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Participants emphasized that systems thinking is required to embrace the Summit’s Principle ‘Recognizing Complexity’. Systems thinking, as part of comprehensive food systems evaluations, can illuminate how natural, human, social and produced capital linked to food systems are interconnected. Systems thinking requires that game changing solutions are not considered in isolation within their action tracks but that capital impacts and dependencies of solutions are assessed across all action tracks. It was noted that recent progress in establishing standardized rigorous ways of collecting st... قراءة المزيدatistics (eg. UN SEEA; business reporting standards) can enhance a broader recognition of holistic food systems evaluations, while at the same time making them more robust and credible. There is a need to be able to capture externalities and assign value in a way that is tangible and comparable. The TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework was highlighted as an internationally accepted harmonized framework for holistic food systems evaluations, which was developed by 150 scientists from 33 countries. The uptake of comprehensive food systems evaluations in the context of the Food Systems Summit process is needed. Participants stressed the importance of determining how comprehensive food systems evaluations can inform decision-making. Getting the right information to the right people was identified as a barrier, and therefore goes beyond ‘getting the metrics right’. Participants pointed at the role of inclusive stakeholder-driven processes creating positive change in food systems using a ‘capitals approach’. Various tools and databases were highlighted for food system decision makers to recognize, measure, manage and reward responsible stewardship of the capitals. The importance of effective framing and messaging to shift decision-making, with a focus on a positive (value-based) decision-making narrative was highlighted. For example, repurposing subsidies can create value for nature, people and society. Indeed, internalizing in policy and regulatory frameworks the natural, health and social costs that are currently unaccounted for, will facilitate upscaling of sustainable and healthy food production and consumption. Consumers are considered as drivers in their demand for more sustainable and healthy food. The need to highlight the importance of TCA in capturing the value of i) nutritious food, and ii) nature-positive agriculture. Emphasis was put on how TCA and associated approaches can support the creation of enabling environments for agroecology and regenerative approaches to flourish and benefit all, including local institutions, communities, smallholder farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and women. Participants referred to the power of TCA to inform policy decisions that allow markets to do a better job at rewarding responsible stewardship of the capitals, ie. rewarding sustainable, affordable and healthy food production and consumption. There is a need to enhance collaboration: comprehensive food systems evaluations take an integrated approach by design and can therefore enhance cross-sectoral collaboration between ministries (finance, agriculture, environment, health, spatial management/planning) and also between actors (government, civil society, private sector, academic community); Finance actors need to be brought on board, given their role in getting the market incentives right, support the transition and correcting market failures (ministries of finance). Private sector representatives highlighted that regulation is critical to create a commonly accepted framework to support business decision-making. Making trade-offs and synergies visible was highlighted as a crucial contribution of comprehensive food systems evaluations. Trade-offs between: Nature and people; Food for profitable crops versus food for healthy consumers; Choices that consumers/producers make, and the results in terms of consequences to human health, planetary heals, livelihoods and equity; Types of value and capital, between stakeholders and with different priorities and values; Countries; Mono-crop and multi-crop; agriculture and biodiversity; Increasing producer prices and keeping healthy food affordable for vulnerable populations globally. Synergies between: Health and environmental outcomes of just and sustainable production; And around agroecological practices and positive outcomes for environment, livelihood and the economy. While recognizing ground realities that science-based policy and decision-making advice is just one of the factors in a dynamic decision making process, participants identified a wide range of barriers and solutions for the uptake of value-based decision-making. This included: a lack of comprehensive data (or access to data) to accurately measure and compare impacts; a narrow concept of evidence; a gap between businesses and investors wanting to use TCA due to the lack of auditing and regulatory support and standards for TCA and the absence of TCA related metrics on P&L statements; short-termism of decision-makers limiting long-term recommendations to be taken-up; lack of guidance on how to assign risks and responsibility; not burdening consumers with higher prices; capacity and multidisciplinary expertise gaps, entrenched policies and lock-ins in which scientific policy advice is just one of the factors in a dynamic decision-making process. قراءة القليل

There has been growing recognition that a Food Systems transformation lays at the centre of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. If we are to succeed in addressing the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, social inequities and human health, we need to bring the value provided by nature, people and society to the forefront of decision-making to transform food systems. The dialogue focuses on how valuing nature and people in food systems can help us to deliver on many global and national priorities. The term ‘True Cost Accounting’ has emerged as a central prior... قراءة المزيدity in the UN Food Systems Summit preparatory discussions and is presented in a number of game-changers across Action Tracks. Specifically, the Action Track 1 ‘Cross Cutting Action Area’ Food Systems Pathways and Data features multiple True Cost Accounting propositions and on 1 June 2021 the UNFSS Scientific Group published a paper focusing on The True Cost and True Price of Food. True Cost Accounting (TCA) is an evolving holistic and systemic approach to measure and value the positive and negative environmental, social, health and economic costs and benefits to facilitate policy , business, farmer, investor and consumer decisions. This term True Cost Accounting is not exclusive - other actors use ‘impact assessment/management’ and ‘a capitals approach’ to mean the same. Indeed, the capitals – natural capital, social capital, human capital and produced capital – form the foundation of food systems. By understanding how food systems impact and depend on the capitals, policy-makers, civil society, consumers and businesses can make holistic decisions that redefine the value provided by nature, people and society. Participants had a discussion in facilitated break-out rooms about the following four guiding questions: (1) What actions are required for the value provided by nature and people to be consistently integrated into public and private decision-making processes for agriculture and food systems?; (2) What are barriers for uptake of a value-based decision-making in existing practice? How can these barriers be addressed?; (3) How can we strengthen the political support for comprehensive food systems evaluations (at the Food Systems Summit and beyond)?; (4) How can comprehensive food systems evaluations contribute to recognizing trade-offs? How can cross-pollination between sectors help to manage these trade-offs? In the following sections we will highlight the main findings and actions proposed as outcomes of these break-out room discussions. قراءة القليل

Discussion under thematic area four: Strengthening aquatic food systems governance and policy dimensions. This group focussed on policy dimensions regarding sustainable use of water and fishery resources, building climate resilience and mitigation of climate change impacts, and enhancing welfare of the fisheries communities during disasters. Discussion topic 1: Improving aquatic food production and value chain. There is urgent need to promote research on small scale or artisanal fisheries to promote low-trophic, diversified, environmental-friendly, economically viable, and socially acceptable ... قراءة المزيدaquatic foods. This would involve technology/innovation generation, capacity building from production and throughout the value chain (small storage facilities, insulated transport vans to minimise post harvest loses, small landing sites in inland water areas, and quality control along the entire value chain). Reforms as suggested in other thematic groups are required to increase access to finance. A revolving fund mechanism may be created to support fishers’ input quality procurement to improve productivity. Additionally, efforts to improve and adopt co-friendly management approaches to promote a more sustainable farming system are required. Discussion topic 2: Improving livelihoods through aquatic food systems Mechanisms should be put in place to improve livelihoods by combating social exclusion, vulnerability, and poverty. Adoption of model fishing villages which have potential to transform livelihoods should be upscaled. Empowerment of women fishers through savings and capacity building should be encouraged. Provisions should be made for fishers and fish farmers to have complementary economic activities such as feed production, artisanal production of fishing gear, operation of fish feed mills, shrimp de-heading for processing, mat-making, bee-keeping, tree plantation, horticulture, tailoring, etc. Discussion topic 3: Promoting management of climate change impacts. Climate change impacts are evident everywhere in Bangladesh. There is urgent need to promote technologies for adoption and build capacity for planning and implementation of climate resilient interventions. Firstly, information on climate change should be generated and analysed to understand the various risk posed to different regions and communities, and guide decision making. Climate risk and vulnerability analysis should be undertaken for all hotspot areas and specific technologies analysed for suitability in those areas. Communities should participate and be involved in formulation of community adaptation plans. Discussion topic 4: Promotion of guidelines for sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF). In the context of food security and poverty eradication, the Voluntary Guidelines for Small Scale Fisheries (SSF) should be promoted. Proper functioning of the multi-scale and multi-level inclusive governance systems should be enhanced by creating and enabling community spaces to contribute to transformative changes in the management and sustenance of SSF in Bangladesh. It is also necessary to enhance the Marine Protected Areas (MPA) to promote the balance between biodiversity and livelihoods. To improve safety at sea, fishermen should be supported and equipped with GPS and other necessary warning systems. قراءة القليل

Discussion under thematic area three: Advancing equitable livelihoods in aquatic food systems. This group discussed how aquatic food systems may contribute to equitable livelihoods through active participation and involvement in productive employment and decent work for all actors along the aquatic food systems' value chain. Issues highlighted, included how to reduce risks for the poorest; enable entrepreneurship and promote equitable access to resources and improve resilience through social protection to climate-vulnerable communities. Discussion topic 1: Access to finance and affordable cred... قراءة المزيدit services. Currently poor farmers have limited access to formal finance which forces them to seek loans from informal money lenders at exorbitant interest rates, that end up trapping poor families in a vicious cycle of poverty and oppression. Under current lending terms provided by the informal money lenders, poor farmers end up losing all their resources and properties to pay back the loans. Action is needed to end such exploitation of poor farmers by informal financial agencies. Fish farmer associations should be empowered to create and run own credit operations for fisher communities. Addition efforts can be made where loans at low or concessional interest rates may be provided. This would require capacity building and start-up funds with close monitoring and regulation by relevant government agencies. Discussion topic 2: Access to fishery resources. While there is policy provision that small-scale fishers should have access to government owned water bodies, the situation is often different, with large fishers having most access and small fishers having very limited access. There is need to ensure that there is equality in access to public water bodies. Co-management approach would be the best option to including the poor fishers and other resource users in accessing government owned public water bodies. Discussion topic 3: Limited opportunities to participate in aquatic food systems value chain. Most poor fish farmers and fishers sell fish at very low prices and are often unable to even recover production cost. Due to social barriers, female farmers especially, have less access to supply chain. Women farmer cooperatives should be established and more collection points or more women friendly fish markets should be created to enable women farmer participation and access to better markets. Discussion topic 4: Financial support to aquatic food systems input suppliers. Fish seed producing hatcheries do not get expected support as compared to other sectors in times of emergencies. The government support which is extended to other agricultural sector in times of emergencies such as Covid -19, should be extended to aquatic food systems input suppliers. This will also have positive multiplier effects along the value chain. Discussion topic 5: Promotion of alternative livelihood options. Livelihood options, especially during emergencies and fish ban periods, are limited to many poor households. There is need to create permanent livelihood options to complement the poor fisher families' income generation. Capacity building of the resource constrained fishers and alternative livelihood options are required to ensure alternative means of income generation. قراءة القليل

Discussion under thematic area two: Promoting nature-positive production and increase resilience to vulnerabilities and shocks. This thematic area focussed on how to boost aquatic food production to meet the fundamental human right to healthy and nutritious food, whilst following sustainable production practices and building resilience to shocks including climate disasters. Discussion topic 1: Urgent need to curb the natural habitat degradation for fisheries resources and optimize resource use. Along with climate change, heavy pollution from agricultural land, over-exploitation, and unregulate... قراءة المزيدd fishing are the key issues in the fishery habitat degradation. There is need to collectively strengthen awareness and promotion of nature based approach with the active engagement of relevant stakeholders to ensure social, economic and environmental benefits. Identification of highly degraded ecosystems should be undertaken and accordingly, upazila/sub-district or community level fishery ecosystem management plans should be developed and support should be provided to ensure their effective implementation. Discussion topic 2: High input cost and low aquatic food product prices, specifically during shocks. Cost of inputs such as seed and feed is observed to be usually high during times of disasters, however prices offered to to resource constrained fish farmers are low. Government should support, for instance the reduction of production cost by reducing electricity tarrifs and providing subsidies for feed and seed. Efforts to create and enhance online market platforms for fish products to improve farmers' returns should be strengthened. Insurance services and products that can easily be accessed and are affordable by vulnerable communities should be developed to provide compensation during loss and damage. Alternative off-farm livelihoods options should also be devised and promoted as emergency support measures during disaster. Discussion topic 3: Building resilience to climate change impacts. Currently the affected communities have limited capacity to plan and address climate change impacts. There is need to promote research and generation of technologies or adaptation practices. These may include ecosystem-specific climate resilient fish species that are tolerant to different climatic risks such as high temperatures and salinity levels, pond depth and aeration, fast growing species, integrated crop and aquatic farming practices, and promotion of cage culture. Discussion topic 4: Limited access to early warning systems. Specifically for the most vulnerable communities, there is need for community based early warning systems particularly for floods and cyclones. Additionally, different stakeholders may support climate risk vulnerability assessment to identify the different climate risks in the most vulnerable areas, communities or hotspots. This would improve community understanding of the specific risks and development of short and long-term participatory community adaptations plans to address and respond to the identified risks. There is also need to improve coordination among stakeholders that undertake or support climate risk assessment in different regions throughout the country, to share and create a common information database. The harmonised risk and vulnerability assessment database would improve knowledge generation and planning for disasters . Discussion topic 5: Deteriorating indigenous aquaculture production and biodiversity. The indigenous aquaculture production and bio-diversity (species, genetic, beels, haors, baors and estuarine ecosystem) is under threat. Preservation of indigenous genes, species and ecosystems is urgently required and should be promoted. There is need to sensitise communities on existing innovative approaches, ideas and adaptation measures especially indigenous adaptation processes. Deliberate efforts should be made to assess and tap voices and knowledge of farmers and fishers. قراءة القليل

Discussions under thematic area one: Enhancing aquatic food and nutrition security, and sustainable consumption. Discussion topic 1: Increasing aquatic food consumption in family diet. Actions are needed to improve consumption levels of fish in resource constrained and vulnerable families, and especially by women and children in both rural and urban areas. One way is to promote production and consumption of micronutrient-rich small indigenous fish. There is also need to increase nutrition awareness and improve understanding on consumption of aquatic foods to meet nutritional requirements at di... قراءة المزيدfferent stages of the life cycle for people living in different social, economic, cultural and environmental context. Promotion of nutrition-sensitive aquaculture measures can help tackle the existing challenges of malnutrition. Nutrition education should build awareness and knowledge about processing, cooking and preparation of food mixed with nutrient rich fish for feeding minor children. Production and consumption of fish based products (fish powder and fish chutney) can help meet nutritional requirements of pregnant women, lactating mothers and minor children. Fish based products should also be included in school feeding programmes. The country should develop aquatic food based dietary guidelines and make it available to all people of Bangladesh. Discussion topic 2: Improving productivity and quality. Effective and efficient production and distribution systems are needed to ensure access by all, and especially the poor households. There is need to promote pond ownership at household level and to ensure access to public water bodies by resource restricted families, as fishers and most marginalised communities' livelihoods depend on common water resources. Aquatic food standards and regulations on safe aquatic foods without detrimental effects to health should be enforced along the entire value chain i.e. from production, processing, transportation and marketing. Discussion topic 3: Improving aquatic diversity. Diversity should be improved in terms of both production and intake of aquatic foods. This would address observed species diversity loss due to unsustainable practices that in turn affect fish species and production. There should be promotion of eco-nutrition that integrates environmental health, human nutrition and conservation of natural resources. Habitat restoration and community based management need to be promoted. Both government and other stakeholder may promote the establishment of adequate fish sanctuaries and sustainable management, along with awareness campaigns. Ensuring proper implementation of existing Fishing Regulation Act is very important to enhance fish biodiversity and sustainable production in the open waters. قراءة القليل

The aquatic food systems is an important sector of the Bangladesh economy and its citizens’ livelihoods. The sector contributes about 4% of national GDP, 60% of animal protein, 2% of national exports and engages over 17.5 million people. The sector’s potential to contribute to the national economy, food and nutrition security, poverty reduction and other SDGs is higher, but faces a number of challenges which include: 1) Low consumption of fish by the poor and low income households, who usually, experience high malnutrition levels. Therefore, urgent actions have to be undertaken to increase... قراءة المزيد sustainable production, ensure access of safe and nutritious aquatic foods, promotion of nutrition-sensitive aquaculture and fisheries policies, and measures to tackle malnutrition. 2) Increased degradation of fisheries resource natural habitats by among others, siltation, eutrophication, over-exploitation and illegal fishing. There is urgent need to enrich open waters with aquatic biodiversity restoration and improve ecosystems management. 3) Low climate resilience and limited capacity to withstand shocks. Actions are required to accelerate productivity and resilience through climate smart investment. There is urgent need to promote generation and adoption of climate resilient technologies in the aquatic food systems' value chain, generation of climate information, development of insurance products and safety nets to compensate fish farmers during disasters. 4) Huge inequalities leading to exclusion of poor fish farmers, especially women who have restricted opportunities to participate in aquatic food systems. There is urgent need to increase access of poor farmers including women, to public water bodies. Additionally, financial opportunities should be developed and accessible to small-scale fishers to enable their participation in the profitable aquatic food systems' value chain. 5) Need to strengthen governance and policy dimensions of aquatic food systems. Enforcing regulations to reduce unsustainable production oriented policy systems, to more sustainable production and equality oriented policy systems, promote data generation, technology development and uptake. قراءة القليل

The dialogue's main focus was on identifying and understanding the specific challenges faced in the aquatic food systems and proposing possible necessary actions or policy recommendations that would leverage the aquatic food systems capacity to contribute more to sustainable, equitable, resilient, safe aquatic foods and the attainment of SDGs by 2030 in Bangladesh. As entry points, the dialogue focussed on four thematic areas: i) enhancing aquatic food and nutrition security, and sustainable consumption; ii) promoting nature-positive production and increase resilience to vulnerabilities and sh... قراءة المزيدocks, iii) advancing equitable livelihoods in aquatic food systems; and iv) strengthening aquatic food systems' governance and policy dimensions. قراءة القليل

• Food systems refer to the entwined relationships between humans and natural biophysical resources in systems. It is important, therefore, to have trained professionals who can: 1. Listen and understand other disciplines; 2. Discuss clearly with stakeholders, and 3. Present findings and participate effectively in policymaking. The lack of transferable skills in current professionals in the space (i.e., listening, discussing, and presenting) constitutes a capacity gap. • Furthermore, despite the importance of multidisciplinary thinking in INRM for food system resilience, there is a dominan... قراءة المزيدce of water-related researchers, in the Soil- Water-Food-Energy Nexus. The other three domains are missing representation, and therefore capacity. • Connecting “the dots” between research and practice, requires finance – constituting a capacity gap. In many countries, finance sectors influence the velocity of money and change. • Food resilience and INRM are embedded in the SDGs, but due to a lack of concrete definitions, guidelines, and handbooks to define INRM, conventional agricultural practices are still promoted as supporting SDG 2&3, despite its often negative impacts on SDGs 6, 10, 13, 15, and 16. It is recommended that the UN system produce a guidance policy document on INRM’s efficacy on food systems. • Addressing food system resilience and transformation recommends that policymakers appreciate the need for upfront long-term investment and capacity development (e.g., groundwater management, reforestation) despite the time lag between investment and payoff. A stable and sound governance system is needed to provide an enabling environment conducive to long-term innovation funding earmarked for environmental and social sustainability in food systems. قراءة القليل

The rationale is set. There is a need for a coalition created among the key UNU institutes, UNEP, IWMI-CGIAR, FAO, and other relevant UN system agencies to engage in interagency collaboration to produce a policy/guidance document which: 1. Lays out the guidelines of a common INRM approach supporting current and future food systems resilience; 2. Support countries in identifying a pathway which ensures compatibility between sustainable consumption and production needs, and; 3. Feeds an actionable narrative and concrete recommendations to be included into the CBD, COP 26, and Stockholm+50 ongoin... قراءة المزيدg intergovernmental processes. قراءة القليل

Key messages include: • The current food production system is upheld by 1.5 billion smallholders, concentrating power locally; therefore, science-policy interfaces must translate into planning that is simultaneously top-down and bottom-up (e.g. living labs ), to effectively mobilize the nexus approach on INRM. • Further, top-down food policy may not align consistently in national development plans, as governmental ministries and institutions lack communication with each other, despite working with equal information, yet feeding into different databases. • With regional FAO initiatives ru... قراءة المزيدn by multidisciplinary teams operating in various countries, it is essential for institutions to have a joint knowledge base to ground strategies upon. • The EC- Soil Health and Food Mission Board identified that farmers/producers eschew “to-do lists”, but rather responding best to quantitative evidence backing that “what is good for the environment, is often very good for business.” Contact between researchers and farmers in Living Labs is essential to produce viable results. • UNEP’s Sustainable Rice Platform yielded two major lessons : o It is important for the UN system to translate siloed research into a multi-goal format with principles, standards, and time-based deliverables, and; o Human empathy is required to communicate science, without judgement, in order to convene diverse stakeholders (e.g., Syngenta, BASF, Mars, Ben’s Original, etc.) • Food systems refer to the entwined relationships between humans and natural biophysical resources in systems. It is important, therefore, to have trained professionals who can: 1. Listen and understand other disciplines; 2. Discuss clearly with stakeholders, and 3. Present findings and participate effectively in policymaking. The lack of transferable skills in current professionals in the space (i.e., listening, discussing, and presenting) constitutes a capacity gap. • Furthermore, despite the importance of multidisciplinary thinking in INRM for food system resilience, there is a dominance of water-related researchers, in the Soil- Water-Food-Energy Nexus. The other three domains are missing representation, and therefore capacity. • Connecting “the dots” between research and practice, requires finance – constituting a capacity gap. In many countries, finance sectors influence the velocity of money and change. • As sustainable food systems require significant water inputs, FAO has developed six principles to base INRM strategies on when coping with water scarcity: Knowledge, Impact, Capacity, Coherence, Preparedness. • Supporting Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, UNCCD is currently supporting 127 countries that have committed to setting their voluntary targets of which 104 have successfully set their targets. The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN-SCF) that underpins these guidelines comprises five modules, which describe the overall approach to LDN. • To translate science into actionable ideas for producers, IWMI-CGIAR is designing a leadership programme to directly bridge this gap, noting that a forthcoming Water-Food-Energy-Forest-Biodiversity Nexus Initiative seeks to significantly redesign research agendas. • Storytelling and case studies operationalize the science, helping it seem more relatable, and as it feeds into policy – achieve greater political uptake and stakeholder acceptance. • Food resilience and INRM are embedded in the SDGs, but due to a lack of concrete definitions, guidelines, and handbooks to define INRM, conventional agricultural practices are still promoted as supporting SDG 2&3, despite its often negative impacts on SDGs 6, 10, 13, 15, and 16. It is recommended that the UN system produce a guidance policy document on INRM’s efficacy on food systems. • Furthermore, governments should seek to integrate INRM and the Nexus Approach into existing processes, e.g., national implementation of the SDGs and the Voluntary National Review process. • Food production (including its socio-political issues, energy needs) is inextricable from land use and degradation, and it is highly recommended that the UN system and policymakers view food policy through the land lens. • Addressing food system resilience and transformation recommends that policymakers appreciate the need for upfront long-term investment and capacity development (e.g., groundwater management, reforestation) despite the time lag between investment and payoff. A stable and sound governance system is needed to provide an enabling environment conducive to long-term innovation funding earmarked for environmental and social sustainability in food systems. The rationale is set. There is a need for a coalition created among the key UNU institutes, UNEP, IWMI-CGIAR, FAO, and other relevant UN system agencies to engage in interagency collaboration to produce a policy/guidance document which: 1. Lays out the guidelines of a common INRM approach supporting current and future food systems resilience; 2. Support countries in identifying a pathway which ensures compatibility between sustainable consumption and production needs, and; 3. Feeds an actionable narrative and concrete recommendations to be included into the CBD, COP 26, and Stockholm+50 ongoing intergovernmental processes. قراءة القليل

Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems are connected to every facet of the 2030 Agenda, either through primary, secondary, or tertiary system connections – and are, therefore, a Nexus of economic, social, and environmental development. Because of the broad, multi-level impacts of food systems, we believe that focusing on Integrated Natural Resource Management (“INRM”), as a high-impact leverage point can expedite and optimize the effect that food has on a variety of environmental and socioeconomic impacts, such as poverty, health, ecosystem integrity, industry, etc. A few exemplary conne... قراءة المزيدctions are delineated. Poor Food Systems --> Poor Ecosystem Integrity Currently, an estimated 821 million people are currently undernourished, representing the failings of the global food system . Food systems are under the simultaneous pressure of environmental change (e.g., land degradation, biodiversity loss, and changes in climate/weather), and non-climate stressors (e.g., population/income growth, and demand for animal-sourced products ). On the causal side, food systems may negatively affect the environment by depleting natural resources, and polluting both surface and groundwater, with pesticides and chemical fertilizer . INRM can support the sustainable yield of food systems, in particular within the ecosystem and biosphere’s capacity for renewal. Poor Food Systems --> Poor WASH Management --> Poor Health & Nutrition Food systems are dependent on water resource management, with inadequate water supply and sanitation, being inextricably linked to poverty. For example, poor sanitation practices can produce untreated wastewater which cause water quality changes (e.g., in lakes, rivers, oceans), damaging aquatic food sources, exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition , . Food security relies on water security, and the provision of water, sanitation, and hygiene (“WASH”) services particularly in impoverished communities. INRM, with a focus on water resources management, can meet the needs of a global population by ensuring the fundamental safety and integrity of life below water. Poor Food Systems --> Poor Productivity --> Poor Economy / Higher Poverty Food insecurity leads to mal-/under-nutrition, which has adverse effects on the physiological and mental capacity of individuals . Malnutrition and poverty are mutually-reinforcing, creating a vicious cycle that hampers productivity levels, exacerbating countries’ poverty levels . Failing to address undernutrition continue to yield significant losses in potential, in both humans and economies. Poverty, along with socio-economic and political marginalization, disenfranchises women, children and the elderly with regard to climate change and food insecurity7. INRM can reduce trade-offs, increase productivity, food security, and a better quality of life for all – in order to help achieve not short-term relief, but rather - long-term sustainability. Therefore, Food System Resilience underpin the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs – committing to leave no one behind. In the long-term, and the knowledge and implementation of INRM will increase the ability of agri-food and forest systems to (i) ensure supply of goods (e.g., food, fodder, fibre, wood, and bio-energy) and ecosystem services (e.g., store, filter and transform nutrients, substance, and water, biodiversity and carbon pool) that human benefits from and significantly rely on, (ii) preserve natural resources that are non-renewable (soil and water), and (iii) enlarge social and economic benefits by reducing environmental costs and impacts. قراءة القليل

1) Emphasize the idea of human beings as a critical element of agroecology at the UNFSS 2) UFSS to renew political action to affirm access to food as a fundamental human right, and increase investments into the development and empowerment of local communities affected by food conflicts

1) Bring the voices of vulnerable communities to the center of international political debates 2) Promote circular models of food production and consumption 3) Enhance local and traditional knowledge 4) Reform present-day technological and financial structures to support the transformation of food systems 5) Need for further collaboration and partnerships, especially between humanitarian and development workers, to address the root causes of food insecurity and ensure coherent and sustained actions are taken to end the cycle of hunger, poverty and instability 6) Strong policies to; i) enhance ... قراءة المزيدand diversify local food markets and curtailing monopolistic tendencies to ensure availability and affordability of food products; ii) articulate quality-based strategies for food production in light of growing consumer sovereignty and demands for ecologically and socially responsible food systems, iii) reformulate financial structures to support the transformation of food systems, and iv) nurture partnerships to ensure food for all in the context of mass urbanization قراءة القليل

The first session focused on the current state of global food insecurity, its driving factors and present-day opportunities to reformulate them. Cardinal Turkson opened the panel with a presentation inspired by the knowledge and proposals shared in the previous two webinars. Following a see-judge-act methodology, His Eminence reiterated that conflict, climate change and COVID-19 are the main drivers of global hunger today, and emphasized integral ecology, human dignity and the common good as guiding principles for a holistic regeneration of food systems. He highlighted the need to bring the vo... قراءة المزيدices of vulnerable communities to the center of international political debates, promote circular models of food production and consumption, enhance local and traditional knowledge to ensure better protection of natural resources and reform present-day technological and financial structures to support the transformation of food systems. His intervention was followed by FAO Director General, Dr. Qu Dongyu who highlighted the interconnection between global conflicts and food insecurity and the need to guarantee food for all as a fundamental premise for world peace. In that regard, he called for further collaboration and partnerships, especially between humanitarian and development workers, to address the root causes of food insecurity and ensure coherent and sustained actions are taken to end the cycle of hunger, poverty and instability. Dr. Dongyu’s remarks were followed by a deepened analysis of the economic dimension of food systems by Prof. Stefano Zamagni, President of the Pontifical Academy for the Social Sciences. Given that national and global policies determine the availability, affordability and quality of available foods, these must aim at; i) enhancing and diversifying local food markets and curtailing monopolistic tendencies so that food may be immediately available at fair prices to all; ii) promoting quality-based strategies for food production in light of growing consumer sovereignty and demands for ecologically and socially responsible food systems, iii) reformulate financial astructures to support the transformation of food systems, and iv) nurture partnerships to ensure food for all in the context of mass urbanization. The panel was closed with a testimony from Fr. Fabio Mussi, Coordinator of Caritas of the Diocese of Yagoua, Cameroon, who offered examples of concrete, creative, community-based solutions to responses to malnutrition in Western and Central Africa. The second session sought to address the topic of conflicts and food systems from an interdisciplinary perspective. The discussion was opened by Dr Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit, who insisted on the need to address poverty and inequality, which are at the root of global conflict and hunger. She called for deeper dialogue in light of the UNFSS, to emphasize the idea of human beings as a critical element of agroecology and the necessity to come through for the people who need it most. Following her presentation, Professor Joachim von Braun, President of the Pontifical Academy for the Sciences, spoke of the long-term consequences of food insecurity and conflicts (armed conflicts, resource conflicts, conflicts derived from food insecurity) on social fabrics and ecosystems. He called for renewed political action to affirm access to food as a fundamental human right, and heightened investment into the development and empowerment of local communities affected by food conflicts. Maurizio Pitzolu and Virginia Solis of the Agriculture and Justice village of the Economy of Francesco brought the voices of youth leaders and changemakers involved in the transformations of food systems. They shared the work of the village across the world and highlighted the opportunity to respond to the pandemic through a unified response to the cry of the earth and the poor. The panel was completed by Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, who expressed the need to develop a stronger sense of moral responsibility toward creating and governing food security, and the need for structural change on the basis of the common good. Concluding remarks were given by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, who reiterated the need for concrete action to transform food systems, especially in the wake of the pandemic, which has exacerbated all humanitarian crises. A new paradigm with integral ecology and respect for human dignity at the core is needed to put people at the center. قراءة القليل

On the 31st of May 2021, the Holy See Secretariat of State and the Pontifical Academies for Science and Social Science hosted an online event on Food Conflicts and the Future of Food Systems. This was the final webinar of the “Food for Life, Food Justice, Food for All,” series, born from the collaboration between the aforementioned organizations, the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to FAO, WFP & IFAD, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Vatican COVID-19 Commission. Building on the knowledge generated in the previous two webinars on The Role of Women in the ... قراءة المزيدPromotion of Integral Human Development and Jobs, Innovation and Finance at the Service of Food Justice, this webinar deepened the analysis of responses to food conflicts and how the Church can best contribute and collaborate to address hunger and food inequality around the world. It featured presentations from H.Em. Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See; Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director General of FAO; H. Em. Peter K.A. Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit and many more. قراءة القليل

Investment in maternal and women's nutrition is often linked to women's reproductive roles as mothers. There was common agreement that investment needs to happen because of women's innate rights -- as people. However, there was some divergence about the extent to which messaging should focus on women's innate human rights vs their economic roles and ability to contribute to GDP and output.

Jemimah Njuki, Head Africa IFPRI, Custodian for UN FSS gender equality - Propositions are developed with a gender lens - guiding principles: - Elevating women's voices and positions in food systems, access to resources. - Proposition: Women's Leadership and Empowerment Cluster - Proposition: Gender financing gap - Proposition: Resilience and building women's assets - Social norms - influence food allocation and access to assets. - Policies - make food systems policies gender transformative

Michael Oja, GAIN Country Director, Nigeria Solutions that are having an impact in Nigeria include: - Multi-sectoral policies and partnerships that bring key sectors together. - Quality implementation of interventions, such as fortification of staples - Co-ordination of mulit-sectoral approach. - Disaggregated information on what women are selling and eating.

Ndidi Nwuneli, Managing Partner Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd. Nigeria, Managing Director AACE Foods and Founder of Lead Africa - Power of SMEs that are co-founded by women. Mama programme - supports women to distribute their product through building an inclusive supply chain and access to market and training and finances. - Dairy Value Chain - advancing local dairy in Nigeria - empowering SMEs to source locally - while men own cows, women own the milk. Ensuring financial and nutritional education through cooperatives to move women on a path to agency and empowerment. - Nouris... قراءة المزيدhing Africa - helping entrepreneurs, providing knowledge and access to training and financing. قراءة القليل