities and needs, and establishing regional networks. The work plan for 2019 includes further developing regional networks, standard methods, a best practice manual, and the first global proficiency testing. The document concludes by outlining next steps to launch the regional network for North Africa and the Near East.
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Transformation of the rural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
1. Transformation of the rural sector in
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
J. R. Deep Ford
FAO Coordinator, Caribbean Region
2. Organization of the Presentation
• What is successful rural transformation in LAC ?
• What are some specific challenges to be
addressed during rural transformation in LAC ?
• How do we achieve rural transformation in LAC ?
• Results – Virtuous circles of development
3. WHAT IS SUCCESS
IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL SECTOR IN LAC?
• Increased Food and Nutrition
Security
• Sustainable Use of Natural
Resources
• Dynamic Food and Agricultural
Systems and Rural Development
4. WHAT IS SUCCESS
IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL SECTOR IN LAC?
• Social Inclusion
• Capacity Building, Access to
Resources and Services, Innovation
and Knowledge Sharing
• Poverty Reduction and Stable
Growth Paths
5. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN LAC
High Rural Poverty Rates (especially,
among indigenous and afro-
descendants)
According to ECLAC in 2014 there
were 167 million people in
situations of poverty (28% of the
total population), of whom 71
million (12% of the total
population) were indigent.
The majority of Indigenous and
Afro-descendants in Latin
America and the Caribbean live
below the poverty line.
34.9 million of undernourished
people in LAC (5.6% of population).
29.2% average prevalence of
anaemia among pregnant women
and 34.6% among children <5 years
in LAC.
Average Obesity in LAC - 24.5%
males, 44.1% females (BMI ≥ 30
kg/m², > 30 years)
High Food Insecurity and
Triple Burden of Malnutrition
6. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN LAC
High heterogeneity of the Latin American and Caribbean economies
GDP per capita the region ranges from 824 US$ in Haiti to
22,217 US$ in The Bahamas
GDP Growth from -4% in Venezuela to 7.3% in Dom. Republic
Food Imports as a % of Total Imports from 2.4% in Argentina to
35.5% in Antigua and Barbuda
Undernourishment from <5% in 8 countries to 53.4% in Haiti
Agriculture as % of GDP from 0.6% in Trinidad and Tobago to
20.5% in Paraguay
Unemployment from 2.7% in Bolivia to 21.2% in Guyana;
Employment in Agriculture from 0.5% in Argentina to 35.8% in
Honduras
7. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN LAC
Selected LAC Countries
Population below
national
poverty line,
total, %
Population
below national
poverty line,
urban, %
Population below
national poverty
line, rural, %
Argentina 4.7
Bolivia 45 36.8 63.1
Brazil 8.9
Chile 14.4 12.4 27.9
Colombia 30.6 26.9 42.8
Costa Rica 22.4 19.5 30.3
Dominican Republic 41.1 36.3 51.2
Ecuador 22.5 16.4 35.3
El Salvador 29.6 26.2 36
Guatemala 53.7 35 71.4
Haiti 58.5 40.6 74.9
Honduras 64.5 60.4 68.5
Jamaica 19.9 10.6 25.1
Mexico 52.3 45.5 63.6
Nicaragua 42.5 26.8 63.3
Panama 25.8 13.8 49.4
Paraguay 23.8 13.8 33.8
Peru 23.9 16.1 48
Uruguay 11.5 12 3
Venezuela 24.2
AVERAGE 32.4 25.2 46.3 Source: UN MDG
High rural vs urban poverty
8. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN LAC
Increased Impact of Natural
Disasters/Climate Change
Income Inequality
and Lack of Social Inclusion
Caribbean
South America
Central America
119
159
159
152
304
152
Occurence of Natural Disasters
2005-2015 1995-2005
Average GINI coefficient in LAC is 48.1.
The richest 1% in Latin America and
the Caribbean owns 41% of the
region’s total wealth (Oxfam, 2015).
9. How do we achieve rural transformation in LAC ?
Effective Policies
Coordination and
integration
across
Governments,
Civil Societies
and Private
Sector
Support for Family
Farming
Strengthening rural-
urban linkages for
territorial
development
Support for
farmers'
organizations and
Rural
Entrepreneurship
Promotion of value chain
development for
sustainable food systems
Development of coping
mechanisms and risk
management strategies
Strengthen the
capacities of local
institutions and
provision of public
goods
Access to Rural Services,
Land and Productive
Resources
10. HOW DO WE ACHIEVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN LAC ?
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
Support for Family Farming
Competitive as an intensive farming unit
Social, cultural and environmental role
Differentiated public policy and targeting
Incentives to facilitate entrepreneurship
Farmer organization strengthening
11. HOW DO WE ACHIEVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN LAC ?
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
Small and medium sized cities as poles of
rural development
Reduce contrasting urban/rural livelihood
realities – increases decentralization of
rural services
Strengthen local institutions and civil
society
Farm and non-farm investment synergies
Strengthening Rural Urban linkages
and Territorial Development
12. HOW DO WE ACHIEVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN LAC ?
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
Value Chain development for Dynamic and
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Increased resource use productivity
Public Private Partnerships
Increased product transformation
Farmer to market linkages
Segmented markets, facilitation of
market entry and promotion
13. HOW DO WE ACHIEVE RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN LAC ?
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
Social protection to break poverty cycle
Agro-ecosystems that have greater
resilience
New more stable ways of living –
consumer and producer choices
Responsibility and self reliance
Improved governance systems
Support for coping mechanisms and risk
management strategies
14. Importance of Governance
“ Good Governance is
perhaps the single most
important factor in
eradicating poverty and
promoting
development”
Kofi Annan, UN
Secretary General, HDR,
2002.
15. Governance for
Food and Nutrition Security
Good Governance for FNS is
underpinned by principles
such as responsiveness,
accountability and
transparency, participation,
effective management and
commitments to inclusion
and rights.
Achieving Good Governance for FNS implies an integrated, inclusive and
holistic approach that coordinates the actions of different sectors,
stakeholders, institutions and policies creating a framework of trust,
coherence and multi institutional collaboration dedicated to FNS Goals.
POLITY
Institutional
Framework
POLICY
Public
Policy
POLITICS
Political
Process
16. Process Results – Integrated Effective Institutions
FNS
Agriculture
Trade
Health
Education
Social
Protection
Nutrition
Climate
Change
Adaptation
Disaster Risk
Management
Economic
Growth
Food and Nutrition Security is about much more than agriculture and food.
We need to move to more integrated approaches !
17. Process Results – Social Protection Policy Impacts
School Feeding
Improved
Health and
Learning
Higher
Productivity
More
Efficient
Family Farms
More
Income
Opportu
nities
More
Investment and
Employment
More Social
Expenditures
Improved
Public Policy
Interventions
18. Process Results – Rural Territorial Development
Improved Rural Services and
Infrastructure management
Increased Access and
Resilience of
livelihoods
Diversification
of value chains
Increased
Incomes
Rural
Development
Economic
Development
More Rural
Prosperity
Public Policy
Intervention
19. Process Results – Dynamic sustainable rural businesses
Value-chain Development
Incentives
Improved
Production
Systems
Increased
access to
markets
Increased
revenues
and
income
Increased
Investment
Increased
Efficiency and
Growth
Social and Environmental
development
expenditures
Public Policy
Intervention
20. Roles and Responsibilities
• Facilitate coordination and provide
supplementary and complementary support,
public policy and proposal development
Local
Government
• Delivery of public services, use of public
finances for inclusive development
Public Sector
• Investments in the agriculture and food
industry, engagement in cooperation,
partnerships and equitable development
Private Sector
• Establish dialogue and collaboration -
greater understanding, responsibility and
accountability
Civil Society
•Provide knowledge of local needs and
priorities, successfully implement Public Policies
FAO
21. Ultimate Result -- Improved Food Security, Reduced Poverty
and Sustainable Food Systems
More Healthy Consumption
Decisions (nutritional
education, increased
production of local food)
Sustainable Production
Systems ( dynamic,
sustainable and resilient
value chains)