FAO introduces food coalition alliance for sustainability

Food Coalition is a voluntary multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral alliance

The need for concerted action to prevent the COVID-19 international health emergency from triggering a catastrophic world food crisis received a welcome new tool as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations formally launched the Food Coalition.

A “network of networks”, the Food Coalition is a voluntary multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral alliance set up to support innovative initiatives to ensure global food access, increase the resilience of agri-food systems and put them on a more sustainable course.

First suggested by the Government of Italy and with more than 30 countries having already expressed interest in joining, it will support existing and future efforts to overcome the pandemic’s disruptive impacts and help countries get back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, particularly those of ending hunger and poverty.

“We must increase the exchange of knowledge and leverage global momentum to promote food security and nutrition,” the FAO Director-General said, hailing the Food Coalition as a lever to attract and harness innovative thinking and solutions.

“The aim is to build a global alliance with a network of national governments, international organizations, thought leaders, civil societies and the private sector working together for a unified global action,” he added. We drink water from the same river and we enjoy the sunshine under only one sky.”