PLATFORM | 14. JUNE 2022 | HYBRID EVENT, IFAD HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
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Session 1 – Supporting National Food Systems Transformation Pathways: Enhancing donor effectiveness and coordination at the country level in times of crises
Background
Low- and middle-income countries face a severe information gap that is holding back food systems transformation. Collectively, they spend around US$190 billion annually on agriculture to address food insecurity. Yet, the data to effectively target this spending or measure results is often patchy, outdated, or simply does not exist. Fewer than 10 per cent of countries globally have the capacity to collect or publish sufficiently disaggregated data on agri-food systems. As an example, data on small-holder farmers – a key indicator for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on ending hunger – is available for income in 38 countries and productivity in only 11 countries. Data must underpin food systems transformation. Why? With accurate, accessible and timely disaggregated data, domestic planners and policy makers can effectively allocate resources and respond to ongoing crises. Farmers with data on environmental changes can know better when to plant and harvest. Donors can target funds to have a greater impact.
Yet, domestic policy-makers in low and lower-middle income countries who want more and better data on food systems face a range of barriers: lack of coordination among donors, limited data and statistical capacity and – most importantly – the lack of effective investment. The purpose of this session is to explore why optimizing the use of data in decision-making is a key element of implementing national pathways for food systems transformation and how more coherent and coordinated donor support for data and statistical systems can drive food systems transformation at the national level and a more coherent and effective global response to current crises.
Objectives
The discussion covered relevant topics, including:
Outcomes
Coordination around the food systems transformation pathways can be considered in the following ways:
Speakers
Gérardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture (Rwanda)
Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact (CGIAR)
Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Director, United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub
Karima Al-Hada’a, Planning and Liaison Specialist at Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)-Yemen Secretariat – Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Yemen)
Ayodeji Balogun, Chief Executive Officer of AFEX Commodities Exchange
Agnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Former United Nations Special Envoy on the Food Systems Summit
Jyri Ollila, Coordinator for the Food Systems Summit, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)
Sok Silo, Secretary General of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (Cambodia)
Johan Swinnen, Global Director of Systems Transformation (CGIAR), Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Co-Chair of the Think20 Task Force on Food Security
Mahamadou Aboubacar, Coordinator and Focal Point, Haut-Commissariat de l’Initiative 3N (Cellule Nutrition, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)-Niger)
Louise Aubin, United Nations Resident Coordinator (Niger)
Zulma Yanira Fonseca Centeno, Director of Nutrition, Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) (Colombia)
David Gressly, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (Yemen)
Olusola Idowu, Chair of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition (NCFN) (Nigeria)
Mahesh Kharel, Program Director, National Planning Commission (NPC) (Nepal)
Jean Claude Musabyimana, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) (Rwanda)
Sara Sekkenes, United Nations Resident Coordinator (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)
Sisay Sinamo, Senior Program Manager at Seqota Declaration (SD) Federal Program Delivery Unit, Federal Ministry of Health (Ethiopia)
Julie Kasa-Kanga Tshilombo, Coordonnatrice Adjointe de la Coordination des Ressources Extérieures et du Suivi des Projets (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Louise Aubin, United Nations Resident Coordinator (Niger)
Namukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Ethiopia)
Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Director, United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub
David Gressly, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (Yemen)
Ron Hartman, Director, Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Sara Sekkenes, United Nations Resident Coordinator (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)
Rosse Noda Videa, Representate Asistente Programas, FAO (Bolivia)
