As climate and food crises continue to grow, the Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security aims to bring urgent answers in the form of a reenergized global governance structure to the persistent challenge of food insecurity.
How to Fix a Broken Food System
Every year, 733 million people face hunger, despite the world producing enough nutritious food for everyone. The problem? A global food governance system that’s outdated and failing to meet today’s challenges.
With overseas aid cut drastically, we urgently need to reform food security governance to ensure that it is resilient, efficient, and equipped for today’s world.
The Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security, launched in April 2024, is tackling this challenge head-on. Comprised of seven global leaders in food systems, the Commission has mapped actionable solutions to address governance gaps and reduce food insecurity worldwide.
The Commission identified four “Governance Shifts” essential to achieving zero hunger and ensuring food and nutrition security for everyone.
Under these shifts, the report outlines 10 actionable recommendations for reforming the global governance architecture for food and nutrition in light of today’s pressing challenges, including conflict, climate change, and post-pandemic financial pressures.
“We have the ability to reshape the global food security system to alleviate hunger, end poverty, and promote sustainable development.”
Kofi Annan
About the Commission
Across 2024, the Kofi Annan Foundation, with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation, convened an eminent group of leaders – the Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security – to review the current challenges to the global food security architecture; develop policy recommendations and possible models for a transformed global food governance system; and mobilize political commitment to adopt a new system that is fit-for-purpose to achieve a world with sustainable, equitable and resilient food security.
Learn more about the Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security and its final report ⬎
“As it stands today, our food system is failing to adequately nourish over 3 billion people. To achieve a zero-hunger future, we need to make big bets that will reimagine our food systems. This initiative led by the Kofi Annan Foundation will bring bold thinking and encourage renewed momentum to build the fit-for-purpose governance system that the world needs to end hunger once and for all.”
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
President of The Rockefeller Foundation
At a glance
The Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security
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29% of the global population – 2.4 billion people – were moderately or severely food insecure in 2022, with food security disproportionately affecting women and people living in rural areas.
The Commission has undertaken a one-year programme of work, releasing its final recommendations in February 2025.
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Seven global experts on food security, governance, nutrition, and multilateralism make up the Commission which will develop evidence-based policy recommendations for a new global food security governance system.
The report outlines 10 actionable recommendations for reforming the global governance architecture for food and nutrition in light of today’s pressing challenges, including conflict, climate change, and post-pandemic financial pressures.
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The Commission identified four “Governance Shifts” essential to achieving zero hunger and ensuring food and nutrition security for everyone.
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Members
Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security
Elhadj As Sy
Chair of the Commission
Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation Board, Former Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Amir Abdulla
Commissioner
Former Deputy Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP) and Former UN Coordinator, Black Sea Grain Initiative
H.E Hailemariam Dessalegn Boshe
Commissioner
Former Executive Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr David Nabarro
Commissioner
Former co-lead of the UN Global Crisis Response Group on food-energy-finance and Strategic Director of 4SD Foundation
Sara Roversi
Commissioner
President, Future Food Institute
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Commissioner
Chairperson of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and Former Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)
Mariana Vasconcelos
Commissioner
Co-founder and CEO, Agrosmart
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Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security Final Report
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