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 – V0 draft of the HLPE-FSN report #19

Dear HLPE-FSN team,

Congratulations on this first draft. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments. Please see the comments from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries below. 

Regarding p3, “focuses on the production of staples, on large scale production, on reliance on imports of cheap staples, on the marginalization of small scale and informal actors,” these situations can also be seen in developed countries, where food self-sufficiency rate is low, in addition, the rural economy is declining and reducing and aging population is advancing. In order to develop whole national land in well balanced manner, it is necessary to utilize domestic agricultural resources and focus on sustainable and productive agriculture, considering using various types of innovation.