Food and nutrition security crises will continue to erupt in the years ahead. While shocks cannot be avoided, particularly as climate change escalates, the severity of their impacts can be contained to prevent major setbacks in achieving long-term development goals. This requires being better prepared to respond swiftly when crisis risks first emerge and strengthening innovative efforts to build resilient food and nutrition systems globally.
Our goal is to build resilient food and nutrition systems that benefit people, the planet, and economies, while delivering timely and effective responses to mitigate crises. We work with governments to reassess market and price distortions, accelerate innovation through investment in research and development, enhance access to information and data analytics to reduce uncertainty and improve transparency, and scale up public and private investments. We are leaders in the global effort to get “back on track” to achieve the SDGs, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
The World Bank is a leader in strengthening global partnerships and national preparedness to build food and nutrition security. For over a decade we have hosted the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, a fund dedicated to fighting hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. We lead international efforts to share information, and to rapidly provide resources where they are needed, while helping countries design the long-term reforms needed to build resilient food and nutrition systems.