IFOAM – Organics International is thankful for this opportunity to contribute to shaping the basic concept of this very timely report. While in our opinion the set of scoping questions is basically very comprehensive, it fails to address the issue of sustainability.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 and in particular SDG 2 create a clear link between nutrition, food security and sustainable agriculture. We understand that the focus of the report is food systems and nutrition, however, in order to avoid the silo effect, it needs to look at how we can develop food systems which provide everyone with sufficient nutritious food in a sustainable way.
As smallholders produce 70% of the world’s food and are the ones who tend to produce in a more sustainable way, their role requires special attention in the report.
Taking all these into consideration, we propose to explore the following additional issues:
- how to build food systems which support healthy diets and sustainability?
- what policies are needed to achieve such food systems? (what has worked and what hasn’t?)
- what is the role of education and communications in achieving these food systems?
- how to ensure a sustainable and healthy diet for people in remote areas?
Gábor Figeczky