This Final Report on the implementation of the EU Food Facility covers the period 2009-2011. The EU Food Facility constituted the first major financial response to the 2007-2008 food crisis and helped to strengthen international coordination in the UN and the G8. For its part, the Food Facility added to the US$ 3.9 billion contribution made by the Commission to the LAquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI). The AFSI was launched by G8 leaders in July 2009 and amounts to US$22 billion in support of sustainable agriculture and food security in developing countries over three years.
Covering a period of three years (2009-2011), the EU Food Facility primarily addressed the period between emergency aid and medium-to-long term development assistance.
The main conclusions of the report are as follows:
The future: in the framework of the joint programming exercise for 2014-2020, the EU Delegations have been provided with specific guidance to ensure that sustainable agriculture and food security priorities have been taken care of, in particular in 52 partner-countries selected according to structured food and nutrition security assessments. These priorities should be reflected in the policy dialogue developed by the EU Delegations, which will emphasise long-term impact and ownership, in particular from a long-term sustainability perspective.
In this context, the report recommends that the EU focuses on the most off-track countries in the area of food and nutrition security, using the most effective existing financing mechanisms to reduce structural vulnerability in the long run, and fostering the resilience of the poorest households, countries and regions in the face of future food crises, whatever their nature.