Timeline - 2012 Food Policy Issues, Actions and Decisions

DROP IN US RAINFALL, PEAK IN GLOBAL FOOD PRICES NEW LIMITS ON FOOD CROP-BASED BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN THE EU The worst drought in the United States sirce the 1950s sevoroly lowers ts maize and seybean To stimulate dovalopment af alternative 2012 FOOD POLICY TOWARD RESILIENCE IN THE SAHEL Stakeholders create a Glotal Alliarce for Resilience Initiative to help West African nations better cope with future food biofiels fron nonfood feedstock, the EU propises to limit elebal lant conversion for food crop-baset biofuel production. production and drives up prices on world markets. UN CONFERENCE EXTENDS KYOTO PROTOCOL TO 2020 ISSUES, ACTIONS & DECISIONS Many believe the resuts of August 22 October 17 the UNS 18th contererce on crises. climate change are inadequate to contain glabal warmirg at 2 degrees Celsius. Jene 18 G20 AGREES TO B00ST AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY The G20 egrees te promote greater piblic and privata investment in agriculture and techrology. NEW WAY TO CRUNCH THE GLOBAL HUNGER NUMBERS The Food and Agriculture Organiza- tion of the United Nations publistes lower estimate of the number of undernourished peoplewhich renains unaccepiably high. November 26 NO WHEAT FRON UIRAINE Government limits grain enports intormall destabilizng martets. G8 COMMITS TO FOOD AND NIGERIA SETS AMBITIOUS 2130 GOAL Working with the private sector, the Ministry of Agricalture mobilizes to create an agricultural sector worth $256 billion. Jane 7 Ocber 9 NUTRITION SECURITY IN AFRICA G8 nembers, African countries, and Jane 19 private-sector leaders support the New Alliance for Focd Security and Nutrition. US FARM BILL EXPIRES Congreas recesses until after the November elections without passing a new farm bill Ieaving the agri:ultural sector ip in the air. Nevember 15 May 19 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS CHINA PRIORITIZES INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE LEFT WANTING AT RIO+20 The UN's Rio+20 Daclaration affers stiong vision but little direction en VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES FOR LAND TENURE ADOPTED The Committee on Werld Food Securiy endorses voluntary guidelines for safeguarding the rights of people to iwn or access land, forasts, and fisher es. May 11 The grvernment's No. 1 Document for 2012 chooses acceerating agricul tural science and techsologica how to achieve food security in a green economy. Septemmber 30 Jave 22 innovation as its theme Feéruary JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER RESEARCH INST FOOD POLICY from IFPRI's 2012 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT atrute sn eegarge aretpovary IFPRI Amanber af the CCI Cuatum Amanber of the CCIAN Coratum