FAO’s role in enabling effective food
security and nutrition policies
Mark McGuire
Senior Programme Coordinator, SO1 team member,
ESD, FAO-HQ
FSN Forum workshop, 10-11 December 2015
Addressing the Root Causes of Hunger,
Food Insecurity and Malnutrition requires:
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Political commitment
Common understanding of problems and solutions
Availability of reliable data and information
Appropriate governance mechanisms and proper coordination
Alignment and implementation of policies, programmes and
investments
• Leveraging food and agricultural systems for better nutrition
• Effective accountability systems with systematic progress
monitoring and impact evaluation
• And addressing the gender gap
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SO1 Framework: contribute to the eradication
of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition
Supports the creation of an Enabling Environment
SO1 - OUTCOME 1
Policies,
programmes
and legal
frameworks
Human and
financial
resources
Governance,
coordination
mechanisms
and
partnerships
Evidencebased
decisionmaking
SO1 - OUTCOME 2
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SO1 - OUTCOME 3
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SO1 Outputs - Improved “capacities”
of governments and stakeholders for:
1.1 developing sectoral and cross-sectoral policy frameworks for FSN
1.2 developing legal frameworks and accountability mechanisms that contribute to
realize the right to adequate food and to promote secure and equitable access to
resources and assets
1.3 human resource and organizational development in FSN domain
1.4 enhancing the adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness of resource allocation and use
for FSN
2.1 strategic coordination across sectors and stakeholders for FSN
3.1 monitoring trends and analysing the contribution of sectors and stakeholders to FSN
3.2 mapping, monitoring and evaluating policies, programmes and legislation relevant
to FSN for informed decision making
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Examples of SO1 main delivery mechanisms
(policy processes/products):
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Promotion of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of
Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT)
Support to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to debate salient food
security and nutrition concerns
Promotion of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
(VGSSF)
Support countries to progressively realize the right to adequate food by promoting
the Right to Food Voluntary Guidelines (VG-RtF)
Mainstream nutrition into agriculture programmes – ICN2 follow-up and the global
SUN and REACH initiatives
Establish and strengthen Information Systems for Food and Nutrition Security (ISFNS)
at national, regional and global levels to facilitate evidence-based decision making
Preparing for SDGs – how to implement and monitor
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Examples of regional initiatives under SO1
1) The Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa by
2025
2) The Latin America and the Caribbean without
Hunger Initiative
3) The Zero Hunger Challenge in Asia and the
Pacific Region
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Key Challenges [in the context of this workshop]:
• Which policy process to engage in, and at what levels?
[synergy between National/Regional/Global]
• When/where in the policy cycle to promote dialogue
with stakeholders? [throughout]
• Who participates in the dialogue and how to identify/engage
stakeholders? [champions and diversity/inclusivity]
• How to strengthen stakeholders capacity to participate in these
dialogues? [not equal footing for all participants, which impacts the
dialogue outcomes]
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