Funding Options and Technologies to Increase Food Security

Due the ongoing global food crisis, there is growing range of funding options and technologies available to increase food security.  In addition there are multiple collaborative initiatives to facilitate improved food security.  Given below are lists of organizations and articles relating to increasing food security:

1) News about funding for food-related projects:

a) BloombergNews: Food’s Climate Funding Tops $7 Billion During COP28, Dec 12, 2023

b) GatesFoundation.org: Gates Foundation Announces Partnership with United Arab Emirates to Accelerate Action on Climate and Strengthen Food Systems Through Investment in Agricultural Innovation

c) COP28-News: Cop28 Presidency Puts Food Systems Transformation on Global Climate Agenda As More Than 130 World Leaders Endorse Food And Agriculture Declaration, Dec. 1, 2023.

d) PremiumtTmesNG: We’ll cultivate 500,000 hectares of farmlands to boost food supply – Tinubu – The president said his government will cultivate 500,000 hectares of farmland across the country to boost food supply chain in Nigeria, January 1, 2024.

2) News about the global food crises:

a) PBS: UN chief warns climate chaos and food crises threaten global peace: ‘Empty bellies fuel unrest’, Feb 14, 2024
“Climate and conflict are two leading drivers of (our) global food crisis,” the secretary-general said. “Where wars rage, hunger reigns – whether due to displacement of people, destruction of agriculture, damage to infrastructure, or deliberate policies of denial.”
…. a longtime FAO warning: “There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security.”
Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali: “Conflict is the primary driver of acute food insecurity in Africa, and the same can be said about Haiti,”

b) FAO-org: Advancing Water Action for Food and Climate Security, 09 Aug 2023
More than 3 billion people live in agricultural areas with severe water deficits or scarcity, with 1.2 billion living in severely water-constrained agricultural areas.

c) World Food Programme (WFP) webpage: A Global Food Crisis
Conflict, economic shocks, climate extremes and soaring fertilizer prices are combining to create a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. As many as 309 million people are facing chronic hunger in 71 countries. We have a choice: act now to save lives and invest in solutions that secure food security, stability and peace for all, or see people around the world facing rising hunger. 

Note1: Short link to this webpage: ClimateSAN.org/ftfs