دعوة للمساهمة بالخبرات والتجارب في استخدام وتطبيق مجموعتين من توصيات سياسات لجنة الأمن الغذائي العالمي بشأن تغير المناخ والمياه في سياق الأمن الغذائي والتغذية
In line with the Committee on World Food Security’s Multi-year Programme of Work (MYPoW) 2020-2023, a monitoring event is planned to be organized during the October 2021 Plenary Session of the CFS to share experiences and good practices in the use and application of two sets of policy recommendations:
- Food security and climate change (CFS 39: 2012)
- Water for Food Security and Nutrition (CFS 42, 2015)
The CFS invites stakeholders[1] to provide inputs on their experiences in using and applying any of these policy recommendations by 31 May 2021 to inform an event to be held at CFS 49 Plenary Session in October 2021.
The event will focus on how food producers and consumers have effectively benefitted or are expected to benefit from the use and application of these two sets of CFS policy recommendations. It will also look into the potential application of CFS policy outcomes, especially for the achievement of the SDGs, and in the context of the follow up to the Food Systems Summit, the Climate Action Agenda, and the UN Decade of Action on the SDGs.
The CFS has endorsed these policy recommendations in 2012 and 2015 respectively on how best to address climate and water issues for food security and nutrition. These recommendations are premised on the understanding that different regions face context-specific challenges associated with water scarcity, climate change, food production for a growing population, increasing competition for water and other natural resources, increasing degradation of those resources and ecosystems, and a lack of fair and transparent allocation mechanisms that recognize and protect the interests and rights of all users - especially the most vulnerable and marginalized.
These policy recommendations are of great relevance to all CFS stakeholders, and particularly to the most vulnerable and marginalised groups, such as smallholder producers and pastoralists, whose livelihood often depends on marginal lands. They are key protagonists of the 2030 Agenda, and strengthening their resilience to climate shocks, and promoting sustainable management and conservation of ecosystems (including water) is essential to the fulfilment of the pledge of ‘leaving no one behind’ and to the achievement of the transformative promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The policy recommendations on water, based on a report of the CFS High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (CFS-HLPE) “Water for Food Security and Nutrition”, stress the key role of water in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the importance of sound management of water to achieve food security and nutrition. They encourage States and other relevant stakeholders to take an ecosystem approach and a people-centred approach to address the challenges related to water’s contribution to food security and nutrition.
The policy recommendations on climate change stem from a CFS-HLPE report on “Food security and climate change”. The resulting policy recommendations adopted by the CFS focus on the serious threats of adverse climate change to food security, especially to small scale food producers’ lives and livelihoods, and to the progressive realization of the right to food in the context of national food security.
CFS has consistently encouraged stakeholders to share their experiences on a voluntary basis in using and applying CFS policy main products and other recommendations, either through reporting “individual” experiences by one group of stakeholders (e.g. a member state, civil society, private sector) or through reporting the results of multistakeholder consultations (organized to discuss experiences) by several groups of stakeholders. Guidance to hold multistakeholder consultations at national, regional and global levels is provided in the Terms of Reference to share experiences and good practices in applying CFS decisions and recommendations through organizing events at national, regional and global levels, approved by CFS in 2016.
The recommended approach by CFS to organize multistakeholder consultations promotes country-owned and country-led events organized in collaboration and partnership with existing coordination mechanisms and initiatives. National actors should play an active role in the organization of such events at all levels, with possible support from the Rome-based Agencies (Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, and World Food Programme) or other stakeholders. The results are expected to be documented in reports prepared in consultation with all groups of stakeholders participating in the event.
All inputs received in the context of this call for experiences will contribute to monitoring progress on the use and application of the two CFS policy documents. All inputs will be compiled in a document made available for delegates at CFS 49 in October 2021.
Please use the attached template for sharing your experience in applying any of these policy recommendations. You can upload the completed form below or send it via email to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2021.
Submissions can be made in any of the UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).
We thank you very much for your valuable contributions and look forward to learning from your experiences.
Fabio Isoldi
CFS Secretariat
[1] CFS stakeholders include member countries, participants (UN agencies and bodies, civil society and non-governmental organizations and networks, international agricultural research systems, international and regional financial institutions and private sector associations and philanthropic foundations) and observers.
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- أقرأ 29 المساهمات
Dear Fabio and CFS colleagues,
Kindly find attached GWP contribution to the Call for experiences in the use and application of two sets of CFS policy recommendations on climate change and water in the context of food security and nutrition.
Best regards,
Julienne
Please find attached feedback on the call “Call for experiences in the use and application of two sets of CFS policy recommendations on climate change and water in the context of food security and nutrition” from the Cooperative Partnership for Climate Smart Food and Forestry, which consists of the WFO members LTO Nederland, Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC), MTK Finish Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, NAJK Dutch Young Farmers and the ICA associated member and cooperative specialist in farmer led development Agriterra, which is working with the FAO on a joint GCF project in Kenya, “Building climate-resilient livelihoods and value-chains in Lake Victoria Region, using the water-food-energy nexus approach’.
Thank you in advance for your interest in this submission.
Kind regards,
Tobias Gräs
Dear world Experts of agriculture, livestock & other livelihood sources I am Mr Yusuf Abdi Lare, I am agronomist and residing in Southern Site of Somalia, now the report that I would like to share is based on five sectors:
1- Climate changes in Somalia a year after year, in Somalia the climate change has been worsened a day after day because of rotatory flooods, droughts and locusts afftects in Somalia all three pastroralm, agro pastoral & reiverene communities are mostly affected economically & socially because they have lost many crops, heads of animals and their livelihoods in related to climate hazards.
2- Household food security
The household food security is in humanitarian crisis, because there is external and internal investment for them to mitiigate or recovery their lives also they get home base agricultural training like house garden training for riverine farmer community on the hand pastoral and agro-pastoral community do not get restocking of animal healds like goat, sheep and cattle
3- Nutrition
Nutrition section sector is very feeble or very weak because there some ways in which can develop self reliance nutrition through trainig & seed local seed distribution instead of normal seed distriibution because the local seed disribution has big resistence to rather than normal seed distribution except mumbai red onion, water, lettuce and spinach but pumpkin, tomtoes & cucumber could be local seeds.
4- Political strategy in Somalia
There is no any agriculture political strategy in Somalia but politicians are busy on presidential chairholding position and they always pay huge money to hold everybody postion so that productive people of livestock and farmers are forgotten some fled from floods, some other fled droughts & locust damage some died with Covid-19 pandemic & hunger some are in trauma stress of managing their day today breads.
5- Water resouces
Water resouces in Somalia is between pron and cons water sometimes is scarcity and sometimes is floods there is no irrigation water management in Somalia, also all brakages on river banks from Hiran, Middle shabelee, Lower shabelle, Middle Jubba & Lower Juba is uncontrollable.
Thanks
Mr Yusuf
Dear CFS secretariat,
Further to your call for experiences in the use and application of these two sets of CFS policy recommendations, I attach a CGIAR response brought together by our CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems.
Regards,
Rod
Dear CFS Secretariat,
Kindly find attached WFP’s contribution to this call. Specifically, you will find our inputs in the sections highlighted in yellow.
We hope this is of use, and please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or require further information.
Many thanks and best regards,
Jacopo
Here is a selection of titles proposed by FAO Publications for forum participants who would like to read more on climate change and water in the context of food security and nutrition.
Water for food security and nutrition
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020
This edition presents new estimates on the pervasiveness of water scarcity in irrigated agriculture and of water shortages in rainfed agriculture, as well as on the number of people affected.
Browse all previous editions here.
Climate change, water and food security
This report summarizes knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. It emphasizes the need for a closer alignment between water and agricultural policies.
West and Central Africa region (WCA) is facing challenges of climate change and weather-related shocks. This report provides evidence-based information on the impacts of climate change to support the development of adaptation strategies that build the resilience of smallholder farmers in the region.
Related website: http://www.fao.org/in-action/aicca/en/
Integrated agriculture water management and health – FAO COVID-19 policy brief
This policy brief reviews ongoing challenges and proposes recommendations on an integrated water resources management approach that embraces the value of water in all its forms and recognizes the intrinsic role of water in protecting human, animal and ecosystem health.
Nature-Based Solutions for Agricultural Water Management and Food Security
Through a selection of case studies, including the example of El Salvador’s Lempa River management, this paper shows that transdisciplinarity and well-designed funding schemes are key to successful implementation of nature-based solutions.
Smart Irrigation – Smart WASH: solutions in response to the pandemic crisis in Africa
The publication explains how to implement the initiative “Smart irrigation–Smart WASH” through assessing and mapping the degree of vulnerability in African countries while proposing investment directions to enhance water management in vulnerable communities.
Water stress and human migration: a global, georeferenced review of empirical research
This report assesses and maps 184 peer-reviewed, empirical research articles selected for their focus on linkages between water stress and human migration. A key finding of the review is that migrants rarely cause resource conflicts.
Nature-Positive Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
These three new reports lay out the potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in agriculture to deliver nutrition for people worldwide while restoring nature and the climate – contributing to multiple imperatives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
- Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Sustainable management and conservation of land, water and biodiversity
- Nature-based solutions in agriculture: The case and pathway for adoption
- Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Project design for securing investment
Climate change and food security
Climate resilient practices – Typology and guiding material for climate risk screening
This publication outlines good climate resilient practices in agricultural subsectors,including crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries. Its aim is to assist project developers in the identification of climate risks during the early stages of the investment project cycle.
Climate change: Unpacking the burden on food safety
This document identifies some anticipated and current food safety issues associated with various climate change and environmental factors. It was created to help foster better international cooperation to reduce the global effects of climate change on food security.
Incorporating climate change considerations into agricultural investment programmes
This document details approaches and procedures for incorporating climate change considerations into all stages of agricultural investment projects and programmes formulation, including conceptualization, preparation, supervision and evaluation.
This paper utilizes household survey data to evaluate the impacts of 11 drought adaptation practices adopted by farmers in the Anurādhapura District. The evaluation focuses on two dimensions: impact on sensitivity to water stress and impact on household livelihood.
Further reading
- UN World Water Development Report 2021
- Accounting for livestock water productivity: how and why?
- Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Papers
Forthcoming
- The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) 2021
- Guidance on realizing real water savings with crop water productivity interventions
- Resilient Watershed Manager's Handbook
- Sustainable management and use of fresh-water resources for food security and nutrition in Small Island Development States
- Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. Insights on sustainability and resilience in the front line of climate change.
Additional resources
Database
- AQUASTAT: FAO’s global water information system
- AQUACROP: The industry-leading crop–water productivity software model
- AQUAMAPS: Global spatial database on water and agriculture
Websites
- FAO climate change website
- FAO energy
- FAO land and water website
- FAO & the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
FAO eLearning academy
A guide to developing a resilient watershed management plan
This course presents the basic principles and concepts related to resilient watershed management, and, through the description of a case study, practically illustrates the process for formulating a resilient watershed management plan, from the analysis of the enabling environment to the definition of the risk management measures to implement.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in fisheries and aquaculture
This course provides an overview of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be implemented in response to climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
Climate-smart livestock production
This course analyses the role of livestock production in climate-smart agriculture. It describes the importance of livestock production to food security and identifies adaptation and mitigation strategies and practices along the entire livestock supply chain. It also illustrates how livestock keeping is itself an adaptation strategy and how the sector can contribute to the global mitigation effort.
Bringing Climate Smart Agriculture to scale
Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains
Hello Fabio et al.
Please find attached two recent summary reports on context and status.
These are important both for restoring soils and fixing climate.
Kind regards,
Rob Blakemore PhD
Dear Secretariat,
I am writing to you regarding the “call for experiences in the use and application of CFS policy recommendations on climate change and water”.
In this context, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock of Argentina has compiled our national experiences into the submission form in order to share with CFS lessons learned and different plans and programs developed throughout our country. In the attached document you will find the form.
Hopefully, our contribution will provide more elements to the CFS assessment of the utility of such documents.
I remain at your entire disposal for everything you might need in this regard.
Sincerely,
Guillermo Spika
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