A/HRC/43/44/Add.5 108. The level of commitments of Italy to the implementation of global food policies can be found in the Financial Report on Food Security an Nutrition, which was developed in 2015 and renewed yearly by the Group of Eight countries on the Broad Food Security and Nutrition Development Framework to lift developing countries out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030.61 109. Italy is active in developing global policies on food systems and is home to Romebased international organizations (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme), as well as the Committee on World Food Security. In 2015, Italy pledged 131 million dollars to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with a disbursement rate that year of 36 million dollars. It was one of the largest voluntary contributors, supporting activities to achieve food security and poverty reduction. As an active member of the Committee on World Food Security, Italy demonstrates its inclusive human rights-based approach to global food security and supports all voluntary guidelines and policy documents. 110. Italy was among the founders of the Group of Friends of the Right to Food and has promoted the role of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food at the Committee on World Food Security, as well as the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, to reinforce the link between the social value of agriculture, cultural experience and food security in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 111. In cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy also promotes the Mediterranean and other traditional diets as a good model of sustainable nutrition that can contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This is an important initiative, especially now that the Committee on World Food Security is working to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition. 112. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, through its Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, engages in multilateral, multi-bilateral, emergency and humanitarian assistance initiatives in order to ensure food security as a basic human right and as a fundamental element of human dignity. In 2018/19, Italy contributed 45.8 million euros in emergency and humanitarian assistance projects that best respond to the issues close to the right to food, as well as a large number of other initiatives addressing the agricultural sector and food systems worldwide, with particular attention to African countries. In 2019, Italy also contributed to the Sustainable Development Goal 2-related activities of the Rome-based agencies, with 9.5 million euros, as well as a 29.4 million euros to other agencies or international organizations engaged in ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture. VIII. Conclusions and recommendations 113. The Special Rapporteur notes that the right to food is of central importance to the success and achievements of the sustainable development efforts of Italy both domestically and overseas. 114. Italy has valuable experience and several successful programmes that could be used as a model for other countries. For instance, the programmes on organic agriculture, access to land for young farmers, food waste management; the social welfare system, including the minimum guaranteed income; and the laws and regulations on the prevention and eradication of the caporalato, and the fight against fraudulent activities and crimes relating to the food and agricultural system are commendable. 115. In addition to her many recommendations stated above to further develop a human rights-based approach to food security and to overcome the challenges of 61 18 See Biarritz Progress Report: G7 Development and Development-Related Commitments. Available at www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/news/2019/article/biarritzprogress-report-on-g7-development-and-development-related-commitments.