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Global Issues and the Developing World
ESOF Special Session – Can we feed the 9 billion or will we starve?
Presented by Tom Arnold, CEO, Concern Worldwide 14 July 2012
Taking a Longer View
Past 40 years
• Green Revolution
• Falling food prices
• Disinvestment in agriculture
Next 40 years (2050)
• 9 billion people
• Climate Change
• Nexus of water/land/energy
Food Price Crisis 2008
• A turning point?
• Political prioritisation and
investment
• Governance of the global food
system
• Food security and Climate Change
• Importance of nutrition
• The role of the private sector
Political Prioritisation
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UN High level Task Force
G8 2009, L’Aquila
Committee of Food Security (CFS)
CGIAR reform
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
G8 2012, Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Governance of Global Food System
• CFS now the overarching platform for food security
and nutrition
• Voluntary Guidelines for land tenure
• Global Strategic Framework for food security and
nutrition
Food Security and Climate Change
• Major challenges
• The land/water/energy nexus
• Technologies supporting land water and energy
efficiency
• Climate smart agriculture
Importance of Nutrition Security
• SUN – 28 countries
• World Health Assembly (WHA)
Plan for maternal, infant and young
child nutrition
• Big push needed on prevention of
malnutrition and reduction of
stunting
The Role of the Private Sector
• Private Investment in Africa increasing
• Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition involves 45
major corporates
• Scope for innovative public/private/NGO
/foundation partnership eg. Concern/Kerry Group
project on reducing stunting
Concern’s Theory of Change
Influence Policymakers
Empower Poor
Advocacy to
national
governments
Country enabling
environment
ranking
Concern agenda
for pro-poor
private sector
investment
Research to
demonstrate role of
policy in removing
barriers for business
Project to improve
business practices
and increase
access to resource
Training and
capacity building
Integrate
smallholders in
value chains
Project to develop
new product for
smallholders
resource
Partner with Business
Thank you
ESOF Special Session – Can we feed the 9 billion or will we starve?
Presented by Tom Arnold, CEO, Concern Worldwide 14 July 2012