A number of countries have succeeded in reducing hunger and undernutrition rapidly over the past decade. To help others accelerate the pace toward the goal, Compact2025 facilitates knowledge transfer to focal countries from the experiences of these “learning countries.” According to IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan, learning countries can provide not only knowledge and best […]
Guiding a course to accelerate progress
Following the formal launch of Compact2025, the Leadership Council held its first meeting to provide strategic guidance toward realizing the vision of the initiative in its four focal countries. Leaders from each focal country made clear that there is strong commitment back home to end hunger and undernutrition. They discussed how Compact2025 can support them […]
Eager to end hunger and undernutrition: Rwanda on board as focal country
Rwanda’s economic progress in the 20 years since its devastating civil war and genocide has been well-documented. The country has also dramatically reduced its hunger levels, making one of the biggest improvements in hunger scores in the last 15 years, according to the Global Hunger Index. However, challenges remain—30 percent of the population is undernourished […]
A forward-thinking government: Malawi joins Compact2025
Malawi has recently experienced great challenges to its food security situation. At the beginning of 2015, the country saw the worst flooding in its living memory, followed by delayed rainfall and prolonged dry spells. In addition to property damage and lives lost, the toll was heavy on food production, destroying tens of thousands of hectares […]
Reaching for greater resilience and capacity: Ethiopia joins Compact2025
Ethiopia is one of the highest performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The country has maintained a growth rate of over 11 percent for the last five years and its hunger level, according to the Global Hunger Index, has decreased by more than 40 percent since 2000. Yet a hunger is still high, and 40 percent […]
