Policy issues: policy makers would do well to recognize that policies are only as good as instistitutions implementing them. Best policies do fail where institutional capacity is weak; limited funding and lack of visionary leadership. Developing nations need to move from theory to practise especially on food security and poverty alleviation matters. Nonethless current food security policies are insufficent to deal with climate change impacts: a shift from reactive policy measures to pro-active approaches in mainstreaming sound, achivable, ecosystem based climate change policies across all socioeconomic sectors; removal of barriers that limit most small scale farmers who constitute majority of agro-communities in developing nations. Policy should also focus on the possible impacts of adapatation practices on water availability and access as farmers seek to mantain/improve production.
Most of the exististing food security/agricultural polcies, programs and projects are localized and not taken up nationally as yet and their implementation remains with civil societies or NGOs or farmer groups with minimal government leadership/intervention. National food security policies and implementation in response to climate change and poverty eradication; sufficient investiment in agricultre in research, human development, extension services, farm application and tool, technology etc. water and land resources management is key in adapting to climate change as water scaricity increases.
Policy issues: policy makers would do well to recognize that policies are only as good as instistitutions implementing them. Best policies do fail where institutional capacity is weak; limited funding and lack of visionary leadership. Developing nations need to move from theory to practise especially on food security and poverty alleviation matters. Nonethless current food security policies are insufficent to deal with climate change impacts: a shift from reactive policy measures to pro-active approaches in mainstreaming sound, achivable, ecosystem based climate change policies across all socioeconomic sectors; removal of barriers that limit most small scale farmers who constitute majority of agro-communities in developing nations. Policy should also focus on the possible impacts of adapatation practices on water availability and access as farmers seek to mantain/improve production.
Most of the exististing food security/agricultural polcies, programs and projects are localized and not taken up nationally as yet and their implementation remains with civil societies or NGOs or farmer groups with minimal government leadership/intervention. National food security policies and implementation in response to climate change and poverty eradication; sufficient investiment in agricultre in research, human development, extension services, farm application and tool, technology etc. water and land resources management is key in adapting to climate change as water scaricity increases.