World Vision UK Youth Advocacy Network Workshop
Urgent actions
This was discussed in the context of addressing the global decision-makers who attended the Global Food Security Summit, so the below recommendations are addressed to the world leaders present: 1) Provide humanitarian aid and funding to support communities impacted by food insecurity. 2) Invest in local food production, including agricultural development, small-scale farming, and sustainable food systems. 3) Expand school meal programmes to ensure children have food while learning, and support school gardening initiatives to grow nutritious food locally. 4) Develop and implement nutrition educ... Lire plusation programmes in schools, communities, and healthcare settings to promote balanced diets, meal planning, cooking, and food budgeting. 5) Combat food waste and promote consumer protection with policies targeting manufacturers and food companies, while increasing public awareness for behavioural change. 6) Address economic causes of food insecurity by tackling rising food prices, providing income support to low-income families, and strengthening social welfare systems. 7) Invest in grassroots innovation and research, tailoring technology to each community’s context. Ensure access to affordable data and digital literacy programmes for rural and urban populations to empower communities in finding their own solutions. 8) Address root causes of conflict, such as poverty, cost of living crises, and gender inequality, while boosting humanitarian support in conflict zones and for displaced populations. 9) Promote conflict-sensitive development approaches that factor in the relationship between conflict and food insecurity, prioritising peacekeeping and international collaboration. 10) Mitigate climate change’s impact on food insecurity by investing in sustainable infrastructure, enacting policies focused on climate and food security, launching educational campaigns, and setting international standards. Lire moins



