Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation

Hello,

most of the issues are well covered.

Though, I would stronger emphasize the issue on renewable energies, energy supply in cities, incorporation of photovoltaics in agriculture, on small fields as agrivoltaics, or for urban gardening, with PV modules on roof tops and crops grown under it. Here also energy supply in form of biogas generated from organic waste, specifically in markets, should be included, as well as from urban/peri-urban food processing facilities. 

This should be in form of the WEFE water energy food environment approach, and be included in city governance and city planning.

Regards

Kerstin Wydra

Prof. Dr. sc. agr. habil. Kerstin Wydra

Lehrstuhl 'Pflanzenproduktion im Klimawandel' - Chair 'Plant Production and Climate Change'

Fachhochschule Erfurt - University of Applied Sciences, Germany, https://www.fh-erfurt.de/personenverzeichnis/wydra-kerstin

Member of UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS-HLPE)

Board of Directors of Solarinput e.V.

International Alliance on Solar Energy and Drinking Water

http://solarinput.de/aktivitaeten/arbeitskreise/international-alliance-for-solar-energy-and-water/

Advisory Board of ThEEN (Thüringer Erneuerbare Energien Netzwerk) https://www.theen-ev.de/de/beirat.html

Begleitforschung Agriphotovoltaik, Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme

Member: Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL)