UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Published purpose

Through this grant, Canada supports the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on the Global Food Security Crisis. The HLTF uses these funds, along with other donors funding, to achieve its mandate. The mandate of the HLTF on the Global Food Security Crisis is to promote a comprehensive and unified response to the challenge of achieving global food security through a Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA). The CFA, updated in 2010, sets out the joint position of Task Force members and provides governments, international and regional organisations, and civil society groups with a menu of policies and actions from which to draw appropriate responses. These include activities such as investing in food assistance and social safety nets, scaling up investment in agriculture within developing countries, increasing opportunities for producers, pastoralists and fisher folk to access land, water, inputs, and post-harvest technologies, focusing on the needs of smallholder farmers, and enabling them to realize their right to food, sustain an increase in income and ensure adequate nutrition. Canada’s support to the HLTF aims to strengthen its capacity to contribute to the achievement of strengthened food and nutrition security in the longer-term.