المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

Hello,



I would like to focus my contribution on Point 9 of the consultation (case study representativeness and adequacy)

Obviously the diversity of subjects makes complicated to find adequate examples to illustrate correctly all the dimensions of the interactions between Agroecology and FSN.

Nevertheless I have the feeling of a certain imbalance in the geographic representativeness. The big majority of the case studies are concentrated in Africa (normal because of the challenges) and Latin America (Normal because of the history of this region in Agroecology).

I have been surprised not to find any example from South East Asia or Indian Ocean.

I think that there is a big challenge in improving more sustainable production systems in SEA where the chemical inputs based intensification is reaching its limits in regard to the huge risks on environment and health it creates. It would be great to send a "message" using local agroecological experiences as case studies in this report.

Furthermore, in Madagascar food security is a crucial challenge, in particular regarding to rice production and availability for the very poor rural households. In this case, because of a very low access to external inputs of those farmers, Agroecology represents an option to try to partly intensify rice production.

If it is of interest for the panel, Cirad has been involved in two case studies from these two regions, one from Laos (Giving support to local actors to Agroecological transition) and the other one from Madagascar (Agroecology in the Highlands of Madagascar: from plant to landscape).

I'm joining two book chapters almost finalised that illustrate these case studies. Summaries could be adapted in function of the dimension to illustrate.

It would be a pleasure for us to develop quickly these case studies if necessary.

In the same way, it could been argued on the fact that there is no example from developed countries where there are challenges around food safety, food systems and consumption patterns. But obviously it is out of the scope of Cirad to develop case studies for such countries.

Best regards

Eric