FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization and IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development and UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund and WFP, World Food Programme and WHO, World Health Organisation and ESCWA, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (2024) Near East and North Africa – regional overview of food security and nutrition 2024: Financing the transformation of agrifood systems. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ISBN 978-92-5-139414-4
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This report adopts the new definition for financing food security and nutrition that was presented in The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024, which is comprised of core and extended definitions. The core definition includes the financing flows that support main determinants of food security and nutrition, while the extended definition also includes financing flows that contribute to addressing the major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition. The report undertakes mapping the current financing of food security and nutrition. Based on its findings, the broader agriculture sector (agriculture, food, forestry, and fishing sectors) in Arab countries received USD 28.4 billion in financing in 2021, the majority of which was bank credit (USD 12.8 billion) and government expenditure (USD 10.4 billion), with a smaller part of development financing for food consumption (USD 4.9 billion) and a tiny share of foreign direct investment (USD 0.3 billion). This estimate of current financing does not include consumer spending and financial flows through food trade and retail, which benefit local agrifood systems. It also excludes government spending on social protection and health services, as not all of these expenditures relate to food security and nutrition. Arab agrifood systems will need to better target existing, as well as additional, financial resources for agrifood systems transformation that would improve food security and nutrition while safeguarding livelihoods and protecting the planet.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Food Security, Nutrition, Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Livelihoods, Arab, FAO |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 10:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 10:14 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21880 |
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