Achieving the SDGs Social Protection for Rural Poverty Reduction Rob Vos Director Social Protection Division and Coordinator Rural Poverty Reduction SPIAC-B, New York, 3 February 2015

75% of poor people live in rural areas, most rely on agriculture 75% of those chronically undernourished live in rural areas 75% of world population has no or insufficient access to social protection (ILO).

SDG 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere SDG 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Target Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable  Associated problems, linked solutions

1.Provide income support –  direct impact on food security (access to food and nutrition) and poverty reduction; 2.Improve risk management –  enable farmers and rural households to engage in more risk- taking activities and investments  improve food productivity (supply of food), farm incomes and rural employment 3.Enhance human and social capital –  improve capabilities, empower women, strengthen social networks  structural poverty reduction 4.Stimulate local economic development –  rural diversification, improve local income and employment opportunities 5.Enhance resilience –  supports efforts towards more sustainable management of natural resources and resilience against shocks Social protection as a means of implementation

No panacea, no one size fits all Enablers for promotive role of social protection for rural populations: Scale of programme and predictability of SP benefits Align with broader, transformative rural development and agricultural policies and incentives to sustainable agriculture “Virtuous” rural institutions, community infrastructure and rural women’s economic empowerment Policy coherence and coordination Fiscal priority and legislative guarantees Move from SP programmes to SP system

FAO provides: POLICY ADVICE and build institutional capacities for SP systems, aligned with broader ARD policies & programmes to protect and promote rural livelihoods KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE on SP in support of FSN, agriculture, and rural development