Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/?xtor=RSS-1 Hunger has been increasing in the world since 2014. According to the most recent State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World or SOFI report, published jointly by the FAO, WFP, IFAD, UNICEF and the WHO, around 690 million people (8.9% of the world's population) were chronically undernourished in 2019: 12 million more than in 2018 and 60 million more than in 2014. Africa is the region with the highest prevalence of undernourishment, with 18.8% of the population affected in 2019 (39.6 (…) en Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480412 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 First meeting of the Global School Meals Coalition 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 Food security – France announces a $150 million contribution for the replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (23.09.23) 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 Global food security – France calls for extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative (10 May 2023) 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 Grain exports to non-EU countries – Confirmation from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES - 28.04.23) 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 Food security – France continues to take action to strengthen global food security (26.11.22) 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 Food security – Extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (17 Nov. 2022) 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 Global food security – Contributions from France and Germany to the World Food Programme operation transporting Ukrainian grain to Somalia and Ethiopia (28 Sep. 22) 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 FARM initiative: Launch of a global coalition of private stakeholders for international food resilience (23 Jun. 2022) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/news/article/farm-initiative-launch-of-a-global-coalition-of-private-stakeholders-for?xtor=RSS-1 Mme Catherine Colonna, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and M. Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, today brought together stakeholders in the private sector, alongside M. Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, and Mme Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The meeting provided an opportunity to (…) 2022-06-23 18:14:12 64031_267436 France, EU and WFP meet to discuss impact of war in Ukraine on food security (13 Apr. 2022) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/other-major-sectors/food-security-nutrition-and-sustainable-agriculture/article/france-eu-and-wfp-meet-to-discuss-impact-of-war-in-ukraine-on-food-security-13?xtor=RSS-1 France's Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič met with David Beasley, Executive Director (ED) of the World Food Program (WFP), to discuss the dramatic consequences of the war in Ukraine on food security, especially for developing countries and the world's most vulnerable countries. Ministers, the EU Commissioner and the Executive Director expressed their deep preoccupation with (…) 2022-04-13 13:21:41 62307_266000 Food security - The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Agriculture and Food meets with the multilateral global food security organizations against the backdrop of the Russian war against Ukraine (Rome, 12 Apr. 2022) 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