http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand on reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that progress in hunger reduction at the global level and in many countries has continued but that substantial additional effort is needed in others. Sustained political commitment at the highest level is a prerequisite for hunger eradication. It entails placing food security and nutrition at the top of the political agenda and creating an enabling environment for improving food security and nutrition. This year’s report examines the diverse experiences of seven countries, with a specific focus on the enabling environment for food security and nutrition that reflects commitment and capacities across four dimensions: policies, programmes and legal frameworks; mobilization of human and financial resources; coordination mechanisms and partnerships; and evidence-based decision-making. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. The State of
Food Insecurity
in the World 2014
Strengthening the enabling environment
to improve food security and nutrition
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Fund for Agricultural Development
World Food Programme
Global Launch
Rome, 16 September, 2014
http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi

2. The 2013 Report
Three parts:
1. Undernourishment around the world:
the global monitor.
2. Beyond undernourishment: monitoring
the different dimensions of food
security through the suite of indicators.
3. The enabling environment to improve
food security and nutrition: lessons
from analysis of country experiences.

3. Undernourishment around the world
805 million people estimated to be suffering from chronic
hunger in 2012–14, down 100 million in the last decade.
The vast majority, 791 million, live in developing countries.
1014.5
929.9 946.2
World
Developing regions
840.5
805.3
994.1
908.7 930.8
824.9
790.7
1,100
1,050
1,000
950
900
850
800
750
700
1990-92 2000-02 2005-07 2009-11 2012-14

4. International hunger targets
The MDG 1c
hunger
target can be
reached,
with
additional
effort.
WFS goal out
of reach

5. 5.1
7.4
8.7
10.8
10.3
14.0
15.8
20.1
23.8
14.1
14.4
6.3
30.7
23.2
15.7
24.0
27.0
33.3
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Sub-Saharan Africa
Caribbean
Southern Asia
Oceania
Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Caucasus and Central Asia
Latin America
Percentage undernourished
1990-92
2012-14*
Progress in most regions, but uneven

6. Changing distribution of world hunger, 1990–2014
1990–92 2012–14
Western Asia,
Developed
regions, 2.0%
Southern Asia,
28.8%
Sub-Saharan
Africa, 17.3%
North
Africa, 0.6%
South-Eastern
Asia, 13.6%
Eastern Asia,
29.1%
Latin America
and the
Caribbean, 6.8%
Western Asia,
0.8%
Caucasus and
Central Asia,
0.9%
Oceania, 0.1%
1990–92
Developed
regions, 1.8%
Southern
Asia, 34.3%
Sub-Saharan
Africa, 26.6%
South-Eastern
Asia, 7.9%
Eastern Asia,
20.0%
2.3%
Latin America
and the
Caribbean,
4.6%
North Africa,
1.6%
Caucasus and
Central Asia,
0.7%
Oceania, 0.2%
Total = 1015 million Total = 805 million

7. Part One: Key findings
About 805 million people chronically undernourished in
2012–14. Decline of 209 million since 1990-92, and by
100 million in last decade.
Majority of hungry live in developing countries, where over
one in eight, or 13.5 percent of the population, remain
chronically undernourished.
The MDG 1c hunger target is within reach, but large
differences across developing regions remain.
• East Asia, South-East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
have achieved the MDG hunger target. LAC are on track to
reach WFS goal.
• Insufficient progress in sub-Saharan Africa, South and
West Asia.

8. Suite of food security indicators

9. Part Two: Key findings
Food availability major element of food insecurity in poorer
regions, notably sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South
Asia.
Access to food has improved quickly in countries showing
rapid economic progress, notably East and South-East
Asia.
Access has improved in South Asia and Latin America with
social protection.
Utilization remains single greatest challenge, despite progress
over past two decades.
Stability remains a challenge in regions heavily reliant on
international food markets, such as Near East, North
Africa and Caribbean.

10. Strengthening the enabling environment to
improve food security and nutrition
Country case studies focus on enabling environment for food
security and nutrition
• Indonesia, Malawi (IFAD); Madagascar, Yemen (WFP);
Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, (FAO) – all different :
 some achieved MDG 1c, others not
some have experienced political instability, conflict
governance, cultural contexts very different
 agriculture, poverty very different

11. Strengthening the enabling environment to
improve food security and nutrition
Country studies emphasize:
• strong inter-sectoral nature of food security and
nutrition
• need for enabling environment for participation in
policy formulation and implementation, and creation
of needed incentives
4 dimensions of enabling environment:
• policies, programmes, legal frameworks
• human and financial resources
• coordinated, complementary, cooperative mechanisms
• evidence-based, informed decision-making

12. Strengthening the enabling environment to
improve food security and nutrition
Sustained political commitment at highest level crucial –
legal frameworks can help that all work responsibly.
Broad participation in policy formulation and
implementation necessary to consider all views and
empower poor and vulnerable.
Coherence and integration of policy instruments to
ensure complementarities to maximize impacts and
benefits.
Institutional and governance mechanisms promoting
cooperation and coordination among ministries and
facilitating policy coherence essential.

13. For more information …
The State of
Food Insecurity in
the World
The international reference
on global hunger issues
www.fao.org/publications/sofi
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