2016 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Sustainable Agriculture Water Management is Key to Ending Hunger and to Climate Change Adaption
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Date: 2017
Topics: Climate Change, Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
The second edition of the Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in the Near East and North Africa 2016 coincides with the adoption of the sustainable development agenda and the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the agreement on climate change reached at CCOP21 in Paris.
The report, therefore, gives particular attention to food insecurity from the sustainability perspective, in particular the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The report uses both the prevalence of undernourishment and the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) which is an agreed indicator for the tracking of the SDG2.
The report focuses on three themes: Food Insecurity, Prevalence and Trends, The Four Pillars of Food Security and Nutrition, Policy Commitments and Experiences to End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition, and Promote Sustainable Agriculture (SDG2): A Focus on Water and Climate Change.