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Page 1: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014

Global Launch Rome, 16 September, 2014 http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme

Strengthening the enabling environment to improve food security and nutrition

The State of

Food Insecurity in the World 2014

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Three parts:

1. Undernourishment around the world: the global monitor.

2. Beyond undernourishment: monitoring the different dimensions of food security through the suite of indicators.

3. The enabling environment to improve food security and nutrition: lessons

from analysis of country experiences.

The 2013 Report

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805 million people estimated to be suffering from chronic hunger in 2012–14, down 100 million in the last decade.

The vast majority, 791 million, live in developing countries.

Undernourishment around the world

1014,5

929,9 946,2

840,5 805,3

994,1

908,7 930,8

824,9

790,7

700

750

800

850

900

950

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1 050

1 100

1990-92 2000-02 2005-07 2009-11 2012-14

World

Developing regions

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The MDG 1c hunger target can be reached, with additional effort.

WFS goal out of reach

International hunger targets

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5,1

7,4

8,7

10,3

10,8

14,0

15,8

20,1

23,8

14,4

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6,3

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Latin America

Caucasus and Central Asia

Western Asia

South-Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia

Oceania

Southern Asia

Caribbean

Sub-Saharan Africa

Percentage undernourished

1990-92

2012-14*

Progress in most regions, but uneven

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Changing distribution of world hunger, 1990–2014

Developed regions, 2.0%

Southern Asia, 28.8%

Sub-Saharan Africa, 17.3%

Eastern Asia, 29.1%

South-Eastern Asia, 13.6%

Latin America and the

Caribbean, 6.8%

Western Asia, 0.8%

North Africa, 0.6%

Caucasus and Central Asia,

0.9%

Oceania, 0.1%

1990–92

Developed regions, 1.8%

Southern Asia, 34.3%

Sub-Saharan Africa, 26.6%

Eastern Asia, 20.0%

South-Eastern Asia, 7.9%

Latin America and the

Caribbean, 4.6%

Western Asia, 2.3%

North Africa, 1.6%

Caucasus and Central Asia,

0.7%

Oceania, 0.2%

Total = 1015 million Total = 805 million

1990–92 2012–14

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About 805 million people chronically undernourished in 2012–14. Decline of 209 million since 1990-92, and by 100 million in last decade.

Majority of hungry live in developing countries, where over one in eight, or 13.5 percent of the population, remain chronically undernourished.

The MDG 1c hunger target is within reach, but large differences across developing regions remain.

• East Asia, South-East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved the MDG hunger target. LAC are on track to reach WFS goal.

• Insufficient progress in sub-Saharan Africa, South and West Asia.

Part One: Key findings

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Suite of food security indicators

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Food availability major element of food insecurity in poorer regions, notably sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia.

Access to food has improved quickly in countries showing rapid economic progress, notably East and South-East Asia.

Access has improved in South Asia and Latin America with social protection.

Utilization remains single greatest challenge, despite progress over past two decades.

Stability remains a challenge in regions heavily reliant on international food markets, such as Near East, North Africa and Caribbean.

Part Two: Key findings

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Country case studies focus on enabling environment for food security and nutrition

• Indonesia, Malawi (IFAD); Madagascar, Yemen (WFP); Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, (FAO) – all different :

some achieved MDG 1c, others not

some have experienced political instability, conflict

governance, cultural contexts very different

agriculture, poverty very different

Strengthening the enabling environment to improve food security and nutrition

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Country studies emphasize:

• strong inter-sectoral nature of food security and nutrition

• need for enabling environment for participation in policy formulation and implementation, and creation of needed incentives

4 dimensions of enabling environment:

• policies, programmes, legal frameworks

• human and financial resources

• coordinated, complementary, cooperative mechanisms

• evidence-based, informed decision-making

Strengthening the enabling environment to improve food security and nutrition

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Sustained political commitment at highest level crucial – legal frameworks can help that all work responsibly.

Broad participation in policy formulation and implementation necessary to consider all views and empower poor and vulnerable.

Coherence and integration of policy instruments to ensure complementarities to maximize impacts and benefits.

Institutional and governance mechanisms promoting cooperation and coordination among ministries and facilitating policy coherence essential.

Strengthening the enabling environment to improve food security and nutrition

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For more information …

The State of

Food Insecurity in the World The international reference on global hunger issues

www.fao.org/publications/sofi

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