stakeholders at the country level to contribute to eliminating food nutrition insecurity. It is anchored on 5 pillars which are:- Zero stunted children less than two years, 100% access to adequate food all year round, all food systems are sustainable, 100% increase in smallholder productivity and incomes and Zero loss or waste of food 4.4. The Zimbabwe Agriculture Investment Plan (ZAIP) is premised on the principles of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) that are meant to enhance the agriculture sector through the facilitation of sustainable increase in production, productivity and competitiveness. It promises that if Government allocates at least 10% of its national budget to the Agricultural sector, this will contribute to sustainable annual agriculture growth rate of more than 6% per annum. 4.5. Climate Change Response Strategy is underpinned on six sub-sectors that cover water resources, agriculture, gender, youth and vulnerable groups, education and awareness, human settlement and governance. It aims to produce concrete mitigation and adaptation, actions integrated into long-term economic planning processes to support a low carbon, climate resilient development pathway. The strategy will ultimately feed into the national climate policy which aims to promote the main-streaming of climate and climate change issues into national development plans. 4.6. Food and Nutrition Security Policy offers a framework for a cohesive multi-sectoral action programme with a shared vision and strategy for improved food and nutrition security in Zimbabwe. Among other commitments made by Government in this document, it devotes to ensuring a national integrated food and nutrition security information system that provides timely, reliable information on the food and nutrition security situation, effectiveness of programmes and informs decision-making. 5. Our Request 5.1. As highlighted by Pope Francis, “It is a scandal that there is still hunger and malnutrition in the world. It is not just a question of responding to immediate emergencies, but of addressing together, in all areas, a problem that challenges our personal and social conscience, to achieve a just and lasting solution”.