Thumbnail Image

Enhancing the Functioning of the Multilateral System: Measures Beyond the Elaboration of the Revised Standard Material Transfer Agreement. Note By The Co-Chairs

Fifth Meeting of the Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System

Year of publication 2016

Pages 6p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Working Group, in its Report of last biennium, emphasized that the structural problems it identified in the current functioning of the Multilateral System cannot be overcome by a revision of the SMTA alone. At the same time, the Working Group expressed its concern that failure to fully address these structural problems will put the future of the Treaty as a whole at risk. This note has been prepared by the Co-Chairs to facilitate further discussions by the Working Group to address structural solutions to enhance the functioning of the Multilateral System and of the Treaty as a whole.

Language English

Also available in:

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Other document
    An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security 2008
    Also available in:
    Provides an introduction to the four dimensions of food security and other basic concepts.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Brochure
    Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 2023
    Also available in:
    The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is the first legally-binding international instrument that explicitly acknowledges the enormous contribution of farmers and indigenous communities to developing and managing crops and other plant genetic resources for food and agriculture – the basis of our food supply. For millennia, farmers and indigenous communities have taken care of the seed and plants that feed us all. And they continue contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of these resources now and in the future.This brochure contains a brief introduction to what Farmers' Rights are, why, they are important, how the international Treaty supports them and for whom they are relevant. The brochure is designed as attractive introductory product, that refers to more in-depth sources available on Farmers' Rights.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Flagship
    The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
    Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms
    2024
    Also available in:
    Six years from 2030, hunger and food insecurity trends are not yet moving in the right direction to end hunger and food insecurity (SDG Target 2.1) by 2030. The indicators of progress towards global nutrition targets similarly show that the world is not on track to eliminate all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2). Billions of people still lack access to nutritious, safe and sufficient food. Nevertheless, progress in many countries provides hope of the possibility of getting back on track towards hunger and malnutrition eradication. Implementing the policies, investments and legislation needed to revert the current trends of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition requires proper financing for food security and nutrition. Despite a broad agreement on the urgent need to increase financing for food security and nutrition, the same cannot be said for a common understanding regarding how this financing should be defined and tracked. The report provides a long-awaited definition of financing for food security and nutrition and guidance for its implementation. There are recommendations regarding the efficient use of innovative financing tools and reforms to the food security and nutrition financing architecture. Establishing a common definition of financing for food security and nutrition, and methods for its tracking, measurement and implementation, is an important first step towards sustainably increasing the financing flows needed to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition, and to ensure access to healthy diets for all, today and tomorrow.
Show more