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{{Primarysources, date=October 2010 The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was established in 1974 as an intergovernmental body to serve as a forum in the
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for review and follow-up of policies concerning world
food security Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World F ...
including production and physical and economic access to food. The committee's tasks are to: * Coordinate a global approach to food security * Promote policy convergence * Support and advise countries and regions * Coordinate at national and regional levels * Promote accountability and share best practices * Develop a global strategic framework for food security and nutrition


Structure


The CFS Bureau and Advisory Group

The Bureau is the executive arm of the CFS . It is made up of a Chairperson and twelve member countries. The current Chairperson is Thanawat Tiensin of the Kingdom of Thailand. The Advisory group is made up of representatives from the five different categories of CFS Participants. These are: 1 UN agencies and other UN bodies;
2 Civil society and non-governmental organizations particularly organizations representing
smallholder A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model. Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including factors such as size, food production technique or technology ...
family farmers, fisherfolks, herders, landless, urban poor, agricultural and food workers, women, youth, consumers and indigenous people;
3 International agricultural research institutions;
4 International and regional financial institutions such as the
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, the
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, regional development banks and the
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;
5 Private sector associations and philanthropic foundations.


Plenary

The Plenary session is held annually and is the central body for decision-taking, debate, coordination, lesson-learning and convergence by all stakeholders at a global level on food security issues.


The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrion

The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to world food security and nutrition. It was established in 2010 as the science-policy interface of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and aims to improve the robustness of policy making by providing independent, evidence-based analysis and advice at the request of CFS. The HLPE-FSN has two components. The first is a steering committee made up of internationally recognized experts in a variety of food security and nutrition-related fields. The second is a roster of experts which is used to build teams that act on a project-specific basis to analyze and report on issues related to food security and nutrition. The goal of the HLPE-FSN is to ensure the regular inclusion of advice based on scientific evidence and knowledge. As directed by the CFS Plenary and Bureau, the HLPE-FSN will assess and analyze the current state of food security and nutrition and its underlying causes. It will also provide scientific and knowledge-based analysis and advice on policy-relevant issues and identify emerging trends. It will also help prioritize future actions and focus attention on key focal areas. The HLPE-FSN working processes ensure legitimacy among stakeholders and a high degree of scientific quality: they involve broad stakeholder consultations and the incorporation of different forms of knowledge and expertise, as well as a rigorous scientific peer-review process. Until 2022 the HLPE-FSN has published 17 reports: # Price volatility and food security (2011) # Land tenure and international investments in agriculture (2011) # Food security and climate change (2012) # Social protection for food security (2012) # Biofuels and food security (2013) # Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security (2013) # Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture for food security and nutrition (2014) # Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems (2014) # Water for food security and nutrition (2015) # Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition: what roles for livestock? (2016) # Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition (2017) # Nutrition and food systems (2017) # Multi-stakeholder partnerships to finance and improve food security and nutrition in the framework of the 2030 Agenda (2018) # Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition (2019) # Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030 (2020) # Promoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems (2021) # Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition: towards enhancing effective, inclusive, evidence-informed, decision making (2022)


Committee members

Chairperson of the HLPE-FSN Steering Committee, Mr Bernard Lehmann (Switzerland) Vice-Chairperson of the HLPE-FSN Steering Committee, Ms.
Jennifer Clapp Jennifer Ann Clapp (born December 6, 1963) is a Canadian political economist. She is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. Education Clapp earned her Bachelor of Arts in ...
(Canada) Steering Committee members: Ms Olanike Adeyemo (Nigeria); Ms
Barbara Burlingame Barbara A. Burlingame is a nutrition scientist specializing in food composition, biodiversity for food and nutrition, sustainable diets and sustainable food systems, and traditional food systems of indigenous peoples. She is involved in nutriti ...
(New-Zealand); Mr Ruben Echeverría (Uruguay); Ms
Hilal Elver Hilal Elver is a member of the Academic Council of the UN Least Developed Countries (2011-2021) and was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2 June 2014 until 1 May 2020. She is also a research professor at University of ...
(Turkey); Mr William Moseley (United States of America); Ms Nitya Rao (India); Ms Elisabetta Recine (Brazil); Mr José María Sumpsi Viñas (Spain); Ms Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann (Japan); Mr Stefan Tangermann (Germany); Ms Shakuntala Thilsted (Trinidad and Tobago); Mr Patrick Webb (United States of America); Mr Iain Wright (United Kingdom).


The Secretariat

The CFS has a permanent Secretariat located in the
Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
of the United Nations (FAO), headquartered in Rome, Italy, which includes members from the
World Food Programme The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
(WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Its task is to support the Plenary, the Bureau and Advisory Group and the HLPE-FSN in their work.


External links


Official website

Official HLPE-FSN website

Online Consultation on the CFS Global Strategic Framework

Knowledge for policy - European Commission

Vincent Gitz, Alexandre Meybeck. The establishment of the High Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition (HLPE). Shared, independent and comprehensive knowledge for international policy coherence in food security and nutrition. 2011. ffhal-00866427f

Why reinvent the wheel on food security and nutrition? - Devex
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