This document outlines 10 action issues related to ensuring global food security to 2050. It begins by defining food security and reviewing progress made towards global goals. It then discusses the need to [1] speed up eradication of hunger and malnutrition, [2] incorporate nutrition into food policies, [3] use nutrition as an indicator of economic policy success, [4] manage food price volatility, [5] adapt food systems to climate change, [6] manage amplifying factors of volatility, [7] expand food production to meet demand, [8] promote sustainable intensification, [9] consider full environmental costs, and [10] take specific priority actions contextually to address each issue.
8. The Triple Burden of
Malnutrition
1. Energy and protein deficiencies: Hunger
2. Specific nutrient deficiencies: Hidden
Hunger
3. Excessive net energy intake: Overweight
& Obesity
9. Action Issue 3
Incorporate nutrition goals
into food system policies and
programs.
10. Action Issue 4
Use nutrition impact as
indicator of success in
economic policy.
17. Priority Action (1)
Agricultural research
Risk management
Production systems
Water management
18. Production Volatility
Supply Responses Speculation
Government Policy Government Policies
Market Information Energy Prices
Demand Changes
Price Volatility
27. Priority Action (3)
Specific policy interventions context specific
Likely to include:
Infrastructure investments
Institutional innovation
Input and output market development
Pre- and post harvest focused research
Facilitation of small-scale agri-business