BOX 15
The Private Sector and Food Security Derek Yach, PepsiCo
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n 2011, PepsiCo Inc. announced a partnership with the US Agency for
International Development and the United Nations World Food Programme intended to create economic stability for smallholder chickpea farmers in Ethiopia. The partners are working together with Ethiopian farmers, local food manufac- turers, research institutes, and donors to increase chickpea productivity among smallholder farmers, develop food prod- ucts needed to reduce hunger, and, in
time, build an export to improve liveli- hoods and also support part of PepsiCo’s supply chain needs. This is one example of how private
companies can contribute to food secu- rity. PepsiCo, which has a large and grow- ing chickpea-based hummus business, and other companies are constantly seek- ing ways to create new markets, invest in emerging economies, advance healthy nutrition, ensure environmental sustain- ability, and drive the long-term growth
and profitability of their companies. These goals often overlap with the objectives of public organizations and others try- ing to end hunger and reduce poverty. The World Economic Forum, with its New Vision for Agriculture, has recognized the benefits of these public–private partner- ships and is stimulating and developing multistakeholder programs in several countries.1
The multistakeholder approach
to global food policy appeals to food companies because it reduces risks they
foremost inclusive international and intergovern- mental platform. In particular, it stressed the Com- mitee’s responsibility for enhancing engagement with the private sector and strengthening North– South, South–South, and triangular cooperation.
The G20, in particular, has filled a gap in global governance by creating
coalitions that cut across advanced and developing countries.
At its own summit in October 2011 in Rome, the Commitee on World Food Security included both the private sector and philanthropic organizations at the table for the first time. South–South cooperation is becoming part of
the global agenda for aid effectiveness.14 Triangu- lar cooperation between traditional aid donors, emerging aid donors, and recipient countries is one way forward. Much of China’s commitment to African agriculture is embodied in its donation of US$30 million in 2009 to the Special Programme for Food Security of the Food and Agriculture
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Organization of the United Nations. Many bilateral aid agencies, such as those of Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, are closing their bilateral pro- grams in China but are actively exploring new part- nerships with China to aid Africa. For example, aſter closing its bilateral program in March 2011, DFID China started to develop activities under the Global Development Partnership Programme, which is DFID’s new framework to engage emerg- ing powers and new partners in global develop- ment. Te Programme will support collaborative activities with China in sectors such as agriculture, climate change, and health, some of which will tar- get selected developing countries. Te Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is also
initiating its own cooperation with emerging economies in Africa.15 In November 2011, the Foundation announced a partnership with the government of Brazil aimed at improving the agricultural productivity of small farmers in Sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia. A grant of about US$2.5 million was awarded to Embrapa to enable Brazilian and African agriculture research organi- zations to collaborate on agricultural development to improve the productivity of smallholder farmers in the developing world. At almost the same time, the Gates Foundation and the Chinese Ministry
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