Lees de oproep aan het nieuwe Kabinet: Nederlandse aanpak voor wereldwijde voedselzekerheid werkt!

Een overtuigende inzet is belangrijk voor de wereldwijde voedselzekerheid en om boeren en consumenten in Nederland en daarbuiten te ondersteunen. Deze groep partijen is van mening dat Nederland vanuit haar kennis, kunde, ervaring, logistiek en handelspositie de komende jaren ambitieuze inzet moet tonen in de verduurzaming van ons voedselsysteem, om zo bij te dragen aan het behalen van het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs en de Sustainable Development Goals. Meer dan 95 partijen hebben deze oproep ondertekend om diens boodschap hoger op de agenda zetten bij het nieuwe kabinet en zo actief te helpen bij de vormgeving van het beleid. Daarnaast wordt de oproep ondersteund door tientallen professionals en experts werkzaam in de agri-food sector.

(Lees hier ook de uitwerking van deze oproep, gelanceerd in oktober 2024)

Deze oproep is gemaakt door een schrijfgroep bestaande uit Marco Schouten (Agriterra), Karin van Boxtel (Both Ends), Netherlands Food Partnership, Niels Louwaars (Plantum), Arend Meijerman (Rijk Zwaan), Maarten van Nieuw Amerongen (Woord en Daad) en Jelle Maas en Rens Koele (WUR).

Mail je vragen over deze oproep naar: fwouters@nlfoodpartnership.com

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*English*

'Dutch approach to global food security works!' - a call to the new cabinet

In the first half of 2024, a broad group of Dutch companies, knowledge institutions, and civil society organizations urged the new Dutch government to continue working with us in the coming years to strengthen climate-resilient food systems in low- and middle-income countries.

An ambitious commitment is essential for global food security and to support farmers and consumers in the Netherlands and beyond. This group of stakeholders believes that, with its knowledge, expertise, experience, logistics, and trade position, the Netherlands should show ambitious dedication in the coming years to make our food system more sustainable, thereby contributing to achieving the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Over 95 organizations have signed this call to bring its message to the forefront for the new government and actively help shape policy. Additionally, the call is supported by dozens of professionals and experts working in the agri-food sector.

The main points set out in the call are:

1. Offer stability and continuity through greater ambition for international cooperation with sufficient financial resources
2. Link the Climate Agenda to the Food Security Strategy, with context-specific action and investment
3. Bring these points together in a long-term, government-wide International Food and Food Security Strategy, and involve the coalition in the formulation of this policy

This is essential because:

• 74% of the wide-range of food consumed in the Netherlands comes from abroad
• Dutch technology is involved in 80% of horticultural projects around the world
• Dutch knowledge institutes, with Wageningen University & Research in the forefront, are world leaders in research into food and food security
• 0.5% of national income is spent on ‘development cooperation’, while most people in the Netherlands think that is 3.6%
• 4.3% of total climate financing goes to agri-food systems, which cause an average of 29% of greenhouse gas emissions
• Together with 133 other countries, the Netherlands has pledged to integrate food and agriculture in its climate plans as of 2025. This commitment affects 70% of the world’s agricultural land.
• It will reach 10.6 million small farmers with activities aimed at increasing their productivity and incomes

Send your questions about this call to: fwouters@nlfoodpartnership.com