Committee on World Food Security

Making a difference in food security and nutrition

The CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW) sets out the Committee’s vision, priorities and activities over a four-year period. ​

It guides CFS’s work to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by promoting inclusive dialogue, developing global policy guidance, and supporting countries in advancing food security and nutrition.  ​

The thematic topics and activities are proposed and agreed by the Members of the Committee through an inclusive process. ​

Through its workstreams and supportive activities, the MYPoW strengthens coordinated action and policy coherence at global, regional and national levels. ​

CFS seeks to realize its vision of eliminating hunger and malnutrition for all by delivering specific outputs under its three core Strategic Objectives: ​

  • Strategic Objective 1: Platform – Serving as the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for dialogue, coordination and collective action on food security and nutrition. ​
  • Strategic Objective 2: Policy – Developing voluntary global policy guidance to promote policy convergence and coherence. ​
  • Strategic Objective 3: Uptake – Fostering the use, follow-up and review of CFS policy products, and encouraging the sharing of experiences and good practices at all levels. 
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Rome, Italy 26/06/2023

CFS aims at eliminating hunger and malnutrition through improved policy convergence/coherence at global level, which leads to strengthened actions at national and regional levels. All activities in the MYPoW are designed, planned and implemented to promote: resilience of livelihoods; attention to the people most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition; a multi-sectoral inclusive and participatory approach; evidence-based decision-making; social, economic and environmental sustainability; gender equality, women’s and girls’ rights and women's empowerment in the context of FSN.