Dear All,
I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all participants to thank Maria and Ibrahim for taking out the time and moderating this important consultation, flowing into the proposed ten year programme. My contribution with supporting attachments are trailed below.
Warm regards,
Subhash
Development of Programme for Nutrition & Food Systems which are Sustainable in the Long Term
FAO and UNEP’s public consultation on the proposed programme on sustainable food systems under the 10-Year Framework to be successful needs to focus on long term, low cost low risk agro ecology systems, putting the rural poor producer communities to work gainfully, thus accessing own requirements of nutritious food and cash, at little or no cost, if we are to reduce the effects of climate change, hunger, malnutrition, poverty, suicides whilst increasing net income/ purchasing power and improving livelihoods of smallholders, pastoralists, tenants, tribals, etc., all of them will also contribute to feeding their increasing populations, economic development, growth and in the long term.
The programme also needs to ensure that the producer communities are assisted and facilitated to set up their producer orgs/ company (PC) but staffed by professionals (general practitioners [GPs]/ MBAs in agriculture) to take over all risks and responsibilities other than on farm activities, link to a case study: www.navajyoti.org, set up one of the poorest districts of Orissa, India, where thousands of its members have become sustainable in the long term over the last 5 years. Attached are docs providing evidence, etc.
Sr. Subhash Mehta