Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (santiago)Tuesday, March 05, 2024Inter Press ServiceMario Lubetkin is FAO Assistant Director-Normal and FAO Regional Consultant for Latin America and the Caribbean for Latin America and the Caribbean
SANTIAGO, Mar 05 (IPS) – The regional dedication to combat starvation and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean has made important progress due to the replace of the Meals Safety, Vitamin and Starvation Eradication Plan of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for the interval 2024-2030, often known as the CELAC FNS Plan.
This replace was accepted and ratified through the VIII Summit of Heads of State and Authorities of CELAC, held on March 1 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
This dedication proof Latin America and the Caribbean’s important contribution to accelerating the success of the Sustainable Improvement Targets, aimed toward reaching societies freed from starvation, poverty, and inequality within the area.
Our newest estimates present that, in 2022, 6.5 % of the inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from starvation; this represented 2.4 million fewer folks than in 2021. However the state of affairs stays essential; starvation continues to have an effect on 43.2 million folks within the area.
Likewise, restricted entry to sources and providers, poverty, the aftermath of the pandemic, and conflicts in addition to climate-related disasters, amongst different elements, are affecting the ecosystems on which meals manufacturing and the livelihoods of farming communities rely and threaten efforts to make sure meals safety, diet and the sustainability of agrifood methods.
On this state of affairs, the CELAC FNS Plan 2024-2030 is a concrete initiative, mirrored in a unanimous response from greater than thirty international locations, which, at a ministerial stage, agreed to replace this doc to handle the problem of starvation and meals insecurity within the area.
The brand new plan -developed in coordination with the Professional-Tempore Presidency, at present led by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the thirty-three CELAC international locations, included broad participation and evaluation with technical help from FAO, ECLAC, IICA, and ALADI- has grow to be a benchmark for different areas of the world. Its implementation represents a milestone instance of the consensus and political dedication of Latin America and the Caribbean.
This plan, structured into 4 pillars, features a conceptual foundation to information the international locations regarding authorized frameworks, sustainable manufacturing, entry to wholesome diets, and agrifood methods resilient to local weather change.
2024 may symbolize a decisive yr for Latin America and the Caribbean to make progress in combating starvation and malnutrition and reaching extra resilient and sustainable manufacturing methods. Throughout 2023, we have now consolidated a deep strategy of alliances, consensus, and dialogue that may quickly be a part of the FAO Regional Convention.
We’re within the ultimate stretch of preparation for our Regional Convention to be held in March in Georgetown, Guyana, the place we’ll facilitate exchanges and discussions that shall be important to information FAO’s technical cooperation within the design and implementation of plans and tasks tailor-made to the wants of the international locations, and consistent with the priorities outlined by governments on the highest political stage.
On this regard, the reflections and resolutions arising from the updating and subsequent approval of the brand new CELAC FNS Plan additionally symbolize a major contribution to the FAO Regional Convention.
The preparation of the Regional Convention consists of an in depth session course of involving completely different stakeholders, such because the non-public sector, academia, civil society, and parliamentary teams; and naturally, the participation of presidency officers from the thirty-three FAO Member International locations; in addition to the presence of Heads of State and Ministers of Agriculture and different sectors dedicated to the seek for extra environment friendly, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood methods.
We hope that the outcomes of the Convention, translated into FAO’s mandate, shall be consolidated as a tangible response. The success of those efforts will rely upon the collaboration of all to make the hope of a world with out starvation a actuality.
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