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European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security
Newsletter
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Editorial
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Newsletter October 2021
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Investing in food systems transformation to ensure affordable nutritious food is a necessity highlighted in the IFAD Rural Development report 2021 and UNICEF “FED to Fail” report.
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At least 3 billion people cannot currently afford healthy diets and 2 in 3 children do not get the nutritious diets they need to grow well. In addition, the September update of the Global Report on Food Crises shows that acute food insecurity is rising. This deterring situation happens in a context where the risk associated with large-scale land acquisitions on local food security is still persistent (Land Matrix Analytical Report III).
Several studies (CERES 2030, FAO, IFAD) provide estimates on the amount of additional investments that would be needed to end hunger and reach other SDG2 goals by 2030. They vary between USD 33 and 163 billion per year.
These additional spending would be justified considering the hidden costs generated by food systems (USD 12 trillion according to World Bank) and the true value of the benefits of sustainable food systems (“True Value” study from the Global Alliance for Food).
The publications “True Value” and “Indigenous people Food Systems” provide inspiring evidence on sustainable food systems. These are food systems based on agroecological practices that preserve ecosystems and benefit food security and nutrition.
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Latest Resources
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24/09/2021
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Rural Development Report 2021 - Transforming food systems for rural prosperity
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Today’s food systems have failed to make nutritious diets accessible or affordable to the poor and in a sustainable way. In consequence, at least three billion suffer undernourishment, nutrition deficiencies, or have become overweight.
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24/09/2021
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Fed to Fail? The crisis of children’s diets in early life
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Nutritious food in the earliest years of life is the cornerstone of a child’s development. Yet 2 in 3 children between the ages of 6 months to two years are not getting the nutritious diets they need to grow well.
UNICEF’s flagship report examines the latest data and evidence on the status, trends and inequities in the diets of young children aged 6–23 months, and the barriers to nutritious, safe and age-appropriate diets.
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13/10/2021
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Global Report on Food Crises - September 2021 Update
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This September 2021 update of the Global Report on Food Crises provides new estimates related to the number of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 2021. These estimates are available for 42 of the 55 countries/territories in food crises, according the 2021 Global Report published in May.
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23/09/2021
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Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2021
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The report stresses the need to: scale up investment in agriculture, improve access to new agricultural technologies, credit services and information resources for farmers; support small-scale food producers; conserve plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture; adopt measures to counter food price volatility, and prevent potentially hazardous events from devolving into full-blown disasters.
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01/10/2021
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Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking stock of the global land rush
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More than 10 years since the surge in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in developing countries which followed the spike in agricultural commodity prices in the late 2000s, the Land Matrix Initiative has taken stock of the “global land rush” and its socio-economic and environmental impacts.
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28/09/2021
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CERES 2030 - Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger
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The report through complex modelling aims at answering two questions:
First, what does the published evidence tell us about agricultural interventions that work, in particular to double the incomes of small-scale producers and to improve environmental outcomes for agriculture?
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27/09/2021
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Food Finance Architecture: Financing a Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable Food System
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Today’s food systems generate $12 trillion in hidden social, economic and environmental costs. Implementing five “food finance imperatives” would not only reduce these costs but help unlock $4.5 trillion in new business opportunities every year. Mobilising smart capital for a more sustainable food system is key to COVID-19 recovery, job creation, eliminating hunger, protecting nature and tackling climate change.
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19/10/2021
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True Value: Revealing the Positive Impacts of Food Systems Transformation
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Food systems are significant contributors to global crises: They are some of the largest sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; a driver of biodiversity loss and zoonotic diseases; and negatively impact our health, diet, and well-being. These hidden costs of global food and land-use systems are estimated to add up to USD 19.8 trillion per year.
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08/07/2021
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Indigenous Peoples’ food systems - Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change
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This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems, it will raise awareness on the need to enhance the protection of Indigenous Peoples' food systems as a source of livelihood for the 476 million indigenous inhabitants in the world, while contributing to the Zero Hunger Goal.
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21/09/2021
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Africa Agriculture Status Report - 2021
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Over the coming decade, Africa’s food demand will rise, making it one of world’s largest sources of additional demand.
Building African farming systems’ resilience to shocks and stressors for sustainable food and nutrition security and economic growth and transformation requires shifting from extensification to intensification. This should be driven by integrated management practices on farms.
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21/09/2021
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The future of farming: Who will produce our food?
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Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce nutritious diets, but should also provide livelihoods for farmers, while retaining natural ecosystems and services. Rather than focusing on production principles, this article explores the interrelations between farms and farming systems in the global food system.
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Latest News and Events
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28/09/2021
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Agricultural land acquisitions: how do things stand, ten years after the surge?
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The Land Matrix, an international initiative set up to monitor land acquisitions, of which CIRAD is a member, recorded 1865 transactions between 2000 and 2020, for a total area of 33 million hectares. That staggering total is comparable in size to Italy or the Philippines.
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14/10/2021
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Global Alliance Releases Groundbreaking Assessment of True Cost Accounting On Six Beacons of Hope
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The Global Alliance for the Future of Food today released a sweeping assessment of the positive impacts of “True Cost Accounting” on global food systems. From Lagos, Zambia, the Philippines, Malawi, India, and the Americas; spanning farmer collaboratives, food banks, government agencies, researchers, and social enterprise, the report shows significant benefits of assessing the “true value” of an organization’s impacts on society, people, and the environment.
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30/09/2021
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Indigenous Peoples’ food systems publication wins the 2021 Best in the World Sustainability Report Award
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A recently launched FAO-led publication on Indigenous Peoples' food systems won the 2021 Best in the World Sustainability Report Award. The annual award was established by the Hallbars Sustainability Research Organization to promote the creation and distribution of sustainability reports.
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03/10/2021
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Announcing the Winners of the Equator Prize 2021
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The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announce the winners of the 12th Equator Prize, recognizing local and Indigenous communities from around the world. The winning organizations showcase local, innovative, nature-based solutions for tackling biodiversity loss and climate change, and achieving their local development goals even during a pandemic.
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25/09/2021
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MENA Has a Food Security Problem, But There Are Ways to Address It
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Food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a growing challenge. Even before COVID-19, UN agencies estimated that over 55 million of its population of 456.7 million was undernourished.
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