Global Food and Nutrition Security Crisis

joint statement: IMF FAO World Bank Group, World Food Programme, and World Trade Organization

Linked below, the various neoliberal entities response to the existing and emerging global food insecurity crisis to say once again the various dimensions that our state of a nation as yet to identify, design, develop and implement the minimum strategic outreach for a national food security in the country as presented in the 02/02/2023 article: Transforming Nation on Food Security - the challenges ahead.

It comes at a time when Bantuan Tunai Rahmah, the cash aid scheme, reportedly has 8.7 million recipients – a quarter of Malaysia population – which indicates the extent and depth of workers’ low incomes after more than six decades of postcolonial administration.

According to the Employees Provident Fund, over two million contributors aged between 40 and 54 have less than RM10,000 in their retirement savings accounts

AND that many a rakyat have

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The IMF FAO World Bank Group, World Food Programme, and World Trade Organization Joint Statement.

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The previous Joint Statements can be accessed here (1) and here (2) .

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References from the 3rd Joint Statement

[1] FAO. 2022. Crop Prospects and Food Situation – Quarterly Global Report No. 4, December 2022. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc3233en . Additional notes: While global food commodity prices are softening in tandem with global demand, they remain above historical averages , draining the resources of importing economies. Local food prices remain high, impacting the poor who spend more of their budget on food . Emerging evidence suggests that gaps in food affordability is leading to poorer nutrition outcomes , especially affecting children. Today, women are more food insecure than men in every region of the world, and the current crisis is widening this gap.

[2] WFP and FAO. 2022. Hunger Hotspots. FAO‑WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook. Rome. https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000142656/download/?_ga=2.256731330.858355092.1673881754-618635265.1673881754

[3] https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb9427en

[4] Gentilini, Almenfi, Iyengar, Valleriani, Okamura, Urteaga, and Aziz. 2022. Tracking Global Social Protection Responses to Inflation- Living paper v. 4, December 2022. Washington, DC: World Bank. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099400012222223378/pdf/P176585074ebcd0260a3ca04efbbb3c25c0.pdf

[5] AfDB. 2022. Dakar Declaration on Food Sovereignty and Resilience, January 2023. Dakar. https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/2023/01/27/dakar_ii_declaration_food_sovereignty_and_resilience_.pdf

[6] WTO. 2022. Ministerial Declaration on the Emergency Response to Food Insecurity Ministerial Conference Twelfth Session Geneva, June 2022. Geneva. https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/MIN22/28.pdf&Open=True

[7] FAO. 2019. The international Code of Conduct for the sustainable use and management of fertilizers. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/CA5253EN

[8] Murphy-McGreevey, de Preneuf, and Sample. 2022. New Report on Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems, February 2022: Washington, D.C. https://www.ifpri.org/news-release/press-briefing-new-report-repurposing-agricultural-support-transform-food-systems

[9] FAO. 2021. Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity: Repurposing agricultural support systems to transform food systems. Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/cb6562en/cb6562en.pdf

[10] FAO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. https://www.fao.org/documents/card/fr/c/CC0639EN

[11] One CGIAR. (Accessed 6 February 2023). https://www.cgiar.org/food-security-impact/one-cgiar/