https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/?xtor=RSS-1 en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480414 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/the-nutrition-for-growth-summit-mobilizes-over-us-27-billion-to-reach-nutrition?xtor=RSS-1 On March 27 and 28, 2025, at the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G), which was organized by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs under the auspices of Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, the international community made ambitious commitments to tackle the challenge of malnutrition in all its forms. Close to US$28 billion in nutrition funding to reach Sustainable Development Goals was announced, attesting to the exceptional degree of (…) 2025-03-29 10:34:13 64031_283341 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/france-will-host-the-next-international-nutrition-for-growth-n4g-summit-in/article/france-will-host-the-next-international-nutrition-for-growth-n4g-summit-in?xtor=RSS-1 As host country of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, France will stage the next international Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) in Paris on 27-28 March 2025. This high-level event aims to make political and financial commitments to nutrition and will bring together many government stakeholders, international organizations, civil society organizations, research stakeholders and the private sector. Nutrition, a universal issue at the heart of sustainable development issues Malnutrition is (…) 2025-03-06 13:35:03 66060_282963 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/first-meeting-of-the-global-school-meals-coalition/article/first-meeting-of-the-global-school-meals-coalition?xtor=RSS-1 On 18 and 19 October 2023, the first meeting of the Global School Meals Coalition is taking place in Paris. Launched in 2021 by the World Food Programme (WFP) with the support of France and Finland, this coalition aims to offer every child in the world access to the necessary school meals by 2030, to enable them to learn and grow. Last week, Paris hosted the first meeting of the School Meals Coalition. Its aim? That by 2030, every child should receive a school meal 👧👦@Ch_Lemoine, deputy (…) 2023-10-16 15:33:01 65443_275935 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/food-security-france-announces-a-150-million-contribution-for-the-replenishment?xtor=RSS-1 In a video released at the Global Citizen Festival in New York on September 23, President Emmanuel Macron announced a $150 million contribution for the replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). This is the largest contribution ever made for IFAD replenishment. France will host the final session of the 2023 replenishment consultation in Paris on December 14 and 15, in partnership with Angola, and the two countries will be championing investments that (…) 2023-09-27 08:34:43 64031_275417 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/global-food-security-france-calls-for-extending-the-black-sea-grain-initiative?xtor=RSS-1 France emphasizes that the Russian aggression against Ukraine aggravated global food insecurity and malnutrition by blocking Ukrainian food exports. France urges Russia to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative and to end its blackmail of global food security. It hails the efforts by the UN Secretary-General and Turkey to extend this agreement. France and its partners will continue to step up their efforts to reduce the risks of food security weighing on the world's most vulnerable (…) 2023-05-10 17:22:46 64031_273136 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/grain-exports-to-non-eu-countries-confirmation-from-the-french-agency-for-food?xtor=RSS-1 Over the last few weeks, the French government and many businesses that export French grain have expressed concern about the decision made by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) last October to change the conditions for the use of products that protect stored grain. These new conditions ran the risk of cutting off exports to certain countries beginning on April 25. On April 21, ANSES confirmed that it would be possible to export grain to (…) 2023-05-02 09:08:15 64031_272912 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/food-security-france-continues-to-take-action-to-strengthen-global-food?xtor=RSS-1 France is continuing to take action to strengthen global food security. Together with our partners, we are supporting Ukraine's important efforts to export grain to those who need it, especially in Africa. France is also working to facilitate the export of fertilizer in order to save the coming harvests. In response to this situation, on November 26, President Macron announced that France would be contributing an additional €6 million, which will be deployed by the Ministry for Europe and (…) 2022-11-29 18:29:29 64031_270081 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/food-security-extension-of-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-17-nov-2022?xtor=RSS-1 Today's announcement by the UN Secretary-General of the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative for 120 days is a positive step that will be welcomed by the international community. Continuing this initiative is crucial to combating global food insecurity, which has been aggravated by Russia's aggression against Ukraine. France and its partners will continue to step up their efforts to reduce the risks of food insecurity for the most vulnerable populations worldwide; one way they will do (…) 2022-11-18 17:09:30 64031_269868 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/global-food-security-contributions-from-france-and-germany-to-the-world-food?xtor=RSS-1 As announced by the President of the French Republic, Mr Emmanuel Macron, and the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Olaf Scholz, at the United Nations General Assembly, France and Germany will contribute financially to the transport and distribution of 50,000 tonnes of wheat provided free of charge by Ukraine to Somalia and Ethiopia, in an unprecedented gesture of solidarity, even as Ukraine is under attack in a war of aggression. The wheat will be transported by (…) 2022-09-30 18:15:34 64031_268990 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/article/food-security-the-minister-for-europe-and-foreign-affairs-and-the-minister-of?xtor=RSS-1 As the global food crisis brought about by the Russian war against Ukraine worsens, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Food and the European Commissioner for Crisis Management are traveling to Rome today to meet with the leaders of the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA) and the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The ministers (…) 2022-04-13 11:02:33 62307_265996