Feeding hunger and insecurity

annexesAnnex 6: Summary of the actions proposed by the HLTF as part of the CFAObjective Action Responsible Multi-lateralImprove the accessibilityand scale-up emergencyfood assistance, nutritioninterventions and safetynetsBoost smallholder farmerproductionAdjust trade and taxpoliciesManage MacroeconomicimplicationsExpand social protectionsystemsSustain growth ofsmallholder farmer foodproductionImprove international foodmarketsDevelop consensus onbio-fuelsStrengthen globalinformation and monitoringsystems• Protect the basic consumption needs of the poor• Scale-up nutritional support• Support management of under nutrition• Promote school feeding• Adjust pensions and other existing social protection programmes• Allow free flow of assistance• Explore establishing humanitarian food reserves• Provide productivity enhancing safety nets• Rehabilitate rural and agricultural infrastructure• Reduce post-harvest crop losses and improve village level stocks• Remove artificial constraints to domestic trade• Improve animal health services• Review trade and taxation policy options• Use strategic grain reserves to lower prices• Avoid generalized food subsidies• Minimize use of export restrictions• Reduce restrictions on use of stocks• Reduce import tariffs• Improve efficiency of trade facilitation• Temporarily reduce VAT and other taxes• Hold down core inflation and inflation expectations• Assess the impact on the balance of payments• Mobilize external support to finance additional food imports• Ensure adequate levels of foreign exchange reserves• Cost all fiscal measures in response to food crisis• Strengthen capacity to design and implement social protection• policies and programmes• Move towards more efficient programmes• Identify alternatives to unconditional assistance• Improve the quality and diversity of foods• Improve the enabling policy framework• Stimulate public/private investment in agriculture• Ensure secure access to and better management of natural• resources, including land, water and biodiversity• Invest in agricultural research• Improve rural infrastructure• Ensure sustained access to competitive, transparent and private-• sector-led markets• Support development of producer organizations• Strengthen access of smallholders and other food chain actors to• financial and risk management instruments• Reduce/eliminate agricultural trade distortions in higher income• countries• Implement ‘Aid for Trade’• Strengthen oversight markets to limit speculation• Build capacity for markets to better meet needs of lower income countries• Support regional or global stocks sharing• Prepare a common reference framework• Develop bio-fuel guidelines and safeguard measures• Re-assess bio-fuel targets, subsidies and tariffs• Facilitate private investments in biofuel production• Promote research and development, knowledge exchange and• capacity building• Establish better coordination of information systems• Carry-out comprehensive assessments and monitoring• Undertake impact analysis• Conduct health and nutrition assessments• Analyze policy options and programmatic approaches• Review contingency plans and early warning systemsIMF, OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF,World Bank, WFP, WHOFAO, IFAD, World Bank, WFPIMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, WorldBank, WTOIMF, World BankIMF, UNDP, UNEP, UNHCR,UNICEF, World Bank, WFPFAO, IFAD, UNCTAD, UNDP,UNEP, World BankUNCTAD, World Bank, WHO,WTOFAO, IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP,UNEP, World BankFAO, IMF, UNEP, UNHCR,UNICEF, World Bank, WFP,WHOSource: HLTF 2008ACF International Network Feeding Hunger and Insecurity 73