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Committee on World Food Security (CFS) stresses role of sustainable forestry - new recommendations endorsed to achieve food security and nutrition for all
New CFS chair elected 13 October 2017, Rome - The week-long, 44th Session of the Committee
on World Food Security (CFS) - Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition - endorsed new recommendations on the role of sustainable forestry in achieving food security and nutrition for all. The recommendations centred on the need for an integrated policy approach to forestry, agriculture, water and food security and nutrition by reinforcing cross-sectoral coordination. Tenure of
land and other resources were also highlighted as key in the recommended approach, with the Committee acknowledging the greater role that the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure could play.
CFS also discussed urbanization and rural development, and offered a platform for stakeholders to work together and steer away from approaching urbanization and rural development as separate
sectors as has been the case in the recent past. This is especially pertinent in a context of an increasingly urbanized world and changing food systems. The number of people living in cities is to rise from 50 percent to 66 percent by 2050.
Over the next two years, the Committee will explore the impact of urbanization on people with lower income and on furthering youth's and women's engagement and employment in food systems, including
linking producers to markets. The plenary session kicked off on Monday with FAO's call for new food systems to conquer malnutrition in all its forms. FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva told delegates that "more active
policies" are needed to ensure sustainable food systems, stressing that companies and consumers must play a bigger role in overhauling the world's food systems at a time when both hunger and obesity are on the rise.
During a day dedicated to nutrition, participants from civil society, the private sector, African small-scale farmers and others presented good practices and lessons learnt on investments in
healthy food systems. A recurring message throughout the week from all stakeholders was the importance of using existing CFS policy guidance, which would make a major difference in governments' ability to achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals. Over 50 side events enabled participants to explore topics ranging from rural youth employment and entrepreneurship for food and nutrition security, school meals and social protection initiatives
in the Middle East and North Africa to climate smart agriculture, and agribusiness mega-mergers' threat to world food security. The Committee on World Food Security elects new Chair
"CFS has a crucial role to play in amplifying the message that the goal to achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all is as ambitious as it is achievable. My priority as Chair will
be to continue harnessing innovative ideas from all stakeholders -member States, civil society, the private sector, academia, research centres, philanthropies and other actors, including UN agencies beyond Rome- toward eradicating hunger and malnutrition before
2030," said Mario Arvelo. The Committee also thanked the outgoing Chair, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sudan, Amira Gorness for her outstanding service over the past two years.
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