Global Governance on Food Security and Nutrition
The fight against hunger and malnutrition requires coordinated policy guidance based on scientific evidence and informed by voices from the ground. The Committee on World Food Security is the platform for all stakeholders to work together to provide such guidance. This contribution gives Switzerland additional leverage in shaping the policy environment at global level and allows Swiss development cooperation approaches to be incorporated into global policy discussions.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Global |
Agriculture & food security Governance
Agricultural policy
Food security policy Agricultural research Democratic participation and civil society Public sector policy |
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2027 |
CHF 2’880’000
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- Enhanced inclusion of views and proposals of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in CFS processes, policies and debates
- CFS policies and debates are rooted in scientific evidence
- Strengthened coordination for FSN policies and increased awareness and uptake of CFS products
- Food and Agricultural Organisation
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Other international or foreign NGO North
- Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Agricoltura Biologica e Biodinamica (FIRAB)
- NICE, RAISE, RUNRES, UNCCD, including CSO panel (and the upcoming project on agroecology)
- Food System Summit follow-up, including the agroecology and the healthy diet coalition
- Federal Office for Agriculture
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
OTHER MULTISECTOR
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
AGRICULTURE
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Agricultural policy and administrative management
Food security policy
Public sector policy and administrative management
Democratic participation and civil society
Agricultural research
Cross-cutting topics The project supports partner organisation improvements as a priority
Aid Type Project and programme contribution
Project number 7F09106
| Background | To eliminate hunger and malnutrition coordinated and coherent policy responses are required. Sustainable policy responses need to be evidence-based and be developed in an inclusive manner, including smallholder farmers, women, youth and the private sector. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS ) serves as the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform addressing global governance for food security and nutrition (FSN). It aims at eliminating hunger and malnutrition through improved policy convergence and coherence at global level, which leads to strengthened actions at national level. |
| Objectives | Contribute to food security and nutrition, sustainable food systems transformation and the progressive realization of the right to adequate food by providing effective global policies based on inclusive and evidence-based processes. |
| Target groups |
Directly: Members of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CSIPM); High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition Steering Committee (HLPE-FSN), project teams and secretariat and CFS Secretariat, CFS Members and Participants. Indirectly: Smallholder farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks, indigenous peoples, agricultural and food workers, landless, women, youth, consumers, urban food insecure and nongovernmental organizations – the 11 constituencies of the CSIPM. |
| Medium-term outcomes |
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| Results |
Expected results: Policy recommendations on inequalities, urban-periurban food systems and resilient food systems based on evidence and SDC’s experiences at national and local levels; global thematic events and fora on the Right to Food, climate change, biodiversity and land degradation. Development and implementation of Action Plan on increasing awareness, ownership and use of CFS policy outcomes on all levels. Inter-platform dialogues with civil society organizations platforms and scientific collaboration and partnerships with other science-policy interfaces established. Results from previous phases: The CFS has proven its capacity to be a platform for an inclusive and evidence based debate, even in more polarized times. The CFS developed and endorsed Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment and on Food Systems and Nutrition; and Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and other Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. These policy outcomes can serve as basis and guidance for SDC projects. The use and application of the CFS policy outcomes at national level remained a challenge. |
| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Project partners |
Contract partner International or foreign NGO United Nations Organization (UNO) |
| Coordination with other projects and actors |
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| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 2’880’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 161’500 Budget inclusive project partner CHF 16’200’000 Total project since first phase Swiss budget CHF 6’173’240 Budget inclusive project partner CHF 9’053’240 |
| Project phases | Phase 3 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027 (Current phase) Phase 1 01.10.2014 - 30.04.2018 (Completed) |
