Background Protracted crises, whether human-induced or the result of repeated natural disasters, are often characterized by poor governance, weak institutional capacity and high levels of violence...
This brief provides an overview of lessons learned about food security in protracted crises, drawing on both interdisciplinary academic research and reflections “from the field”. These insights...
The purpose of this brief is to set the scene for the High Level Expert Forum on food insecurity in protracted crises. It presents an overview of the main defining characteristics of countries in...
This brief provides a summary of the concept of resilience as it applies to protracted crises. The increasing focus on resilience is driven by the desire to avoid repeated impoverishment and...
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20 June 2012 – United Nations agencies today stressed the need to tackle child hunger and undernutrition in the pursuit of sustainable development, highlighting a joint initiative that offers...
Improving Agricultural Growth Critical to Global Food Security A New International Organization Report to the G20 Highlights Need for Improving Agricultural Productivity Jun 12, 2012 With a growing...
15 March 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for unleashing the potential of small farmers and food producers worldwide, the majority of whom are women, to ensure food security is...
Note from the UN System High Level Task Force on Global Food Security 14th March 2012 Executive Summary Ending hunger and malnutrition is an essential part of sustainable development. It is a goal...
South Sudan is facing a major hunger emergency as drought has ruined food supplies. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says nearly five million people "could suffer from food insecurity in 2012, with...
The Updated Comprehensive Framework for Action At the end of 2009, the HLTF asked that the Comprehensive Framework for Action be updated so that it better reflects ways in which the UN system advises...
The United Nations System High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF) was established in April 2008. It developed the first Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) in July 2008...
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis. The High Level Task Force on he Global Food Security...
The UN system has rapidly taken note of the seriousness of the challenges to world food security by the recent dramatic escalation of the food price crisis worldwide and recognized the need for...
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The UN system has rapidly taken note of the seriousness of the challenges to world food security by the recent dramatic escalation of the food price crisis worldwide and recognized the need for...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The dramatic rise over the past twelve months in global food prices poses a threat to global food and nutrition security and creates a host of humanitarian, human rights,...
When the Chief Executives Board of the United Nations (UN) system met in Bern on April 28-29 2008 to look at how the system could best contribute to combating the global food crisis, they decided to...
The Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) has been prepared by the High-Level Task Force established and chaired by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Task Force is composed of the...
