1. Developments in Fora of Importance for the Mandate of FAO
FAO Council, Hundred and Forty-seventh Session
Rome, 24 June 2013
Developments in Fora of Importance for the Mandate of FAO
NUTRITION FOR GROWTH beating hunger through business and science
London, June 8, 2013

2. “Nutrition for Growth” Event
Governments, businesses & ONG met in London on June 8th
Followed on the Hunger Summit organized by the UK and Brazilian Governments during the 2012 London Olympics
Where FAO showcased the innovative work on monitoring food insecurity
Global Nutrition for Growth Compact: historic pledge to end under-nutrition in our lifetime
With the following targets to be achieved by 2020:
Ensure that at least 500 million pregnant women and children <2 are reached with effective nutrition interventions
Reduce the number of stunted children < 5 by at least 20 million
Save the lives of at least 1.7 million children < 5 by preventing stunting, increasing breastfeeding and treatment of severe acute malnutrition

3. Commitments
Donors and development agencies committed to support countries in scaling up national nutrition plans
mobilizing and aligning international resources,
empowering country-led coordination arrangements
promoting South-South knowledge sharing and technical assistance
FAO commitments:
To enhancing nutrition in all aspects of its work
To locate additional staff resources outside HQ to better respond to country needs
From 2014 onwards, to monitor and report on nutrition related outcomes against the new FAO Strategic Objective 1
To continue to support countries in adopting evidence-based nutrition programs
Through the UN System High-Level Task Force on Global Food Security (HLTF) to mobilize the UN System to meet the goals of the UN Secretary General’s Zero Hunger Challenge
To improve measurement of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition

4. Voices of the Hungry How to improve food security monitoring
Food Insecurity Experience Scale
Building on existing experiences
USDA Household Food Security Survey Module
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)
Household Hunger Scale (HHS)
Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA)
Low food insecurity
High food insecurity
Worries about being able to procure food
Compromising quality and/or variety
Reducing quantities skipping meals
Suffering
from hunger

5. Voices of the Hungry How to improve food security monitoring
Annual global survey of food insecurity through the Gallup World Poll in 150+ countries starting in 2014
The GWP gathers information on people’s socio-economic conditions, social participation, health, etc. since 2005 in more than 150 countries
Based on sound methods for sampling, data collection
Low cost compared to potential alternatives
Piloted in Angola, Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger in 2013
Linguistic and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire
Development of data processing and scoring routines
Estimate benchmark values to monitor progress in the Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa

6. Towards a new ambitious goal on food & nutrition security
Report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 Development Agenda
A food and nutrition specific goal, with 5 elements, inspired by the UN SG’s Zero Hunger Challenge:
End hunger and protect the right of everyone to have access to sufficient, safe, affordable, nutritious food
Eliminate stunting, wasting, anaemia for all children under five
Double agricultural incomes and productivity
Adopt sustainable agriculture and fisheries
Reduce post-harvest food waste and losses
A call for a “data revolution” for sustainable development, with new international initiatives to improve the quality of statistics and information available to citizens