at Regional IYFF Conference

10 August 2014, Chennai, India

Hiroyuki Konuma Chair, UN Regional Thematic Working Group on Poverty

and Hunger FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional

Representative for Asia and the Pacific

Zero Hunger Challenge in Asia and the Pacific

Regions differ markedly in progress towards achieving MDGs and WFS hunger targets

Our goal is … not hunger reduction

but hunger eradication, or

“Zero Hunger”,

of remaining 12% in A-P who are most suffered and vulnerable

MDGNo.1 hunger goal is within our reach

Two-thirds of the world’s hungry live in Asia and the Pacific

ZHC five pillars

For our future generation!

Zero Hunger Challenge in Asia and the Pacific

On 29 April 2013 - launched at ESCAP’s 69th Commission Session attended by:

• UN Deputy Secretary-General • Executive Secretaries of all UN Regional

Commissions • High-level & Senior Government officials

including Prime Ministers

- arranged/facilitated by UNRTWG-PH ( FAO Chair UNDP & ESCAP (Co-chairs)

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Milestone Activities

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Regional Guiding Framework for Achieving Zero Hunger Challenge in Asia and Pacific

On 17 December 2013 - prepared by UNRTWG-PH and presented to senior officials and representatives of Diplomatic Corps who attended ESCAP’s Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Asia & the Pacific

Milestone Activities

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Ministerial Conference adopted Bangkok Declaration recognizing the importance of Zero Hunger Challenge for providing a framework for:

• regional cooperation in the area of food security

• its implementation at country level

Milestone Activities

ZHC five pillars

For our future generation!

• Outcome 1.1. – All people enabled to access the food they need at all times through sustainable agriculture and food systems, marketing, decent and productive employment, social protection, targeted safety nets and food assistance

• Outcome 1.2. – Food supply from local producers strengthened, including women smallholder farmers

• Outcome 1.3. – Excessive food price volatility prevented through open, fair and well-functioning markets and trade policies at local, regional and international levels

PILLAR I: 100 PERCENT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE FOOD ALL YEAR ROUND

• Outcome 2.1. – Universal access to nutritious food in the 1000-day window of opportunity between the start of pregnancy and a child’s second birthday, supported by sustainable nutrition-sensitive health care, water, sanitation, education and specific nutrition interventions that enable empowerment of women, as encouraged within the Movement for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) and the Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger and Nutrition (REACH), ensured

PILLAR II: ZERO STUNTED CHILDREN LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE

• Outcome 3.1. - Standards for sustainability established for all farmers, agribusinesses, cooperatives, governments, unions and civil society

• Outcome 3.2. – Sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture practiced, including ecosystem-based approaches to agriculture

• Outcome 3.3. –Cross-sectoral policy coherence (encompassing inter alia food security, industry, trade policy, tourism, energy, land use, water and climate change) pursued

• Outcome 3.4. – Integrated approaches to natural resource management derived from sustainable development methods centred on biodiversity-based ecological management systems implemented

PILLAR III: ALL FOOD SYSTEMS ARE SUSTAINABLE

• Outcome 4.1. – Rural poverty reduced and wellbeing improved through increasing smallholders’ income, and recognising the importance of women’s unpaid work and contributions for their engagement in decent work and income generating activities

• Outcome 4.2. – Responsible governance of land, fisheries and forests implemented, based on the Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security, adopted in 2012, with an aim to prevent grabbing of land and other natural resources, forcible acquisition of land and other resources and displacement

PILLAR IV: 100% INCREASE IN SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME

• Outcome 4.3. – Agriculture and food related research, extension and innovation enhanced

• Outcome 4.4. – Promotion of food security and food sovereignty through investments in agriculture ensured

• Outcome 4.5. – Measures to enhance resilience, reduce disaster risks and protect small scale food producers against the negative impact of climate change and other disasters promoted

• Outcome 4.6. – Multidimensional indicators developed for measuring people’s resilience and wellbeing

PILLAR IV: 100% INCREASE IN SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME

• Outcome 5.1. – Food losses and waste during harvesting, storage, transport, processing, retailing and consumption of food minimized

• Outcome 5.2. – Commitments made by all stakeholders including producers, retailers and consumers to save food and minimize food losses and waste

PILLAR V: ZERO LOSS OR WASTE OF FOOD

Regional Guiding Framework aims to guide and facilitate country level actions to implement the Zero Hunger Challenge under the leadership of each Government.

Encourages Member Countries in the region to prepare National Action Plans for the National Zero Hunger Challenge through multi-stakeholders consultation and support from UN Country Teams (UNCTs).

Regional Level Actions

National Level Initiatives

• Timor Leste launched national Zero Hunger Challenge on 9 January 2014, established national coordination mechanism for preparing ZHC National Action plan

• Government formed national Coordination Committee with the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries as the chair , Minster of Health ( co-chair), UNRC ( co-chair ) and senior representatives of other line Minstries, institutions, concerned UN agencies, donors, CSOs, and partners as the members of the committee.

• Formulate a National ZHC Action Plan under full Government leadership/ownership, taking into consideration of the “Regional Guiding Framework” as a guiding tool with flexible adjustments, modifications or additions to suit for country specific conditions.

• UN agencies ( coordinated by UNRC and FAO’s technical support) provide support from behind.

ZHC Launch at Timor Leste

Prime Minister & UN Special

Advisor to Timor-Leste

National Council for food security sovereignty and nutrition in Timor Leste ( KONSSANTL) with Co Chairmanship of UNRC UNCT and Tech Advice FAO

President: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Vice-President: Minister of Health Members: 8 Ministries, office of the President and the Human Rights Ombudsman

Permanent Tech. Secretariat:

Coordinator: Diretor General, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Vice-Coordinator: Director-General, Ministry of Health Vice-Coordinator: Director-General, Ministry of Education Members: 8 Director Generals from 8 Ministries, Representative from UN Agencies (FAO / WFP/UNICEF/WHO), Representative from Development Partner/Donor Agencies, NGO, Church

Inter-Ministerial Food and Nutrition Security Working Group: Coordinator: The Food Security Unit, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Members: Data reporters from the member ministries

District Disaster Management, Food & Nutrition Security Commi.Coordinator: District Administrator.

Vice Coordinator: MAF District Dir.Members: all government institutions with presence in the district, NGOS, Private Sector, Church, CSOs

Technical Specialists Group: •1 Specialist on food and nutrition security •1 Researcher from Timor Leste or Foreign Universities •2 Researchers from National or International NGOs

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National coordination

Process of Formulating the National Action Plan (NAP) Road Map

Documents Review & Coordination

(February 17 to April 7)

• Mapping of existing Policies and programs vis-a –vis ZHC result chain

• Approval of Roadmap

• KONSSANTIL & UN Country Team workshop

• Updates to the Prime Minister

Consultations

(March 3 to April 14)

• Individual meeting with the members of KONSSANTIL and other key stakeholders

• Donor's Consultation

• Regional consultations

• Thematic consultations (Pillar 2 and Pillars 1,3,4 &5)

Formulation of the National Action Plan

(April 21 to May 12)

• Drafting of the ZHC National Action Plan (NAP)

• National Planning Workshop

• FAO Technical Clearance

Submission of the National Action Plan

(May 26 to July14)

• Submission of the Draft NAP to government for comments and inputs

• Finalization of the ZHC NAP

• Submission of the Final NAP to the government

• ZHC NAP Translation to Portuguese

National Zero Hunger Challenge Action Plan in Timor-Leste formulated in July

• And committed to allocate at least 10 % of national revenue budget to implement ZHC

Countries which have formally committed to formulate National Zero

Hunger Challenge Action Plan

• Timor-Leste (formulation completed)

• India

• Nepal

• Vietnam

• Myanmar

• Several other countries are under consideration

Let’s Work Together.

For our future generation!