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  • Publication | 2025

Reimagining Global Governance for Food Security

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to “end global hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” by 2030. However, progress is so far off track that achieving this goal under current policies, programs and commitments appears impossible. A radical transformation in how the international community addresses food and nutrition security is urgently needed.

Global Food and Nutrition Security


This transformation must focus on the shared responsibilities of governments,
multilateral agencies, and the wider global governance on food security.
 

The Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security calls for a “common commitment” by these key actors to reimagine global governance institutions and strategies.
 

This requires rethinking how multilateral agencies and organizations collaborate and how government representatives – particularly from those nations who hold the most power – reach decisions.
 

This report outlines actionable recommendations for reforming the global governance architecture for food and nutrition in light of the challenges of today, including conflict, climate change, and post-pandemic financial pressures.
 

Based on a wide-ranging review of existing governance institutions, the Commission identifies four headline “governance shifts” that are required to revive the ambition of zero hunger and ensure that food and nutrition security are governed in the interests of all peoples.
 

Ten primary recommendations, each with clear pathways for implementation, are presented under these headline shifts.