Achieving a food-secure requires not just economic policy measures but strong political and social commitments, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations .
Feeding the world is not just a technical issue but a security challenge with humanity’s future at stake, said Atangana, who said that clear and binding rules are critical for developing nations and emphasized that Aid for Trade initiatives must be in the service of helping the supply side and developing production, without which infrastructure has less value.
Qu offered five suggestions for how to improve global food insecurity, noting that FAO’s modeling forecasts there will still be nearly 600 million chronically undernourished people in 2030. Qu also pushed for investments in research, development and innovation—all of which he described as part of the “bottom line for any trade policy”—to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of agrifood systems while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering integrated and sustainable water management and use. Reducing food loss and waste is a third cardinal point, Qu said.