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‘Matšepo Molise-Ramakoae

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  1. “These efforts can be achieved through targeted emergency responses as well as medium- and long- term assistance to support recovery and build resilience, or, in other words, to build back better.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  2. “In conclusion, I wish to highlight that the ability to promote food security and sustainably feed a growing population by 2030 depends on dedicated investments in agriculture, social protection, disaster risk reduction, education, health and efforts to develop the capacities of farmers and fishers to produce food and manage the natural environment. Finally, I wish to point out that it would be prudent for a United Nations focal point to help guide the implementation of resolution 2417 (2018) in order to ensure unhindered humanitarian access to civilians affected by armed conflict. Better coordinated efforts are required to meet the needs of people in conflict-ridden areas who are affected by major food crises and abnormal weather patterns.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  3. “Lesotho also adopted its food and nutrition policy in 2016. The policy serves as the reference framework for all sectors and implementers to align their policies and programmes, guide the identification of food security-specific interventions as well as create an enabling the environment for food security. We are also proud to report that our Head of State, His Majesty King Letsie III, has, for a number of successive years, been the African Union Champion for Nutrition and also FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition, positions through which he raises awareness and mobilizes Governments, international organizations and the general public to end hunger and malnutrition.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  4. “With the assistance of the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the United States of America, the Parliament of Lesotho enacted the Land Administration Authority Act of 2010, which went a long way to addressing the issue of security of land ownership, including by removing impediments to women’s access to land. With the assistance of development partners, Lesotho has started applying farming methods intended to be resilient to climate and weather hazards. However, the country still faces major challenges. Climate change is one challenge. Severe drought conditions devasted the entirety of southern Africa in recent years and resulted in severe food shortages. Another challenge relates to the malnutrition and even malnourishment among children under the age of five, particularly those who reside in rural areas.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  5. “This resonates with the key principles and values of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.S/2021/250 During the review progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 at the 2017 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, increased understanding of interlinkages among all SDGs was evident. SDG 2, about “ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, promoting sustainable agriculture”, highlights the complex interlinkages among other development goals. Turning to the southern African subregion, with particular focus on Lesotho, it is of paramount importance to note that the absence of armed conflict in recent years in the country has enabled the Kingdom of Lesotho to make an undertaking to modernize her agricultural systems.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  6. “At the African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea in 2014, Heads of State and Government adopted a remarkable set of concrete agricultural goals to be attained by 2025. The Malabo summit reaffirmed that agriculture should remain high on the development agenda of the African Union and a critical policy initiative for African economic growth and poverty reduction. The Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth commits to accelerating agricultural growth by at least doubling current agricultural productivity levels by the year 2025.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  7. “During the course of a conflict, food systems are often damaged; this includes direct damage, such as the destruction of crops or arable land, but also labour diversion away from the agricultural sector, according to reports on this topic. Indeed, the 2017 report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNICEF, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, found that after a long declining trend in the number of people undernourished, recent increases were observed most notably in areas affected by conflict. Africa has taken encouraging steps to address food security and nutrition challenges.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  8. “On the one hand, the natural factors include, but are not restricted to, climate change, population size, competition and diversity, while on the other hand the human-made factors include religious extremism, security deficiency, a sense of alienation, endemic elite corruption, inadequate and deceptive reporting systems, military brutality, adverse economic conditions, decrepit systems and underdeveloped infrastructure. There is an intricate relation between food insecurity and violent armed conflict, as conflict can affect food security through other means and food security itself has been identified as a conflict determinant by some scholars. Conflict potentially reduces food availability and access, as the fighting may disrupt agricultural production and markets.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  9. “As a result, the upsurge of armed conflict in Africa is a menace to what little progress there would otherwise be towards achieving global food security. The most destructive of all the factors fuelling food insecurity appears to be conflict, which disrupts livelihoods and increases the numbers of refugees and internally displaced civilians in conflict-ridden areas around the globe. The Sahel, the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, Yemen and Syria have degenerated into the most conflict-prone parts of the world. Some academics have expanded the debate by broadly classifying the causes of armed conflict into natural and human-made factors.”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source

  10. “Allow me to begin by commending you, Madam President, for convening this high-level open debate of the Security Council on conflict and food security. Today’s meeting is a clear demonstration of our resolve and determination to ensure that necessary measures are taken towards the implementation of resolution 2417 (2018). Fostering food security is one of the daunting challenges confronting the international community. Sub-Saharan Africa appears to face harsh constraints with regard to attaining food security due to several factors, including conflict, climate change and other development challenges, such as weak political institutions, a fragile macroeconomic environment and fledgling fiscus. The situation has been exacerbated by the adverse impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”

    2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source