Food Security in the Era of the SDGs

Alberto D. Cimadamore is career Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina (CONICET) based at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Political Economy (IIEP) of the University of Buenos Aires and CONICET.Carlos B. Cherniak is a career Ambassador in the Foreign Service of Argentina, currently on leave. He was the former Permanent Representative of Argentina to FAO, IFAD and WFP and member of their governance structures until 2024.

• 1. Introduction: Food security and sustainable. social transformation: the challenges to reach the targets of the Agenda 2030.- Part I: Human rights and social justice perspectives to reach SDG.- 2. Laura E. Pérez Gómez (UNAM) and Ivette M. Pérez Molina. (UNAM) The Right to Food in Latin America, evaluation of policies using human rights indicators and the challenges for SDG #2 achievement.- 3. Olga C. Restrepo Yepes, César A. Molina Saldarriaga, Liliana D. Pabón-Giraldo, Andrés F. Zuluaga-Jaramillo and Jorge I. Marín Tapiero (Observatorio del Derecho a la Alimentación en América Latina yel Caribe). Validity, compliance and evaluation of the SDG 2. The density of the Right to Food of the Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia.- PART II: Measurements, policies and strategies to achieve food security: what work, what doesn't and why.- 4. Hugo Melgar-Quiñones (McGill University) The multiple faces of food insecurity and hunger.- 5. Carla Arévalo and Jorge Paz (CONICET -Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina) So close to the deadline, so far from the goal: Anatomy of Food Poverty in 10 Latin American Countries.- 6. Martín Maldonado (CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) and Hawley C. Almstedt (Loyola Marymount University) From Hunger to Food Security. Ethical, political, and practical implications of SDGsmeasurements.- 7. Ianina Tuñon, (UCA – Observatorio de la Deuda Social Argentina) Children's hunger: the challenges of its eradication in Latin Amerérica.-Part III: the challenge to achieve food security on time. Issues and accountability.- 8. Manuel OTERO (Director General of IICA) Federico Villarreal, Eugenio Díaz[1]Bonilla, Hugo Chavarría, Eduardo Trigo and Jorge Werthein. Facing the Challenge of Food Security on Time: Latin American and Global Perspectives.- 9. Rosana Polastri (IFAD, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean), Ricardo Fort, Alvaro Espinoza and Fiorella Loli. The hidden middle: Distribution bottlenecks and food insecurity in Latin America.- 10.  Lola Castro (WFP, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean), Raphael Leao and Carlos Mejía. Contributions of inclusive and resilient local food production systems to food security and nutrition in LAC.- 11.  Nancy Aburto , Deputy Director of the Food and Nutrition Division, FAO. Integrated action for climate and nutrition : reaching national goals through one solution to two of our biggest barriers to sustainable development.- 12.  Mario Lubetkin (Director FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean) Strategies and feasible policies to overcome the challenges to achieve food security in Latin America in relation with the global context.- Conclusion 13. Alberto Cimadamore (CONICET-UBA) and Carlos Cherniak (Permanent Representative of Argentina to FAO, IFAD and WFP) Food Security and the SDG2: What should be done from science, politics and international cooperation to reach the commitments?.