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Food security knowledge platform and policy dialogue India

Project completed

India, a potent emerging economy of 1.3 billion people, has an endemic food insecurity affecting hundreds of millions of people today and is home of half of the world’s malnourished children. Complex societal structures and political deficiencies are part of the challenge. The present project aims at increasing the policy coherence for effective action to improve food and nutrition security. It will do so by bringing new evidence on the fundamental problems to be tackled, and by stimulating the dialogue between people and institutions engaged in poverty reduction, agricultural production, food distribution and economic development in the States of Gujarat, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. Their joint engagement for better policies should help reduce food insecurity sustainably.

Country/region Topic Period Budget
India
Agriculture & food security
Agricultural policy
01.08.2013 - 31.12.2016
 CHF  2’150’000
The project in brief
Background

Policy makers are confronted with increasingly complex challenges to food security. While these are partly tackled by diverse sector policies or programmes in the Indian context, gaps and restricted coordination are limiting factors to their efficiency. Active policy dialogue across sectors and states and concerted efforts of a diversity of stakeholders based on evidence are needed to provide better conditions for the elaboration and implementation of effective policy responses
Objectives

Politicial decision-making in food security-relevant policy processes at national and state levels in India is more effective as a result of strengthened policy research and analysis capacity and interactive policy dialogues.
Target groups

Indian policy researchers and policy makers at state and national levels. Representatives from relevant sectors such as agricultural research, state and federal ministries, universities, farmer organisations, consumer organisations, agricultural extension, input and processing industry, NGOs.
Medium-term outcomes
  1. An Indian food security knowledge platform is established and fostered by a cluster of Indian institutions
  2. An inclusive network of individuals is active and engaged in evidence-based food security policy dialogues
  3. Relevant food security policy processes have been contributed to and effectively influenced
  4. The virtual Indian food security portal is effectively articulated with the global food security portal

 
Results

Results from previous phases:  

 

  • Establishment of the global virtual food security portal (FSP) with food price data and policy tools
  • Contributions and support to global food security policy processes (G8, High-level task force on Food Security)
  • Enlargement of the project with the European Commission (Development Cooperation)

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    Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
    Credit area Development cooperation
    Project partners Contract partner
    Foreign academic and research organisation
    • Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
    • IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)


    Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF    2’150’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    1’779’339
    Project phases

    Phase 2 01.08.2013 - 31.12.2016   (Completed)

    • Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
      Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation
      Agricultural policy and administrative management
      Cross-cutting topics The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
      The project also supports partner organisation improvements
      Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
      Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
      Finance type Aid grant
      Aid Type Project and programme contribution
      Tied/untied aid Untied aid
      Project number

      7F06451

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