WFP welcomes the G7s focus on food security within its development agenda

The latest commitment comes as 309 million people face acute hunger driven by conflicts, economic disruptions, and the climate crisis.

At the G7 meeting on Development this week, members reaffirmed their commitment to the G7 Apulia Food Systems Initiative (AFSI), to improve food security and nutrition and recognised the need for innovative solutions to increase public and private funding for food security.  

“By leveraging innovative financing like debt swap agreements to invest in resilience and bolster food security, we can drive progress toward a world where no one goes to bed hungry,” said WFP Executive Director, Cindy McCain. “The global effort to eradicate hunger and malnutrition requires all of us – governments, partners and communities – to collaborate on lasting solutions that create the conditions for long-term, sustainable development”.

The G7 ministers articulated the G7 Apulia Progress Report 2024, to assess the progress made on G7 development-related commitments with a focus on Africa and to inform future G7 development cooperation strategies and through a special session, endorsed the need for joint action for humanitarian access and accelerated coordination to address the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

Since it assumed presidency of the G7, Italy has prioritised addressing food security, building sustainable food systems and improving nutrition among its wider G7 commitments.  

G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué can be found here.

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