Policy Analysis related to Agriculture
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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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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
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The G20 and Africa – Working together to support Africa's growth and development
The French presidency of the G20 offers an historic opportunity to support and promote Africa’s development. More
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Breaking the cycle of crisis and boosting growth through African agriculture: A call for urgent action
The food crisis in the Horn of Africa tragically portrays the impacts of drought and conflict, but it also brings to the fore the effects of neglecting agriculture and local food systems: increased vulnerability to shocks for 13.3 million people. Yet the food crisis also highlights the positive impacts of smart investments in agriculture. Where smart investments have been made, farmers and pastoralists have proved resilient to the crisis. Tigray, Ethiopia was the epicentre of the 1984-85 famine that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. More
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STOP THE FAMINE: Leaders and Laggards in the Response to the Crisis in the Horn of Africa
ONE has conducted an original analysis that assesses what the responsibility should be for each of the 24 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee in the response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa. It provides an assessment of their actual response to date (11 August 2011), and we also look at the contributions that have been made by non-traditional donors and regional partners. This is a short summary of that analysis and an explanation of how it was completed. More
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ONE's Analysis of the Deauville G8 Communique: ‘Renewed Committment For Freedon And Democracy’
How the G8 communiqué measured up to ONE’s advocacy priorities in advance of the G8 Summit in Deauville, France. More
