FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITYBrief outline of policy objectives and their background

Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

The Dutch government is committed to achieving two main goals formulated by the global community:

PEOPLE2 billion undernourished

PROFIT50-70% increase food production

PLANETFood systems depend on nature

People, Profit, Planet is used to structure this e-course and is an important pillar of the policy to stimulate FNS

1. Eradicating existing hunger and malnutrition

2. Promoting inclusive and sustainable growth in the agricultural sector

3. Creating ecologically sustainable food systems

In line with People, Profit, Planet, the following main objectives for Dutch FNS policy have been formulated in the letter to Parliament of November 2014:

Putting the two previous slides together, this results in the following framework/policy objectives for FNS:

Global Challenge FNS

Currently 805 million with hungerAnd 2 billion undernourished

Challenge of feeding9 billion people in 2050

International Framework (Sustainable Development Goals, Zero Hunger Challenge)

zero stunting, malnutrition

100% access year round

double smallh. productivity

sustainable food systems

food losses, agbiodiversity

Netherlands policy objectives (People, Profit, Planet)

Eradicate existing hunger/malnutrition

Inclusive and sustainable growth in agriculture

Ecologically sustainable food systems worldwide

+ ODA + EmbasCentral

Central: 150+ Embas.: 150

+ ODA: 300

Total: 600

Dutch development cooperation budget for FNS (yearly in millions of Euros)

The Dutch government has programs in four programs areas that (directly or indirectly) contribute to stimulating FNS

Food & nutrition security nexus

Food & Nutrition Security

Food, Water &Energy

Climate ChangeAgriculture &Food

AgricultureNutrition &

Health

Gender,WASH &

SRGR

Examples of programs

• Amsterdam Initiative against Malnutrition (AIM)Local nutrition for young children (UNICEF)

• 2Scale: agri-inputs for smallholder chain development (IFDC)Trade Mark East Africa: regional market development

• Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (IFAD)International Land Coalition and landscape approaches

Plus: local embassy programmes in partner countries

In the past few years, the Dutch government in its FNS policies has been advocating cooperation between

different types of stakeholders through the so-called ‘Dutch Diamond approach’. More about this concept in

the next learning objective.