WEBINAR: Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger

25 November 2020. DevCo Infopoint. 85 researchers spanning 25 countries worked intensely for the past three years to identify the most promising solutions to end hunger sustainably, with a focus on the role of donors. Their efforts, which combined artificial intelligence, state-of-the-art modelling, and a strong partnership with Nature Research, was released on October 13, as part of a series of events, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and a call to action from the research community.

Cooperation on research and innovation has steered the international agenda towards a different approach to agricultural research. The latest report on sustainable solutions to end hunger (CERES 2020)[1] finds that most researchers “had the wrong priorities”. Only around 10% compared the many existing agricultural practices to evaluate what works and what doesn’t: “science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers”.

[1] Ceres2030 (2020) Ending Hunger, Increasing Incomes, and Protecting the Climate: What would it cost donors? International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Speakers

Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unity of Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, DEVCO C1
David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI & Co-Director Ceres2030
Jaron Porciello, Associate Director, Cornell University & Co-Director Ceres2030
Carin Smaller, Director, Agriculture, Trade and Investment, IISD & Co-Director Ceres2030

Resources

Laborde, D., Parent, M., & Smaller, C. (2020). Ending Hunger, Increasing Incomes, and Protecting the Climate: What would it cost donors? Ceres2030. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). (28 pages)
Ceres2030 Summary: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger. A world without hunger is possible - it is within reach. So let's act: Summary report of the CERES2030 study by IFPRI, Cornell University and IISD. (40 pages)
Ending Hunger Sustainably: The role of social protection (8 pages) - In this brief, the Ceres2030 project team discusses the crucial role social protection plays in addressing poverty and vulnerability, as well as in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and its associated economic consequences. (Read in English | Lire en français)
Ending Hunger Sustainably: The role of gender (8 pages) - This briefing note points to the challenges, highlights some interventions that have proven to be effective, and hopes it can contribute to making the case that gender must be counted and consciously included if women’s empowerment is to get the place it deserves in realizing the 2030 Agenda. (Read in English | Lire en français)
A Global Value Chain of Knowledge to End Hunger Sustainably (8 pages) - The SDG agenda is complex and integrated. It is an aspirational view of future societies that are able to secure a decent life for everyone on a thriving planet. Crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic test this vision. This is an introduction to the research tools that can be used by governments and donors to decide how much and where to spend scarce resources to solve the multiple and complex global challenges to sustainable development. (Read in English | Lire en français)