Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Dear CFS,

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute.  Please find attached the contribution of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA), using the template (contribution attached).

Looking forward to the developement of these important guidelines.

Best regards

Vincent Gitz

Director, FTA

Dear Colleagues,

Please find my attached comments on V0 of the Draft Voluntary Guidelines. Hope these help.

Best wishes,

Chris

I am worried about GMOs and certain fertilisers that are not friendly to soil. How can we embrace GMOs which can not grown again by themselves. This is a major threat and some research link them to obesity, diabetes and cancers. www.healdeplanet.org

Cartoon Animation to support Zero Hunger

One of the way to promote UN SDG topic2 to achieve the goal of Zero Hunger by using the cartoon media to deliver the knowledge to the new generation via theirs the most favorite media, which’s are suitable for their ages by physical to gain this knowledge into their mind in which might be generated to the long time memory. We will be launching in the series of cartoon animation of which created by several concept of reservation of food environment and resources. Not only to promote this knowledge media to the young children in research operations in many countries, but they are submitting into the many film festivals 2019 in many counties. To extent more opportunities to access to out of target audiences to gain the knowledge which are delivered, now the 1st episode are launching in the name of “To Soil” and “To Soil Solution”, the primaries basic of planting process to produce the safety food for human and friendly environment to support sustainable agriculture.

In a recent paper we elbaorated the three golden rules for protecting human health, animal biodiversity and welfare, and envrionment in all their dimensions:

Fardet A E Rock, Reductionist nutrition research has meaning only within the framework of holistic thinking. Advances in Nutrition 2018;9:655–670.

In details:

• Rule 1: “Végétal” for Plant: consuming at least 85% calories from plantbased foods, limiting animal-based foods to 2-3 servings a day;
• Rule 2: “Vrai” for Real: consuming at least 85% from real foods, limiting ultraprocessed foods to 1-2 servings/day;
• Rule 3: “Varié” for Varied: varying real foods within cereals, legumes, vegetables, nuts, fruits, meats, fish, eggs and dairy.

Then, when possible, eat organic, local and seasonal.

This dietary pattern is closed to flexitarian diet, and in agreement with recommendations from FAO, EAT-Lancet commission, and French Agrimonde-Terra reports. It can be declined locally for each world region according to agricultural context. Within these rules, limiting animal-based and ultra-processed foods is a strong lever for human health, animal welfare and preservation of environment. Eat varied allows stimulating biodiversity. Notably, the production, transformation, and distribution of ultra-processed foods is particularly deleterious to the all planet.

tending towards the 3Vs golden rules should allow respecting both health, animal biodiversity and welfare, environment, small farmers, socioeconomics, and culinary traditions.

We think this a simple lever to improve food system sustainability.

Dear Sir, Dear Madam,

Please find attached my comments on this interesting document .

Yours Faithfully

Manuel Moya

Catedrático E de Pediatría/ E Professor & Head

FAO: Global Forum on Food Security & Nutrition member

Academician of the Real Academia de Medicina

University Miguel Hernández. Edificio Balmis

Just a brief question. I recall the main documents mentioned concerns for saturated and trans fats, etc. If you are in economic environment where you need to exert more calories than you have access to, as most smallholder farmers are, will consuming saturated or trans fats be a problem, or will the need to energy result in their being quickly consumed? I think the concern for saturated or trans fats are more a concern of the obese than the starving.v

¿Refleja adecuadamente el capítulo 1 la situación actual de la malnutrición y las causas y efectos relacionados, especialmente en lo que respecta a los objetivos y metas de la Agenda 2030?

Rpta: la malnutrición y las causas, se refleja en el escenario de los pueblos indígenas para lograr metas 2030, un desafío y retos, es promover la política pública “Programa nacional de nutrición rural”, en base a programas de seguridad alimentario de producción agrícola (Productividad) en terrenos de las comunidades, más la capacitación nutricional según la intercultural de los costumbres y realidad alimentación de los pueblos indígenas.

¿Cuáles son los problemas subyacentes que actualmente impiden a los sistemas alimentarios proporcionar dietas saludables?

Rpta: Las dietas saludables en los pueblos indígenas, básicamente son de origen de carnes, pescados y productos agrícolas “legumbres y menestras”, estos tres componentes lo complementan con ingredientes que se adquieren de tiendas comerciales “aceites y condimentos”. Por lo tanto los problemas subyacentes es la deficiencias y faltas de intervenciones de programas nacional alimenticias integral, asistencias técnicas y capacitaciones de seguridad alimentarias intensivas, para minimizar el problema de carencias alimenticias.

¿Cuáles deberían ser los principios rectores para promover sistemas alimentarios sostenibles que mejoren la nutrición y permitan una dieta saludable? ¿Qué opinión le merecen los principios incluidos en el capítulo 2? ¿Son los más apropiados para sus contextos nacionales/regionales?

Rpta: Losprincipios rectores son “Asistencia alimentaria y nutricional de niños, niñas, mujeres”. Mi opinión es buscar propuesta integrador horizontal con las bases organizados, para funcionamientos de los principios rectores. No son más apropiados, porque se necesita primer a organizar los grupos.

Below, moslty provides feedback from a humanitarian/crisis context perspective.

Crisis, food insecurity and food systems

Crisis due to conflict, climate or disaster caused by impact due to weather/geological causes should be distinguishable and be treated as impacting food systems in differing ways, yet be able to clearly state that these do not happen in isolation, but often are combined or amplifying each others impact. They should preferably not be treated as one system of impact but as a set of systems amplifying impact on food systems, food security and nutrition.

Complex crises are often prolonged and can last decades. In such type of contexts alternative food systems emerge under the influence of humanitarian actors, parties to a conflict etc. Such type of aid and/or political driven food systems are often social, environmental, political and economical compromised thereby undermining the ability to provide and enabling environment that can promote sustainable food systems, leaving the most vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition behind. A majority of people living in acute and/or chronic food insecurity and malnutrition live in or locations vulnerable to the combination of fragility, conflict and climate change. It is hence critical that the guidelines bring to attention the necessity for all stakeholders to face the conundrum and not only treat the crisis dimension as part of the political and economic domains, but also the social, climatic and environmental domains.

Guiding principles

Suggest to add

1. Paragraph C:  “processing” to food production and consumption. Sustainable processing is as important as its production;
2. Paragraph F: clarification required - "sustainable vs resilient" -if something is sustainable does this implies that the food system being resilient. A resilient food system does nevertheless not imply it being sustainable, depending on the context and what being resilient to (e.g. persistence).
3. The guiding principles should preferable include a specific paragraph on minimise food waste and recycling of food waste and its by-products  where waste can't be avoided;
4. The principles should have a statment that highlights the importance to protect local food systems. Larger/national/regiona/global food systems should not undermine them but support and strengthen them, yet prevent local food system becoming overly reliant on these larger food systems as this will undermine sustainability.

Further feedback

It is recommended to avoid referring to the term “resilient” unless directly associated to specific context. This is to avoid mixing up the distinguishable difference of a sustainable food system vs. a resilient food system.

Systemic food assistance should not only fill systemic gaps and reduce impact, but also address risks and hazards to prevent future crises and impacts. The guidelines will need to respect what the humanitarian mandate is and what it is not. It should not be a humanitarian responsibility to provide “sustainable” development assistance but enable pathways towards sustainability as fast as possible. Thus, the guidelines should where possible try to take into account the HDP nexus and NWOW developments, help clarifying what role the humanitarian, development and governance actors should take on before, during and after crisis in enabling, promoting and operationalizing sustainable food systems, primrily benefitting the local level and the local communities.

 

Agriculture and Nutrition are interrelated. Agriculture is the most direct route to improving the diet of a person ensuring year-round access to adequate, safe and diverse nutrient-rich food. Nutrition is a basic human need and a prerequisite to a healthy life. Food security is a matter of utmost importance for every country for sustaining the developments and for attaining the future growth of society, maintaining political stability and living beings as a whole. Food and nutrition security are two sides of the same coin, however, the ways of achieving these two are different. Food security can be achieved by increasing food production and consumption of staple food. Nutrition security implies physical, economic and social access to balanced diet, clean drinking water, safe environment, and health care for every individual. Nutritional issues in India are complex and require all sectors to play. In this context, this paper focuses on the role of nutrition extension strategy, and its role in delivering nutrition solution. Extension strategy was evolved with the sample objectives of creating opportunities for knowing, discussing and action upon, in order that most of the  unsolved problems can be solved, finally effecting a positive in the behaviour and practice. Some nutrition extension strategies for enhancing nutritional security such as, coordination and management of cross-sectoral policy, capacity building and nutrition planning and implementation, increasing and diversifying food supply through agro-ecological zonal farming systems based on comparative advantage analysis. Increasing food processing, preservation capacity, food standard and quality control, promoting accessibility to affordable and nutritious foods through the development of support physical infrastructure, improving domestic market access, promoting good health through improved nutrition and preventive care practices, promoting proper food and nutrition practices through information, education and communication, Improving food security and nutrition through effective research and development programme. We hope that, these extension strategies may be promoting in the nutritional security, in near future.

Identified Strategies

• Coordination & management of cross-sectoral policy & data base management.
• Capacity building & decentralization of the food & nutrition planning & implementation.
• Increasing & diversifying food supply through agro-ecological zonal farming systems based on comparative advantage analysis.
• Increasing food processing, preservation capacity, food standard & quality control.
• Promoting accessibility to affordable & nutritious foods through the development of support physical infrastructure.
• Improving domestic market access & export competitiveness through market integration & private sector participation.
• Improving nutrition status & social equity through gender mainstreaming & affirmative action support.
• Strengthening disaster management, food reserve & food monitoring mechanisms.
• Promoting good health through improved nutrition & preventive care practices.
• Promoting good nutrition & healthy lifestyles through improved health care & sanitation practices.
• Promoting proper food & nutrition practices through information, education & communication.
• Improving food security & nutrition through effective research & development programme.