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It was highlighted that in the region there is a variety of food systems; therefore, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The best option varies according to local realities, needs, and priorities. There was agreement on the need to achieve more sustainable food systems, but not on the degree of transformation. Instead, the position of a just transition was voiced, indicating that such transition should consider both national priorities and local realities and stressing that within their diversity, not all food systems must be transformed. Such a position recognized that in some cases food ... قراءة المزيدsystems must be improved, without radical transformations that could imply large economic and social efforts, in times of great need of resources for the recovery from the pandemic. قراءة القليل

Promote more sustainable production and consumption patterns that help reduce losses and waste throughout the food distribution chain, from farm to fork.

Promote healthier eating patterns, to reduce the double burden of malnutrition and the economic costs of associated health problems. The transformation requires policies and regulations to encourage the consumption of healthy foods, and restrict the consumption of ultra-processed products, especially by children and adolescents.

Promote circularity through circular bioeconomy processes to increase resilience and sustainability, make more efficient use of resources, diversify development options, and increase value addition.

Guarantee family farm access to new technologies. This implies encouraging a holistic technological improvement process, which integrates the adoption of digital and information and communication technologies (DTs/ICTs), technologies derived from the revolution in biological sciences, nature-based solutions and agroecological practices, as well as the creation of synergies and complementarities amongst them. DTs / ICTs improve agricultural practices and environmental performance, improve market access, and bring producers closer to consumers. Biotechnology applications —along with nature-bas... قراءة المزيدed solutions— increase resilience, improve soil health, and restore poor soils, and allow the development of biological alternatives to reduce dependence on fossil-based agricultural inputs. قراءة القليل

Improve the quality and impact of investments, including those in science, technology, and innovation. Investment in these areas is required to encourage creativity and the development of new and innovative ideas to improve the production, transformation, and preservation of food and its nutritional attributes. New target areas for investment include the bioeconomy and nature-based solutions, which foster value addition, diversification, and sustainability. For this, it will be necessary to promote public-private alliances and value the knowledge and resources of local communities.

Addressing climate action in agriculture with a focus on adaptation aimed at building resilience and promoting synergies between adaptation and mitigation actions. The relationship between agriculture and climate change is complex; on the one hand, agriculture is one of the sectors most negatively affected by climate change; on the other, it generates significant greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, agriculture is the only productive sector capable of capturing its emissions and those of other sectors. Climate action in agriculture must consider this complexity, adequately balancing mitigati... قراءة المزيدon and adaptation activities, as well as carbon-sink services. قراءة القليل

Incorporate social inclusion and equity criteria in public policies related to food systems to reduce poverty, gender and territorial gaps, and ethnic inequalities. Access to productive resources for women, including access to land, and respect for the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples must be guaranteed. It is necessary to invest in the development of capacities in young people, women, indigenous peoples, and Afro-descendants, and in lagging territories and give them voice and representation in the management of policies for their development.

Promote the sustainable use of agrobiodiversity resources to increase the resilience of agriculture to climate change, provide new alternatives for rural livelihoods, and diversify diets with more nutritious foods. For this, it is essential to enhance the role of cultural diversity and the knowledge of indigenous peoples.

Guarantee sustainability in land and water use and the ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. It is important to encourage a transition towards more agroecological production systems and practices with less environmental impact at all levels of agriculture; for example, through crop rotation, the recovery of degraded soils, and the improvement of ecosystem services, complemented by governance systems and technologies that guarantee efficient water use. Nature-based solutions supported by science and evidence are an alternative to improve the environmental performance of agriculture, ... قراءة المزيدespecially if they promote synergies among areas related to the conventions of climate change, biological diversity, and control of desertification. قراءة القليل

Recognize the indissoluble relationship between the natural environment and the human environment. This relationship is at the center of society's new demands on agriculture and food, with implications for human health and general well-being, as has been seen in the current pandemic. Attention to the link between food systems and the natural environment is also an increasingly important factor for market access and as a source of competitiveness. We need to enhance our role as a region that provides food for the world, without affecting our biodiversity and fragile ecosystems.

1. The transformation of food systems to make them more sustainable, inclusive, resilient, and produce safe and nutritious food is key to strengthening their contribution to the economy of the countries of our region, to ensure food and nutritional security, for the reduction of poverty and ethnic, gender, and territorial inequalities, for health and nutrition, for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, for climate action, and for a people-centered inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery from the crisis caused by COVID-19. The existence of more sustainable, inclusive, resi... قراءة المزيدlient food systems that produce safe and nutritious food is essential to achieve most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 2. The transformation of food systems requires complex transitions related to how food is produced, processed, distributed, preserved, and consumed. The transformation will imply transitions that will be complex and take time, must be done with the concurrence of all relevant public and private actors, and will require the construction of agreements with a long-term country vision. 3. In the transformation of food systems, it is essential to promote balance among the various functions that food systems fulfill, especially among the objectives of production, health and nutrition, and sustainability in the use of natural resources. 4. There is a diversity of food systems in the region, which vary in terms of job creation, income distribution, market orientation, contribution to local and global food security, and environmental impacts, among others. Therefore, the transition to more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient systems will need to consider local realities, needs, and priorities. 5. The transformation of food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean should consider that the population affected by the "double burden of malnutrition" has increased substantially. Malnutrition has high economic costs due to the loss of capacities and productivity, and health systems costs, especially those due to the increase in obesity-related non-communicable diseases. 6. The transformation of food systems should promote productive employment, the creation of decent work, and the strengthening of sustainable enterprises in the rural economy with an emphasis on women and youth. It is essential to strengthen productive development policies to enhance economic diversification and promote rural productive transformation. It is also important to promote labor laws that recognize the conditions of employment in rural areas and in the agricultural sector. 7. International food trade must be rule-based and predictable, avoiding unilateral distorting measures, especially in the context of pandemics and other shocks such as conflicts, natural disasters, and the displacement of refugees. It is important to strengthen at the multilateral level the discussion on agricultural support, export subsidies, and trade barriers that create distortions in agricultural trade. Also, attention should be given to the need to create synergies and complementarities between production for export and production for local markets; and between global and intraregional food trade, considering that in the region there are both net-food-exporting and net-food-importing countries. 8. Improving the governance and transparency of food systems is important, through strengthening public institutions and inter-sectoral coordination, expanding the space for intra-sectoral dialogue, and incorporating sub-national governments. 9. Good, timely, and reliable statistical data is essential for the transformation of food systems. It is necessary to strengthen the governance of agro-environmental and market information systems and to support the consolidation of the statistical and impact evaluation frameworks at the country level. 10. The post-Covid-19 pandemic recovery makes the transformation process more complex but creates a sense of urgency that we must take advantage of to create more robust, inclusive, sustainable, and competitive food systems. قراءة القليل

The main focus of the dialogue was to identify regional agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the challenges and opportunities for building more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient food systems with a view to the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021.

 El único aspecto por resaltar es que se consideró que las brechas tecnológicas, relacionadas con la tecnología e innovación, son un problema en la agricultura en general y no es exclusivo de la agricultura tropical que inciden en los sistemas alimentarios.

 Los agricultores son parte fundamental de los Sistemas Alimentarios. Los agricultores son los protagonistas.  Las decisiones deben estar basadas en ciencia para reducir los riesgos.  La agricultura es parte de la solución para atender los principales retos globales. Infraestructura de riego es el regulador frente al desafío del cambio climático. Sinergias entre mitigación y adaptación, la ACI es identificada como una solución para alcanzar metas de adaptación.  Se reconoce que se está en un momento crucial para promover transformaciones sustantivas en la agricultura tropic... قراءة المزيدal para el alcance de Sistemas Alimentarios más sostenibles. Para promover esas transformaciones, es necesario lograr un consenso respecto a lo que se entiende por agricultura tropical, abordar las brechas tecnológicas y mapear las capacidades y fortalezas que existen en la región, en un horizonte de largo plazo.  La documentación y la efectiva comunicación de los casos exitosos en la agricultura tropical es clave. Por un lado, es fundamental documentar los casos de impacto y transformaciones de la agricultura tropical y los Sistemas Alimentarios como base de las negociaciones para atender las barreras que enfrenta la agricultura tropical. Por otro lado, es necesario contar con estrategias de comunicación de los exitosos que sean efectivas, eficaces, claras, contundentes y que permitan fortalecer el lugar de negociación de la agricultura.  Es importante pensar en un renovado marco de políticas públicas que permita implementar acciones que respondan a los desafíos actuales. La toma de decisión requiere información precisa y oportuna, por lo tanto, es importante fortalecer los sistemas de información en seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, y el aporte de la agricultura.  Entre las principales barreras que enfrenta la agricultura tropical se encuentra el limitado acceso a financiamiento, falta de políticas públicas inclusivas, falta de inclusión social verde, brechas digitales y tecnológicas. Con respecto a la inclusión social, es fundamental mejorar las negociaciones desde la agricultura ¡la agricultura tropical! para segmentos vulnerables, los cuales son el centro de atención de la Cumbre de los Sistemas Alimentarios. Las brechas de tecnología, como sesgo en la cadena de valor, son asimétricas; esto significa que conforme se avanza en la cadena de valor y se acerca al consumidor, los pesos en decisión son más fuertes y la asimetría se presenta contra los productores, quienes muestran las brechas de tecnología por desconocimiento, y la falta de pertinencia cultural. قراءة القليل

Entre los principales hallazgos del diálogo se encuentra que: • Para promover la sostenibilidad de la agricultura tropical es importante tener como punto de partida el desafío del cambio climático, cuyos efectos los sufren desde el agricultor hasta el consumidor. Se requiere un ambiente habilitador en donde las políticas en temas ambientales puedan coadyuvar a la labor de los agricultores. • Es importante que la información compartida entre los actores clave esté basada en ciencia y que pueda ser comprendida e incorporada en las decisiones cotidianas. La inequidad en el acceso a info... قراءة المزيدrmación y tecnologías e internet en las zonas rurales dificulta la comunicación y la transferencia de tecnología. • Se requiere fortalecer el marco de políticas agrícolas para garantizar el acceso a la digitalización y reducir la brecha digital entre lo rural y urbano y entre las pequeñas y medianas empresas. • Asimismo, las políticas gubernamentales deben de estar vinculadas con programas de financiamiento para el agricultor. Las dificultades de acceso a financiamiento e infraestructura (física, natural, social, etc.) impacta en el acceso a nuevas tecnologías por parte del productor. • Es importante brindar condiciones acordes con las necesidades de los mercados locales y promover precios y comercio justo. • Es necesario brindar más educación de modelos de negocios para generar una identidad orientada a la innovación y el emprendimiento. • Con respecto a la investigación y la tecnología, es importante comprender mejor en qué parte de la cadena de valor (desde la producción al consumidor final) se encuentran desarrolladas las tecnologías. Importante mencionar que las investigaciones deben ser coherentes con las necesidades de las comunidades. • Es fundamental empoderar a las familias productoras a través del fortalecimiento de sus capacidades (blandas-técnicas) para fomentar el desarrollo de soluciones innovadoras que aprovechen el conocimiento de todas las fuentes, tanto científico como autóctono. • Incentivar a que se incremente el relevo generacional para reducir la migración de las juventudes de zonas rurales a zonas urbanas, lo cual aportaría a mejorar la canasta básica local y/o regional de las familias. قراءة القليل

Discusión con respecto a la agricultura tropical y su relevancia para la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios. Durante el diálogo se abordaron distintos temas como brechas tecnológicas, mapeo de capacidades en la agricultura tropical, propuestas de soluciones para el cambio, la formación de alianzas y capacidades en investigación en agricultura tropical. Se buscó identificar propuestas de solución para el cambio considerando sinergias entre metas de acción climática, plataformas de investigación y colaboración, incorporar el conocimiento ancestral para la transferencia tecno... قراءة المزيدlógica, entre otras. قراءة القليل

Rather than areas of divergence, the following areas were mentioned as topics which deserve further exploration. Accountability - what should accountability look like? Awareness and reeducation are just as much a part of the solution as concrete actions could be. Suggestions included public policy changes, cutting subsidies, reparations, consumer boycotts, or pricing changes on products to correlate with their climate impact. Individual vs collective responsibility and accountability - what should the role of individuals be in accountability? I.e. responsibility and blame on corporations but i... قراءة المزيدndividuals are accountable as consumers (Mindful consumption of food and avoiding of wastage of food), concept of karma, etc. قراءة القليل

Building solidarity through faith-based coalitions can be truly transformative; it can work to re-educate consumers or to shift corporations’ behaviour (an example was given of an Oxfam and Unilever partnership). Faith has a huge role to play in this because common values bring people together, with a shared impetus towards compassion and transformation of oppressive systems. Accountability is necessary for the damage that has already been done to poor communities, lower-income countries, and the environment. Yet we must also cultivate compassion, re-educate consumers, increase access to inf... قراءة المزيدormation, support youth farmers, and take concrete actions to hold the agro-industrial complex accountable and to transform global food systems. Sharing aspect in faith traditions - important in Islam such during Ramadan in sharing of food with each other, an example given also in Yogic farming started in India such as custom of meditating during the farming cycle (over seeds, and segments during the growing process) – these are aspects that have been lost. Similarly in the Christian faith – as shown in the bible miracle story of Jesus multiplying the bread to feed a multitude - sharing is a key aspect which underscores the importance of sharing whatever little you have. Sharing of food from seed to the table; farmers to farmers. Sharing is relevant especially in an individualistic society. Stewardship in faith – which is also present in traditions ie Judaic for example in the Brahma Kumaris where overconsumption is not a good example of stewardship. We are all stewards of all the materials on the earth. Being steward also carries the responsibility to only take what we need. There is also the intersection of the needs of human and the needs of flora and fauna; protecting these communities is strong in Islam. This stewardship concept has been lost over time, however, replaced by legal private ownership resulting to inequity and inequitable distribution of goods. Rights based approach, respecting rights of others, respecting diversity. Related to responsibility I.e. in voting and linking it to financing, corruption Tradition of gift of food even if food is grown or cultivated by human effort - because of the strong sense of “gift of food from the Creator” in the Judaic traditions alongside a sense of responsibility towards food, a sense of gratitude and respect; sense of wonder and gratitude of receiving the gift of food; sense of not wasting food – sanctity of food. Also present in Indigenous cultures and other faith traditions Value of empathy in faith traditions – if practiced/adhered to can solve the problem of hunger. Empathy among humanity is important because while one community is starving, the other is living in plenty when there’s enough production to feed the whole world. The problem is capitalistic living that is detriment of others. This value also relates to global empathy among nations esp during food crises. All faith groups and indigenous traditions put a high value on production as it is essential for survival – a lot of text on importance of production in growing food, livestock etc. Huge emphasis on equity – that food is important, thanks given after consumption and everyone has right to access to this food Where equity is absent, provision to the vulnerable – clear in Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, absolute necessity to provide food / access to food to vulnerable groups. Interconnectedness: all faiths are in this together; all can and should come together; also the power as consumers Humility – relatedness to the soil; it’s the beauty of creation transformed into feeding human. Love - linked to the golden rule: do unto others as what you would like to do unto you; rule of love, do what love requires. Gratitude – giving of thanks and offering of food, fundamental. We are now too far removed in food production, and lack connection to the food we eat. Truth/transparency – need to demand what is contained in our food and where it comes from. Moral imperative and opposing corruption. There is power in faith community, including the power of voting to effect change in society; what is needed is also the syst قراءة القليل

Main Findings “Please share your appreciation of the main findings (or conclusions) that emerged from your Dialogue. For example, your key findings might detail a) the need to establish new connections between certain stakeholders, b) an agreement on actions that stakeholders will take together (expressed as intentions or commitments), c) a decision to explore specific aspects of food systems in greater depth. ” Faith and spirituality are deeply connected to food systems. There is much common ground in religious values, such as the dignity of humans and compassion for others, which drives ... قراءة المزيدpeople of all faiths towards ending hunger. How we manage food systems can promote equity, justice and adequate and nutritious food distribution or perpetuate hunger, inequity and injustice. Food systems have profound implications on the quality of our relationships with others and our relationship with our environment with a spectrum of outcomes. The direction taken in the way Food systems depends very much on the values that undergird it. How we deal with food systems has ethical and moral implications. Faiths point us to values that are not non-negotiable- Truth and respect for life, respecting the other and the Earth. There was also agreement about misuse of religion by political leaders, corruption, hypocrisy, bribery, lobbying, etc and the way this has negatively impacted food systems. قراءة القليل