Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition - Online consultation on the V0 Draft of the Report proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee and the Project Team

Dear colleagues,

I would like to contribute by pointing out the lack of any references to agroecology, which is the most promising approach for achieving sustainable food systems that enhance FSN. Agroecology goes hand in hand with participatory methodologies for data collection and analysis, which are also lacking in the text, where a top-down approach to data collection seems to be preferred.

Regarding FSN tools, the V0 draft lack any reference to FAO's Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which has proven to be a simple, yet innovative and comprehensive framework that uses agroecology to evaluate the sustainability of production systems in agriculture and can be used to generate evidence on their multidimensional performance.

Kind regards,

Dario Lucantoni