Select Committee · International Development Committee

Food insecurity

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Jul 2022 Closed: 8 Mar 2023 2 recommendations 1 conclusion 1 report

Report and Government response published The International Development Committee has now published a Report on Food insecurity and concluded that the government does not appear to have a plan to tackle the catastrophic worldwide hunger crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and other factors. The report said nearly 50 million people in 43 countries …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Second report - Food insecurity	HC 504	1 Jul 2022	3	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items

16 Recommendation Second report - Food insecurity

publish a comprehensive strategy setting out its plan to address food insecurity; and a) increase...

publish a comprehensive strategy setting out its plan to address food insecurity; and a) increase humanitarian funding for food assistance programmes to reflect increased global food and fuel costs and to meet need. b) To promote sustainable agriculture, the Government must increase support to agricultural development programmes in middle-and-lower-income

Government response. Partially Accept The response below outlines the FCDO’s comprehensive action plan to address famine risk and food insecurity. We would be happy to make the latest full version available to the Committee on request. A summary of the UK government’s …

17 Recommendation Second report - Food insecurity

countries.

countries. The Government must work with international partners to:

Government response. Accept To promote sustainable agriculture to deliver inclusive economic development and sustainable food security, poor and vulnerable countries whose food security and growth depend on agriculture investment and transformation, need increased support for the sector. This is the case in …

18 Conclusion Second report - Food insecurity

empower the Global Alliance for Food Security to develop international solutions to regional food security...

empower the Global Alliance for Food Security to develop international solutions to regional food security challenges. That should include a) securing the provision, delivery and distribution of food assistance to countries in need in order to avert famine. Such initiatives should prioritise countries with communities classed on the Integrated Food …

Government response. Partially Accept The Global Alliance for Food security (GAFS) was set up with the aim to ensure that the support reaches those in most urgent need and coordinates aid measures relating to food security. It has evolved since the report …

Correspondence

2 letters

Date	Direction	Title
24 May 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Af…
21 Apr 2022	From cttee	Letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affa…