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FAO Director-General Makes Urgent Global Call For Action On Food Security

October 4, 2023
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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FAO Director-General Makes Urgent Global Call For Action On Food Security

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, issued a powerful global call to action, urging immediate steps to address escalating food security concerns and pressing environmental issues.

In a keynote speech delivered at the 11th annual International Development Conference of Sustainable Development (ICSD), Qu’s lecture focused on the critical issue of global food security. He began by acknowledging FAO’s historic role in addressing the link between poverty and malnutrition while emphasizing the Organization’s dedication to nutrition. Transitioning to the present, he sounded an alarm about the escalating and often overlapping challenges faced by the world.

The FAO Director-General highlighted the troubling trend of increasing global hunger over the past seven years, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflicts. Projections made in the latest FAO-led State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report indicated that nearly 600 million people may continue to experience hunger in 2030. Child stunting also remains a pressing concern, and obesity rates continue to rise, surpassing hunger in some regions.

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The Environmental Toll of Agrifood Systems

Qu also discussed the current detrimental environmental impacts of agrifood systems as they are contributing to food waste, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and growing social inequalities. The economic and environmental costs associated with these issues are severe, and amount to trillions of dollars.

In 2020, agrifood systems emitted 16 billion tonnes of CO2, with various sources of emissions. Meanwhile, more than 30 percent of total global land is degraded, over 20 percent of the world’s aquifers are overexploited, and agrobiodiversity is threatened. There are circular, interconnected impacts across agrifood and other systems, including environmental and health systems. 

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QU Dongyu

In this context, the FAO Director-General issued a compelling call to action, emphasizing the urgent need to transform agrifood systems for carbon neutrality. This transformation requires improved governance of natural resources, increased productivity (producing more with less inputs), improved consumption patterns and behavior, sustainable production practices, and cleaner energy use.

The importance of FAO and the Four Betters

Qu iterated the importance of the FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-31, centered on the “Four Betters” such as: better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life. He explained that the concept of the “Four Betters” serves as an organizational principle within this framework, reflecting the interconnected economic, social, and environmental dimensions of agrifood systems. These principles encourage a strategic and systems-oriented approach across all FAO interventions.

Qu also introduced four cross-cutting “accelerators” such as: technology, innovation, data, and complementary elements such as governance, human capital, and institutions – which should be integrated into programmatic interventions to expedite progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The FAO Director-General further emphasized the imperative need for a comprehensive agrifood systems strategy to address the escalating threats faced by the world. He highlighted the importance of immediate action to protect livelihoods, ensure the sustainability of our planet, and secure lasting outcomes.

Qu referred to the challenge of the need to feed 10 billion people by 2050 and highlighted the paramount importance of accelerating the impact of FAO’s programmatic interventions while minimizing trade-offs.

FAO has identified 20 priority program areas aligned with the “Four Betters”. Key priorities include green innovation, One Health, equitable access for small-scale producers, digital agriculture, healthy diets for all, restoring ecosystems, reducing food loss and waste, and promoting transparent markets and trade.

FAO’s priorities extend to gender equality, rural women’s empowerment, sustainable urban food systems, and resilient agrifood systems. Special initiatives for scaling-up investment and the Hand-in-Hand initiative, are dedicated to bringing collective action to scale, facilitating transformative change within agrifood systems.

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