Statement of the Summit of Heads of State and Government on Global Food Security

We, the Heads of State or Government of Spain, the United States of America, the African Union, the European Union, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia and Nigeria, following our meeting on September 20, 2022, reaffirm our commitment to act urgently in scope and collectively, to respond to the urgent food security and nutrition needs of hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Food systems and global food security are at a critical moment. The amplified impact of a global pandemic, mounting pressures from the climate crisis, high energy and fertilizer prices, and protracted conflicts, including Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, have disrupted production and supply chains and dramatically increased global food insecurity, particularly for the most vulnerable vulnerable people.

We can only overcome global food insecurity by working together to build innovative partnerships – including international financial institutions and other key stakeholders – within the global community. We commit to strengthening international cooperation and partnership initiatives between the United Nations and regional, subregional and civil society organizations. As of September 20, 2022, over 100 member states of the United Nations have endorsed the Roadmap for Global Food Security – Call to Action.

We emphasize the need to act with continued urgency and coordination to meet the goals of the Food Systems Summit 2021 – as well as to respond to immediate humanitarian needs and build more resilient agriculture and food systems along these seven specific lines of action:

1. Make new, additional financial donations to key humanitarian organizations to enable increased delivery of life-saving emergency humanitarian assistance wherever possible;
2. Provide donations in kind and necessary incidentals to key humanitarian organizations where possible and necessary for the transportation and delivery of food based on needs identified by governments of affected countries or humanitarian organizations;
3. Keep food, fertilizer and agricultural markets open and avoid unjustified restrictive measures such as food and fertilizer export bans that increase market volatility and threaten food security and nutrition on a global scale;
4. Encourage an increase in fertilizer production, where possible and as needed, to fill shortages, accelerate and scale fertilizer innovation, support its commercialization and promote methods to maximize fertilizer efficiency
5. Accelerating efforts to support sustainable agriculture and food systems by strengthening agricultural productivity, particularly in the most affected countries, to strengthen their resilience and support domestic production, including efforts to support a just and equitable energy transition, where appropriate, to support them to make it more resilient and available to growers of all sizes, including smallholders;
6. Increase investment in research and technology to develop and implement science-based and climate-resilient agricultural innovations, including seeds, that help build sustainable and resilient agricultural sectors and food systems; and
7. Monitoring markets affecting food systems, including futures markets, to ensure full transparency and to share reliable and timely data and information on global food market developments, in particular through the relevant international organizations.

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