A/RES/80/157 GA

United Nations A/RES/80/157 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 December 2025 25-20755 (E) *2520755* Eightieth session Agenda item 24 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2025 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/80/555, para. 7)] 80/157. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 65/178 of 20 December 2010, 66/220 of 22 December 2011, 67/228 of 21 December 2012, 68/233 of 20 December 2013, 69/240 of 19 December 2014, 70/223 of 22 December 2015, 71/245 of 21 December 2016, 72/238 of 20 December 2017, 73/253 of 20 December 2018, 74/242 of 19 December 2019, 75/235 of 21 December 2020, 76/222 of 17 December 2021, 77/186 of 22 December 2022, 78/168 of 19 December 2023 and 79/227 of 19 December 2024, Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business, Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions and reaffirms the strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 2/19 Welcoming the convening of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Sevilla, Spain, and reaffirming its outcome document, the Sevilla Commitment, endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 79/323 of 25 August 2025, which sets forth a renewed global framework for financing for development, building on the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda, 1 to close with urgency the estimated annual 4 trillion United States dollar financing gap, 2 and catalyse sustainable development investments at scale in developing countries and continue the reform of the international financial architecture through continued and strong commitment to multilateralism, international cooperation, and global solidarity, Recalling the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security,3 particularly the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security, and noting the Rome Declaration on Nutrition,4 as well as the Framework for Action,5 which provides a set of voluntary policy options and strategies for use by Governments, as appropriate, adopted at the Second International Conference on Nutrition, held in Rome from 19 to 21 November 2014, Recalling also the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,6 Agenda 21,7 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,8 the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 9 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), 10 the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 11 the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 12 the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus,13 the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries14 for the decade 2022–2031 and the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States: A Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity,15 the Awaza Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2024–203416 and Agenda 2063 of the African Union, as well as its second 10-year implementation plan, and its continental programme embedded in the resolutions of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s _______________ 1 General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex. 2 Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 (United Nations publication, 2024), figure I.1. 3 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2. 4 World Health Organization, document EB136/8, annex I. 5 Ibid., annex II. 6 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I. 7 Ibid., annex II. 8 Resolution S-19/2, annex. 9 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 10 Ibid., resolution 2, annex. 11 Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 12 Resolution 60/1. 13 Resolution 63/239, annex. 14 Resolution 76/258, annex. 15 Resolution 78/317, annex. 16 Resolution 79/233, annex; see also resolution 79/279. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 3/19 25-20755 Development and regional initiatives, such as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, Reaffirming the Paris Agreement, 17 and encouraging all its Parties to fully implement the Agreement and Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 18 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as possible, Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement, and noting with concern the findings contained in the special reports19 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the findings from the contributions of the Working Groups I, II and III, as well as the synthesis report of the sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel, which represents a more comprehensive and robust assessment of climate change than the fifth assessment report, recognizing the importance of the best available science for effective climate action and policymaking, Welcoming the convening of the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 13 December 2023, the twenty- ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Baku from 11 to 22 November 2024, and the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025, and looking forward to the thirty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in 2026, Welcoming also the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024 on the theme “Peace with nature”, recalling the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework,20 adopted at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and urging its early, inclusive and effective implementation, and taking note of the 2024 Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health (nexus assessment) of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Recalling the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019, and its outcome document, 21 and recognizing the important role that South-South and triangular cooperation play in fostering partnerships among developing countries that lead to the end of poverty and hunger and to the achievement of food security and improved nutrition, as well as the promotion of sustainable agriculture, Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016,22 recalling the resumption of the second session of the United _______________ 17 Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21. 18 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. 19 Global Warming of 1.5°C, Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems and The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. 20 United Nations Environment Programme, document CBD/COP/15/17, decision 15/4, annex. 21 Resolution 73/291, annex. 22 Resolution 71/256, annex. A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 4/19 Nations Habitat Assembly, in Nairobi on 29 and 30 May 2025, welcoming the convening of the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum, to be held in Baku from 17 to 22 May 2026 under the theme “Housing the world: safe and resilient cities and communities”, as an important platform to advance the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, and reaffirming also the importance of promoting the integration of food security and the nutritional needs of urban residents, particularly the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, in order to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition, as well as promoting the coordination of policies on sustainable food security and agriculture across urban, peri-urban and rural areas, Recalling the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and its guiding principles,23 recalling also its promotion of regular disaster risk preparedness, prevention, response and recovery exercises, at the national and local levels, with a view to ensuring rapid and effective response to disasters and related displacement, including access to essential food and non‑food relief supplies, as appropriate to local needs, and taking note of the political declaration of the high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted on 18 May 2023,24 Recalling also the high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, held in New York on 20 September 2023, the high-level meeting on universal health coverage, held in New York on 21 September 2023, the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the fight against tuberculosis, held in New York on 22 September 2023, and its outcome,25 the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance, held in New York on 26 September 2024, and the adoption of its political declaration, 26 welcoming the fourth high-level meeting of the Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being, held in New York on 25 September 2025, and recalling the operational definition of One Health agreed by the One Health High-level Expert Panel, supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the United Nations Environment Programme, Expressing concern that the multiple and complex causes of the food crises that occur in different regions of the world, affecting developing countries, especially net food importers, and their consequences for food security and nutrition require a comprehensive and coordinated response in the short, medium and long term by national Governments, civil society, academia, the private sector and the international community, reiterating that the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition are poverty, growing inequality, inequity and lack of access to resources and income- earning opportunities, the consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic, the adverse effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and disasters, conflicts and geopolitical tensions, and remaining concerned that excessively volatile food prices can pose a serious challenge to the fight against poverty and hunger and to the efforts of developing countries to attain food security and improved nutrition and to achieve internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, and the fulfilment of the right to adequate food, Recalling the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030,27 and taking note of the Seoul Forest Declaration, adopted on 6 May 2022 at the fifteenth World _______________ 23 Resolution 69/283, annex II. 24 Resolution 77/289, annex. 25 Resolution 78/5, annex. 26 Resolution 79/2, annex. 27 See resolution 71/285. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 5/19 25-20755 Forestry Congress, which acknowledge that forests provide essential products and ecosystem services, such as timber, food, fuel, fodder, non‑wood products and shelter, as well as soil and water conservation and clean air, that sustainable management of forests and trees outside forests is vital to the integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and that forests and sustainable forest management prevent land degradation and desertification and reduce the risks of floods, landslides and avalanches, droughts, dust and sand storms, wildfires and other disasters, and stressing in this regard the role of all types of forests, including boreal, temperate and tropical forests, in providing food security and nutrition, Taking note of the fifty-second and the fifty-third sessions of the Committee on World Food Security, held in Rome from 21 to 25 October 2024, and from 20 to 24 October 2025, respectively, and taking note also of the adoption of the final reports and main outcomes, and taking note of the adoption by the Committee of the Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition, the policy recommendations on strengthening collection and use of food security and nutrition data and related analysis tools, policy recommendations on reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition and the policy recommendations on strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation, Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment, convened by the Secretary-General from 27 to 29 July 2025 and co-hosted by the Governments of Ethiopia and Italy in Addis Ababa, Taking note of the Matera Declaration on Food Security, Nutrition and Food Systems and the Ubuntu Approaches and the Ministerial Declaration on Food Security, Nutrition and Excessive Food Price Volatility adopted by the Group of 20, Recognizing the transformative impact of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, and highlighting the importance of joining global efforts to address the common challenges of food security and nutrition and social development, Recalling resolution 7/2019 of 28 June 2019 of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, entitled “Further integration of sustainable agricultural approaches, including agroecology, in the future planning activities of FAO”, and recognizing that agroecology is one approach, among others, to contribute to sustainably feeding a growing population, Taking note of the work of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns,28 an inclusive initiative to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable food systems, Recalling the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, which is helping the least developed countries to strengthen their science, technology and innovation capacities and fostering the development of national and regional innovation ecosystems, as well as developing capacities for partnerships in science, technology and innovation collaboration with other countries worldwide, Noting with appreciation the work undertaken by relevant international bodies and organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the _______________ 28 A/CONF.216/5, annex. A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 6/19 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women) and the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/International Atomic Energy Agency Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, on agricultural development and on achieving food security and improving nutrition and food safety, Welcoming the extension by the General Assembly, in its resolution 79/276 of 25 March 2025, of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, to align it with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to maintain the political momentum at the global, regional and national levels to ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030, Recalling its resolution 72/239 of 20 December 2017, in which it proclaimed 2019–2028 the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, which raises the profile of the role of family farming in contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and to the achievement of food security and improved nutrition, and its resolution 73/284 of 1 March 2019, in which it proclaimed 2021–2030 as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which highlights the important role of ecosystem restoration, including of productive ecosystems, in achieving sustainable development, Taking note of the realization of the Global Family Farming Forum, co‑organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development from 15 to 18 October 2024, welcoming the respective commitments made by Governments to support family farming and implement the Decade through inclusive efforts, including the adoption by 16 Governments of national action plans for family farming,29 and looking forward to the convening of the second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20), in Cartagena, Colombia, from 24 to 28 February 2026, Reaffirming that agriculture remains a fundamental and key sector for developing countries, provides the main source of income, particularly for smallholders, women farmers and family farming, and creates job opportunities both directly and indirectly, and noting the importance of working towards eliminating all forms of protectionism, Remaining deeply concerned about the recurring food insecurity and malnutrition in different regions of the world and their ongoing negative impact on health and nutrition, especially in Africa, in South and West Asia, in the Pacific and in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, and in this regard underlining the urgent need for joint efforts at all levels to respond to the situation in a coherent and effective manner, Acknowledging the importance of making agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable, including through sustainable farming and agriculture, which will contribute to sustainable food production systems and the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, helping to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms, calling upon Member States to ensure that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably, in particular through the sustainable use of biodiversity, including through a substantial increase of the application of biodiversity friendly practices, such as sustainable intensification, agroecological and other innovative approaches, contributing to the resilience and long-term efficiency and productivity of these production systems, and to food security, conserving and restoring biodiversity and maintaining nature’s _______________ 29 See A/80/276. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 7/19 25-20755 contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services, and noting that the provision of adequate, predictable and easily accessible financial resources from all sources is required for that objective, Emphasizing that water is critical for sustainable development and the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, and for agricultural development, that water, energy, food security and nutrition are linked and that water is indispensable for human development, health and well-being, and noting the appointment of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Water to galvanize partnerships and concerted efforts to advance the water agenda, Recalling the convening of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023, referred to as the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, and looking forward to the convening of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference to Accelerate the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, to be co‑hosted by Senegal and the United Arab Emirates, and the 2028 United Nations Conference on the Final Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, to be hosted by Tajikistan, Welcoming the convening of the 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, co-hosted by Costa Rica and France, in Nice, France, from 9 to 13 June 2025, at which its political declaration30 was adopted, including the call for decisive and collective action to ensure sustainable fisheries and aquaculture systems, inter alia, by ending illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, recognizing that, as a key pillar of the ocean economy, fisheries and the aquaculture sector support the livelihoods of approximately 600 million people and the food security of 3.2 billion people globally, and acknowledging that the sector offers opportunities for poverty eradication while improving maternal health and the nutrition and cognitive development of children, Acknowledging the work done by the Global Soil Partnership for the past decade to raise global and local awareness of the importance of sustainable soil management for global food security and the need for research and innovative technologies and approaches, taking note of initiatives under the Global Soil Partnership, including the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management, and noting the importance of their implementation, Taking note of the adoption of the Plan of Action 2020–2030 for the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and encouraging Parties, other governments and relevant organizations to support the implementation of, and capacity-building and development for, the Plan of Action, Taking note also of the concerning statistics contained in the publications entitled The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025: Addressing High Food Price Inflation for Food Security and Nutrition, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, as well as The Status of Youth in _______________ 30 Resolution 79/314, annex. A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 8/19 Agrifood Systems, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Noting the United Arab Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, adopted at the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Reaffirming the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, particularly in early childhood, older persons, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations, Recognizing that infant and young child mortality can be reduced through the improved nutritional status of women of reproductive age, especially during pregnancy, and that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is optimal for child survival and nutrition and the promotion of health and cognitive development, as well as an important principle of healthy diets, including through continued breastfeeding until 2 years of age and beyond combined with appropriate nutritious complementary feeding, and highlighting that despite the steady progress made with regard to exclusive breastfeeding, with 48 per cent of infants under 6 months of age exclusively breastfed worldwide in 2023, immense efforts will be required to meet the global nutrition targets of the 2030 Agenda and that even this indicator requires accelerated progress, Remaining deeply concerned that, according to the most recent estimates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, between 638 million and 720 million people may have faced hunger in 2024, corresponding to 7.8 and 8.8 per cent of the global population, and that among children under 5 years of age, as at 2024, an estimated 150.2 million (23.2 per cent) were stunted and 42.8 million (6.6 per cent) were wasted, and that the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity has remained unchanged for four consecutive years at the global level, with an estimated 28.0 per cent of the global population, or 2.3 billion people, moderately or severely food-insecure in 2024, and that global nutrition challenges are increasingly complex as multiple forms of malnutrition, including stunting, wasting, underweight, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity, may coexist within the same country or household, with about 2.6 billion people in the world unable to afford a healthy diet in 2024,31 Recalling that the Sustainable Development Goals and targets are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development, economic, social and environmental, and expressing deep concern that, past the midpoint of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the world is still far from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2, that, at the current pace and scope of implementation, it is unlikely to promote the transformational change required and that many parts of the _______________ 31 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme and World Health Organization, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025: Addressing High Food Price Inflation for Food Security and Nutrition (Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2025). Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 9/19 25-20755 world will not be able to achieve the targets in a timely manner, and calling for additional efforts to support the transformational change needed, Recognizing that economic downturns, gender inequalities, conflicts, biodiversity loss, drought and the adverse effects of climate change, including more frequent and extreme weather events, are among the key factors contributing to a reversal in the long-term progress in fighting global hunger, making the prospect of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 more difficult, Noting that increasing urbanization, with almost 7 in 10 people projected to live in cities by 2050, is driving changes in agrifood systems across the rural-urban continuum, that these changes represent both challenges and opportunities to ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition and ensuring that everyone has access to affordable healthy diets, and that, globally, food insecurity and malnutrition is higher in rural areas than in urban areas, with 32.0 per cent of rural populations experiencing food insecurity and malnutrition in 2024 compared with 23.9 per cent of urban populations,32 Noting with concern the rise of food and agricultural input prices, including fertilizer prices, and the shortages of food and fertilizers caused by supply chain disruptions, affecting crop yields and threatening future agricultural productivity and production, as well as the continued crisis in supply chains and the disruption to transport and shipping, contributing to a surge in shipping and transport costs, particularly affecting developing countries, Expressing its concern about the growing number of obese adults in the world, with prevalence at 15.8 per cent in 2022, and that 35.5 million children under 5 years of age (5.5 per cent) were overweight in 2024, Expressing concern at the findings of the publication entitled 2025 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint Analysis for Better Decisions, identifying rapidly increasing numbers of people living in food and malnutrition crises, Noting that an increasing number of countries, in particular in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Pacific, are integrating food security and nutrition into their agriculture policies and investment plans and that, as a result, eradicating hunger, improving food security and ensuring adequate nutrition are being given greater prominence in regional development strategies, Reiterating the urgent need for action to enhance efforts to build resilience, especially for the most vulnerable, by investing in resilience of agrifood – systems, including disaster risk reduction, and to scale up anticipatory approaches, early warning and early action systems, forecasting, prevention-oriented responses and emergency preparedness and improve predictive and risk data analytics across sectors, reinforce systematic risk monitoring, early warning and preparedness capacities at the local, national, regional and global levels, strengthening adaptation strategies in close coordination with disaster risk management and enhancing joint risk assessments and risk management strategies, and to cut the impact and cost of disasters caused by natural or human-made hazards so as to address the adverse effects of climate change on food security, in particular for women, youth, older persons, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and persons with disabilities, as well as the other root causes of food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition, Expressing concern that climate change disproportionately impacts people in vulnerable situations, especially women and children, and their livelihoods, ultimately putting hundreds of millions of people at risk, and that by 2050, the risk of _______________ 32 Ibid. A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 10/19 hunger and child malnutrition could increase by up to 20 per cent owing to climate change, Reiterating the importance of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, as well as the recognition and protection of the rights of smallholders, particularly women, reiterating also the importance, inter alia, of supporting the empowerment of rural women, youth, small-scale farmers, family farmers and livestock farmers, fishers, fish workers, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples, as critical agents for enhancing agricultural and rural development, food security and nutrition, and acknowledging their fundamental contribution to the environmental sustainability and the genetic preservation of agricultural systems and to sustaining productivity on often marginal lands, Recognizing that livestock contributes 40 per cent of the global value of agricultural output and supports the livelihoods and food security and nutrition of almost 1.3 billion people, and in this regard acknowledging that the sector offers opportunities for agricultural development, poverty eradication and food security and nutrition gains, and offers an opportunity for raising climate awareness, Acknowledging that social protection programmes and measures are effective in reducing poverty and hunger by, inter alia, reducing child labour in agriculture, facilitating rural-urban linkages to develop alternative sources of income for agricultural workers, enabling the retirement of older persons working in agriculture, facilitating access to climate adaptation practices in agriculture, and making safe and nutritious food, as well as healthy diets, more affordable and accessible to those in vulnerable situations, Noting the importance of initiatives under the United Nations system, including the observance of World Pulses Day, World Tuna Day, Sustainable Gastronomy Day, World Bee Day, World Food Safety Day, World Soil Day, World Seagrass Day, the International Day of Potato, International Tea Day, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, the International Day of Zero Waste, World Rural Development Day, the International Year of Camelids, the International Day and Year of Plant Health, the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the International Year of Millets, the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, 2022, the International Year of Cooperatives, 2025, the International Year of the Woman Farmer, 2026, the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, 2026, the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), aimed at increasing public awareness of relevant agriculture, food security and nutritional benefits, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of 20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and anniversaries, Recognizing the need to increase responsible public and private investments and partnerships in the agriculture sector, in accordance with World Trade Organization rules, principles and commitments, inter alia, to find inclusive solutions to and fight hunger and all forms of malnutrition and to promote rural and urban sustainable development, Taking note with appreciation of the convening of the International Conference on Reducing Food Loss and Waste held in Jinan, China, from 24 to 26 July 2025, and noting the urgent need to address the issue of food loss and waste at all stages of the food supply chain throughout agrifood systems, including through collaboration with relevant stakeholders and that, in 2020, the proportion of food lost globally after Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 11/19 25-20755 harvest at the farm, transport, storage, wholesale and processing levels was estimated at 13.3 per cent, and that the proportion of food wasted at the household, food service and retail levels was estimated at 17 per cent in 2019, Reiterating the pledge that no one will be left behind, reaffirming the recognition that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, and the wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;33 2. Urges Member States and all relevant stakeholders to advance collective actions to address the multiple and widespread impacts of pandemics and other health emergencies, conflicts, climate change, disasters, soil degradation and biodiversity loss on agriculture development, food security and nutrition, to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;34 3. Welcomes the convening of the Summit of the Future on 22 and 23 September 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and reiterates the need to implement actions in the Pact for the Future35 that are relevant to end hunger and eliminate food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition; 4. Calls for the continued implementation of the voluntary commitments of the 2025 United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment, including the renewed Call to Action by the Secretary-General “From Rome to Addis and Beyond” to accelerate the transformation of sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems at all levels; 5. Emphasizes the importance of international cooperation, multilateralism and solidarity, including towards achieving universal health coverage, social protection, technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, capacity-building and financial support for sustainable agricultural development in developing countries as an important tool for eradicating hunger and poverty and achieving food security and nutrition for all; 6. Recalls its resolution 76/264 of 23 May 2022 on the state of global food insecurity, and reiterates its call to the international community to urgently support countries affected by the food security crisis through coordinated actions, including the provision of emergency food supplies, food programmes, financial support, and increased and diversified agricultural production, and to promote a universal, rules- based, open, non‑discriminatory and equitable, multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core; 7. Calls upon the international financial institutions to find urgent, affordable and timely solutions to support developing countries, in particular those highly indebted, in responding to the food security crisis, through, but not limited to, facilitating, as appropriate, access to debt relief, concessional finance and grants, and takes note with appreciation of the temporary Food Shock Window of the International Monetary Fund; 8. Emphasizes that sustainable agricultural production, food security, nutrition and food safety are key elements for the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, and calls for greater efforts to sustainably enhance the agricultural production capacities, agro-industrial capabilities, productivity and food security of developing countries; _______________ 33 A/80/376. 34 Resolution 70/1. 35 Resolution 79/1. A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 12/19 9. Recognizes the importance of restoring degraded lands, water-related ecosystems, forests and other landscapes and seascapes to, inter alia, increase productivity, ensure food security and achieve sustainable development, and further encourages international cooperation and partnership to address these efforts; 10. Expresses concern that the world is not on track to eradicate hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 and that scarce and unsustainably managed natural resources, combined with insecure and uneven tenure rights for smallholders, are severely affecting those in vulnerable situations in rural areas, that the adverse effects of climate change, including persistent and recurring drought, floods, extreme weather events, land degradation, coastal erosion, ocean acidification, the retreat of mountain glaciers, sea level rise, desertification and biodiversity loss, as well as conflict and post-conflict situations, are challenges with regard to food security and nutrition and diet-related non‑communicable diseases in many places, preventing progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and that countries in protracted crises are at risk of being left behind; 11. Stresses that urgent and concerted action is needed at all levels to recover momentum and accelerate efforts to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition, comprehensively tackling both its causes and effects, and to promote improved nutrition, healthy diets and more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, including through coordinated and integrated policy responses to systemic risks; 12. Reiterates the importance of countries determining their own food security strategies, that improving food security and nutrition is a global challenge and a national policy responsibility and that any plans for addressing this challenge in the context of eradicating poverty must be nationally articulated, designed, owned, led and built in consultation, as an inclusive process with all key stakeholders at the national level as appropriate, and urges Member States, especially those affected, to make food security, nutrition and food safety a high priority and to reflect this in their national programmes and budgets in accordance with World Trade Organization rules, principles and commitments; 13. Calls upon the international community to continue its support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme and its results framework, which is an integral component of the Programme that provides guidance on planning and implementing investment programmes, and in this regard welcomes the establishment of the 1.5 billion dollar African Emergency Food Production Facility by the African Development Bank to boost food security, nutrition and resilience on the continent and the Kampala Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Declaration adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union in January 2025, which provides for a new Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Strategy and Action Plan (2026–2035); 14. Encourages Member States, in designing their national policies, to fully take into account the Rome Declaration on Nutrition as well as the Framework for Action, which provides a set of voluntary policy options and strategies for the use of Governments, as appropriate; 15. Urges increased political commitment by Member States to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition, reiterates the importance of the extension of the Decade of Action on Nutrition36 and its call for, inter alia, the scaling up of implementation of national commitments and increasing investments for nutrition, calls upon Member States to accelerate efforts across the six action areas of the work programme of the _______________ 36 See resolution 79/276. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 13/19 25-20755 Decade, encourages all relevant stakeholders to actively support the implementation of the Decade, notes in this regard the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, and encourages Member States to engage in the movement at the global and country levels to reduce the increasing level of global hunger and all forms of malnutrition, in particular among children, especially children under 2 years of age, women, especially those who are pregnant and lactating, and youth; 16. Encourages Member States to strengthen their efforts to integrate nutrition objectives across all sectors and to track investments on nutrition, including through the use of available tools and markers, and also encourages States members of the World Health Organization to take note of its ongoing process to review the universal health coverage index, and reiterates the importance of considering the inclusion of a nutrition tracer indicator; 17. Underscores the need to address child stunting, which remains unacceptably high, with nearly 150.2 million children under 5 years of age, or 26.4 per cent, affected by stunting in 2024, as well as child wasting, with at least 42.8 million children under 5 years of age suffering from wasting in 2024; 18. Encourages Member States to increase investment in the development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of laws, policies and programmes aimed at the protection and promotion of, including education on and support for, breastfeeding, including through multisectoral approaches and awareness-raising, and the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers; 19. Takes note of the Nutrition for Growth Summit, convened by the Government of France on 27 and 28 March 2025, which raised more than 580 commitments for nutrition, for an amount of more than 30 billion United States dollars; 20. Emphasizes the importance of the six global nutrition targets set by the World Health Assembly for its member States, as a means to address global malnutrition by 2030 and the related monitoring framework; 21. Stresses the need to increase sustainable agricultural production and productivity globally, noting the diversity of agricultural conditions and systems, including by improving and aiming to ensure the functioning of markets and trading systems and strengthening international cooperation, particularly for developing countries, and by increasing responsible public and private investments and partnerships in sustainable agriculture, including through innovative approaches, land and natural resource management and rural development, as well as collaboration in science, technology, innovation and policy analysis, and notes that the benefit of such public and private investment and engagement should also reach, where appropriate, local smallholders in appropriate knowledge management systems and communications systems with regard to promoting food security, improving nutrition and reducing inequality; 22. Recognizes the need to increase the resilience, productivity and sustainability of food and agricultural production with regard to climate change in the context of the rising demand for crops and food, bearing in mind the importance of safeguarding food security and nutrition, ending hunger and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, including drought and water scarcity, floods, biodiversity loss, and sand and dust storms, and calls for increased efforts at all levels, including the provision of adequate development finance to support climate-sensitive agricultural practices, including, but not limited to, sustainable soil management, agroforestry, agroecology, conservation agriculture, sustainable intensification, precision agriculture, water management schemes, drought and flood-resistant seeds, sustainable livestock management and A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 14/19 sustainable fisheries, and to establish and strengthen interfaces between scientists, decision makers, entrepreneurs and funders of science, technology and innovation, farmers and consumers, as well as measures to strengthen the resilience of those in vulnerable situations and of agrifood systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers; 23. Stresses the urgent need to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, and further urges Member States to continue to engage in adaptation planning processes and the implementation of mitigation actions; 24. Calls for the strengthening of agrifood systems through an inclusive approach, and the promotion of sustainable practices in agriculture and soil management that are science- and evidence-based to improve adaptation strategies and resilience to climate change, including through ecosystem services, biodiversity preservation and sustainable use, and also calls for poverty, hunger, food security and nutrition objectives to be incorporated into national climate change adaptation and mitigation plans; 25. Recognizes the need to ensure access to fertilizers and seeds for farmers, in order to build a sustainable fertilizer industry, and access to organic, plant-derived or bio-based products to enhance agriculture productivity and sustainability, particularly in developing countries, with a view to ensuring food security and sustainable development; 26. Also recognizes the critical role of the private sector in support of more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems and the positive contribution and improved quality of multi-stakeholder partnerships as a means to engage all key actors, and stresses the need for further efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships with the private sector; 27. Reaffirms the need to promote, enhance and support sustainable agriculture, including crops, forestry, fisheries, livestock and aquaculture, that improves food security, eradicates hunger, helps to prevent malnutrition and is economically viable, while conserving and sustainably using land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, biodiversity and ecosystems and enhancing resilience to climate change, and disasters caused by natural or human-made hazards, and recognizes the need to maintain natural ecological processes that support sustainable and efficient agrifood systems and ensure food security and nutrition, underlines the importance of mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for food and agriculture, and takes note of the importance of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and the Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 28. Calls for increased ambition and urgency of action to protect working animals and to strengthen global efforts to ensure that animal health and welfare can contribute to addressing challenges and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in line with United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 5/1 of 2 March 2022, entitled “Animal welfare-environment-sustainable development nexus”,37 and emphasizes the importance of the One Health approach and other holistic approaches that deliver multiple benefits to the health and well-being of people, animals, plants and ecosystems; _______________ 37 UNEP/EA.5/Res.1. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 15/19 25-20755 29. Recognizes the importance of the mechanization of agriculture to sustainable agricultural systems, including economic, social and environmental resilience, and therefore the delivery of the 2030 Agenda; 30. Expresses concern about antimicrobial resistance, including in the agriculture sector, and in this regard encourages efforts to support the food and agriculture sectors in minimizing the impact of antimicrobial resistance on food security and nutrition; 31. Recognizes that more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems have a fundamental role to play in promoting healthy diets and improving nutrition and preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases, and welcomes the formulation and implementation of national policies aimed at eradicating malnutrition in all its forms and transforming agrifood systems so as to make nutritious diets, including traditional healthy diets, available to all, while reaffirming that health, water and sanitation systems must be strengthened simultaneously to end malnutrition; 32. Calls for accelerated action towards closing the gender gap in access to productive resources in agriculture, noting with concern that the gender gap persists with respect to many assets, inputs and services, as well as capacity-building, and stresses the need to invest in and strengthen efforts to support the empowerment of all women and girls, in particular rural women, to address their own food and nutritional needs and those of their families, to promote adequate standards of living for them, as well as decent work and decent pay, and to guarantee their personal health, well-being and security, full access to land and natural resources and access to affordable, low-cost, long-term loans and to local, regional and global markets, taking into account that the prevalence of food insecurity puts the health and lives of women and children at risk; 33. Recognizes the critical role and contribution of rural women, including smallholders and women farmers and fishers, and Indigenous women and women in local communities, and their traditional knowledge in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and nutrition and eradicating rural poverty, and in this regard acknowledges that increasing women’s empowerment has a positive impact on agricultural production, food security, diets and nutrition, in particular, child nutrition, and stresses the importance of reviewing agricultural policies and strategies to ensure that the critical role of women in food security and nutrition is recognized and addressed as an integral part of both short- and long-term responses to food insecurity, malnutrition, potential excessive price volatility and food crises in developing countries, as well as of the recognition and protection of the land rights of smallholders, in particular women; 34. Reaffirms the crucial role of healthy marine and aquatic ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and sustainable aquaculture in enhancing food security and access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food and in providing for the livelihoods of millions of people, particularly those in small island developing States; 35. Encourages and recognizes the efforts at all levels to establish and strengthen social protection measures and programmes, including national safety nets and protection programmes for the needy and those in vulnerable situations, such as food and cash-for-work, cash transfer and voucher programmes, school feeding programmes and mother-and-child nutrition programmes, and in this regard underlines the importance of increasing investment, capacity-building and systems development, by aligning interventions with national and regional response plans, making full use of endogenous mechanisms, including local, national and regional reserves; A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 16/19 36. Encourages Governments, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders to consider promoting, where appropriate, home-grown school meals, where food served in schools and other childcare facilities is procured from smallholder and/or family farmers to support local communities and provide educational opportunities for students by creating a structured demand for local smallholder agriculture production and contributing to sustainable, inclusive and equitable economic growth and employment; 37. Acknowledges the importance of implementing safe, nutritious and sufficient school feeding programmes as an effective and affordable platform for the inclusion, development and re-engagement of children and youth in schools, and takes note of the convening of the second global summit of the School Meals Coalition in Fortaleza, Brazil, on 18 and 19 September 2025; 38. Encourages Member States to develop health- and nutrition-promoting environments, including through nutrition education in schools and other education institutions, as appropriate, and to scale up community-based actions that support children and families, through the promotion of maternal health and recommended infant feeding practices such as breastfeeding; 39. Underscores the need to safeguard food security and nutrition for all, including women, children, youth, older persons, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, persons with disabilities and those living in vulnerable situations, inter alia, by promoting economic and social policies to counteract the adverse impact of economic slowdowns and downturns on efforts to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition; 40. Recognizes the important role of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, small-scale farmers, family farmers, livestock farmers, small-scale fishers and fish workers and their traditional knowledge and seed supply systems, as well as the important role of new technologies in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and in aiming to ensure food security and improved nutrition, and notes that the food systems of Indigenous Peoples can support healthy and nutritious diets and are important for the eradication of hunger and malnutrition; 41. Encourages Member States to support, where possible, the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan 2023–2033 and the Nairobi Declaration by increasing investment in and supporting coordination through the African-led soil initiative for Africa; 42. Stresses the importance of the development and application of science, technology and innovation and related knowledge management and communications systems in ensuring food security by 2030, encouraging cooperation on agricultural science and technology innovation among countries and reducing technology barriers and restrictions on high-tech exchanges, and encourages the adoption of the most advanced and appropriate information technology and digital innovations, such as the Internet, mobile platforms, meteorology, big data and cloud computing, in agriculture systems in order to support the efforts of smallholder and family farmers to increase their resilience, productivity, access to markets and the food supply chain and incomes and include them in the development of research and innovation agendas while reducing negative environmental impacts, and leveraging the potential for innovation among young family farmers in connecting local knowledge with new solutions; 43. Emphasizes the need to revitalize the agriculture sector, promote rural development and aim for ensuring food security and nutrition, notably in developing countries, in a sustainable manner, which will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and underlines the importance of taking the necessary actions to better address the needs of rural communities by, inter alia, enhancing access for Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 17/19 25-20755 agricultural producers, in particular smallholder producers, women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, persons with disabilities and older persons, and those in vulnerable situations and in conflict and post-conflict situations, to credit and other financial services, markets, secure land tenure, healthcare services, social services, education, training, knowledge and appropriate and affordable technologies, including for development of local crops, efficient irrigation, reuse of treated wastewater and water harvesting and storage; 44. Recognizes that, by 2050, the world urban population is expected to nearly double, making urbanization one of the most transformative trends of the twenty-first century, underscoring the growing need to take action to fight hunger and malnutrition among the urban poor through promoting the integration of the food security and nutrition needs of urban residents, in particular the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, to end hunger and malnutrition, promoting the coordination of policies on food security and sustainable agriculture across urban, peri-urban and rural areas to facilitate the production, storage, transport and marketing of food to consumers in affordable ways, to reduce food losses and to prevent and reuse food waste, and promoting the coordination of food policies with energy, water, health, transport and waste and other policies in urban areas to maximize efficiencies and minimize waste; 45. Encourages Member States to invest in sustainable infrastructure in food production, as well as in reducing post-harvest losses and waste, including, but not limited to, by adding value to agrifood products and through the valorization of waste, by integrating food loss and waste reduction strategies and sustainable consumption and production approaches in broader national and local action plans; 46. Reaffirms the need to strive for a comprehensive twin-track approach to food security and nutrition that consists of direct action to immediately tackle hunger and address micronutrient deficiencies among the most vulnerable alongside the development of medium- and long-term sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development programmes to eliminate the root causes of hunger, all forms of malnutrition and poverty, including through revitalizing rural areas for young women and men, by creating decent jobs for all, through agricultural education systems, information and communications technology, training, scaling up research and development and strengthening the role of youth through education, entrepreneurship, access to markets and services, co-financing, capacity-building and rural-based youth organizations, and through the full realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security; 47. Also reaffirms the need to promote a significant expansion of research and innovation in food, nutrition and agriculture, as well as the expansion of extension services, training and education, and development and application of technologies, and of funding for such activities from all sources, including through scaling up investments in technological innovation, capacity development and innovation to ensure inclusiveness, particularly for smallholders and rural small and medium-sized enterprises, to improve agricultural productivity, efficiency, sustainability and resilience and enhance the three dimensions of sustainability in order to strengthen agrifood systems, to promote development and to build up resilience to support better recovery from crisis, including by strengthening the work of the reformed CGIAR so as to enhance its development impact, supporting national research systems, public universities and research institutions and promoting technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, the voluntary sharing of knowledge and practices and research to adapt to climate change and improve equitable access to research results and technologies on mutually agreed terms at the national, regional and international levels, while giving due consideration to the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources; A/RES/80/157 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 25-20755 18/19 48. Stresses that a universal, rules-based, open, non‑discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system will promote agriculture and rural development in developing countries and contribute to achieving food security and improving nutrition, urges national, regional and international strategies to promote the inclusive participation of farmers and fishers and fish workers, especially small-scale farmers, including women, and young farmers in community, national, regional and international markets, and urges Member States to ensure that trade and trade-related measures are consistent with World Trade Organization rules and exceptions; 49. Calls upon Member States to keep their food markets open and to maintain international trade in food and fertilizers, and underlines the importance of addressing existing and emerging global challenges, including through the facilitation of agricultural trade and by correcting and preventing trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets that are inconsistent with World Trade Organization rules, such as excessive stockpiling of food, and looks forward to continuing the World Trade Organization negotiations to reform agricultural trade rules, with a view to achieving meaningful progress to address these global challenges long-term at the fourteenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization; 50. Recognizes the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and in this regard encourages the full implementation of resolution 72/239 and takes note with appreciation of the global action plan for the Decade, and also takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development on the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028);38 51. Also recognizes the importance of strengthening the collective action of smallholders and family farmers, including by helping them to realize economies of scale, in the context of eradicating poverty and hunger, and achieving sustainable development; 52. Stresses the need to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the regional commissions and all other relevant entities of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions and international trade and economic institutions, in accordance with their respective mandates and national development priorities, in order to increase their effectiveness, as well as to strengthen cooperation between these organizations and with non‑governmental organizations and the public and private sectors in promoting and strengthening efforts towards sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition; 53. Recognizes the contribution made thus far by early warning systems, underlines that coverage of and accessibility to multi-hazard early warning systems remain inadequate in all countries and emphasizes the need to urgently extend the reach of multi-hazard early warning systems everywhere, especially in countries that most need early warning systems, and that the reliability and timeliness of such systems should be further strengthened at the national, regional and international levels, with a focus on countries that are particularly vulnerable to price shocks and food emergencies, and in this regard welcomes the progress of the Secretary- General’s call to protect everyone on Earth through universal coverage of early warning systems, including through the Early Warnings for All initiative; _______________ 38 A/80/276. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/80/157 19/19 25-20755 54. Also recognizes the benefits gained from cooperation through the sharing of climate and weather information, forecasting and early warning systems related to desertification, land degradation and drought, while also taking account of sand and dust storms; 55. Reaffirms the important role and inclusive nature of the Committee on World Food Security as a major intergovernmental platform for a broad range of stakeholders to work together towards ensuring food security and nutrition for all, and encourages countries to promote the use and application of the voluntary guidelines on food systems and nutrition, adopted by the Committee in 2021, ensuring sustainable food systems that contribute to the promotion of healthy diets and improved nutrition; 56. Also reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind, and commits to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first; 57. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session an action-oriented report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session the item entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”. 64th plenary meeting 15 December 2025

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