As nations grapple with water scarcity, food insecurity, and climate change, the global community seeks urgent, innovative solutions. The United Nations has highlighted that almost two-thirds of the world’s population experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year, a situation that exacerbates food security challenges and impedes the achievement of sustainable development goals. Additionally, political tensions, such as those between Russia and Ukraine over grain shipments, have brought into sharp focus the links among food security, water, and national security. `
Food supply and food security have become an imminent challenge for every country due to the global pandemic, climate change, food insecurity, food shortage, and rising prices. Therefore, the President of Mongolia is initiating and implementing the national movement “Food Supply and Security” for the next five years. As a result of the “Food Revolution” movement, Mongolia will meet the domestic needs of the 19 products and set a foundation of becoming a food exporting country. The “Food Revolution” movement was launched with the aim of making a meaningful contribution to global food security in support of the SDG 2030.
Amid these pressing challenges, Foreign Policy will host Food+ at UNGA78 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The forum will convene policymakers, academics, and industry leaders to share insights, explore innovative solutions, and discuss coherent strategies to address global food and water security. The forum will provoke questions about the resilience of agriculture and fishing industries in light of climate change, and the fragility of global food and water systems in the face of conflict. By examining lessons learned from these disruptions, Food+ will explore how policy and partnerships can foster food and water systems capable of withstanding geopolitical shifts and climate shocks.
Ch. Davaabayar, Policy Advisor to the President of Mongolia will participate in the forum representing Mongolia.
In addition, during the “High-level Meeting of the Group of 77 Developing Countries,” the focus was on identifying solutions to food security and water scarcity. For example, “Despite the rapid development of technology in the last 30 years, worldwide poverty has increased, and hunger has reached its highest point since 2005.” For example, “Despite the rapid development of technology in the last 30 years, worldwide poverty has increased, and hunger has reached its highest point since 2005.
