Policy Analysis related to Agriculture
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What is at Stake on June 8th for the Global Fight Against Malnutrition
How can it be that 40% of Africa’s children are so chronically malnourished by the age of five that they will never fully thrive, physically recover or mentally develop – and this has improved little in two decades, despite so much other development progress? More
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Our G8 Challenge: Transparency and Food Revolutions
The 2013 G8 Summit will focus on growth and prosperity, with two pre-summit events on development: one on agriculture and nutrition (8 June), and one on transparency, tax and trade (15 June). ONE is campaigning for world leaders to take a big step towards ending extreme poverty through concrete action at these meetings. More
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The SUN, Moon and Stars: A Nutrition Policy Agenda for the Next 1,000 Days
On June 8th, just days before the 2013 G8 Summit, UK Prime Minister David Cameron will convene world leaders in London for a high-level “golden moment” focused on the issue of undernutrition. More
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New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Part 2
The 2013 G8 Summit in Lough Erne is just two months away. At the Nutrition for Growth event on June 8th in London, held just a week before the G8 Summit, the international community will once again focus on the G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. In a follow up to its launch at last year’s G8 summit in Camp David, it is expected that the New Alliance will be expanded to additional countries and enhanced with several key changes. The New Alliance Leadership Council meetings in Cape Town, South Africa in May provide the first opportunity for progress to be examined and new changes to be unveiled. More
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New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Part 1
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (“New Alliance”) was born out of the Camp David Summit of the G-8 in May 2012. It is an initiative that aims to lift 50 million people out of poverty over the next 10 years by using a collective approach of pro-poor policies committed to by African governments, substantial private sector investment in order to increase agriculture productivity and farmer incomes, and donor governments aligning behind country-led plans (i.e. CAADP). More
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Summit in Sight: The G8 and Africa from Gleneagles to Lough Erne
In 2005, following a massive global campaign, G8 leaders agreed an ambitious package of support to accelerate development in Africa. Eight years on, our analysis shows the galvanising effect of the Gleneagles commitments. African leadership, with G8 support, has resulted in major progress in the fight against extreme poverty. Increases in financing for development, through aid, debt relief and a huge rise in domestically generated resources, have had a direct impact on the lives of some of the poorest people in the world. More
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Putting Nutrition on the Agenda
How can it be that 40% of Africa's children are so chronically malnourished by the age of five that they wil lnever fully thrive, physically recover or mentally develop - a statistic that has not improved in two decades, despite so much other development progress? More
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ONE’s asks of the Mexico G20
At the G20 in Mexico ONE is encouraging concerted action on three important issues: transparency and accountability; infrastructure and energy; and agriculture, nutrition and food security. The G20 has discussed these issues over the last few years and made a number of commitments to address them. At the Los Cabos Summit, it is critical that the G20 acts upon these commitments in an accountable and timely fashion. More
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Food. Farming. Future: Breaking the Cycle of Malnutrition and Poverty
50 million people could be locked in extreme poverty and 15 million children could remain chronically malnourished unless world leaders take urgent action to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. More
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THRIVE: Key Facts
Key facts and figures for ONE's Thrive campaign More
