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During the VC4, points of divergence were identified in relation to the presentations made by the panelists, as well as to opinions expressed in the chat box and interventions shared by pre-registered participants who took the floor. Among the areas with greater degree of divergence, the following themes were observed: a) map of Hunger in the Amazon region; b) support for local food production; c) strengthening dialogue with civil society in order to encourage food and nutrition security; d) construction of a governance system for the food sector; e) construction of an environmental policy tha... Leer mást strengthens the tripod of sustainability: economically viable, socially fair (based on solidarity) and ecologically balanced; and f) transparency in food labeling and taxation processes. Although the discussion on the points listed above elicited divergent views, it was based on the common and shared concern with the dietary patterns available to the population in general. There is a convergence of opinions that the food and nutrition security policy must be supported by healthy eating originating from sustainable food systems, with low environmental impact, in balance and harmony with the environment. Food must also be culturally acceptable and economically accessible, be adequately available and safe. In this context, in order to increase strategies to promote adequate and healthy eating and to minimize all forms of malnutrition, all parties that integrate food systems, from production and processing to storage and distribution, must be taken into account. Brazil has encouraged actions aimed at promoting adequate and healthy eating, such as the establishment of food guidelines; financial transfers to municipalities and states for the purpose of structuring food and nutrition actions in the health area, especially in the current pandemic; incentives to the implementation of the Health at School and Healthy Growing Programs, among others. It was also observed that the SDGs should underpin all activities related to food systems. SDG 12, in particular, which deals with responsible production and consumption, should be strengthened during the Summit discussions. It is necessary to consider the availability of adequate and healthy food, at affordable prices so that it does not hamper access to other essential needs, as well as stability in access and availability of such foods. Those are the pillars of food and nutrition security. Finally, it is important to strengthen health-promoting food environments that provide healthy and sustainable food alternatives, as well as promoting education and food culture by encouraging the consumption of adequate and healthy food and by raising awareness about the importance of traditional diets. Leer menos

During the independent dialogue of the farmers and fishers’ groups held on 8 June 2021, all of the five (5) actions tracks were discussed. Thus, the sub-national dialogue (28 June) specifically discussed and validated the outputs of the independent dialogue. Following are the outcomes of the discussions: AT 1: There were two concerns identified by the farmers and fishers’ group for this track: a) Food access and affordability are not only about improving the supply. There is a need to enhance the capacity of consumers to buy and secure the food that they need; and b) In the production of s... Leer másafe and nutritious food, farmers and fishers should be properly compensated for their efforts. Given these concerns, the following are the policy recommendations identified: 1) Promotion of Integrated and Diversified Organic system; 2) Disallowing adulteration or blending of food commodities; and 3) Asset reforms National Land Use (NLUC), Agrarian Reform, and Municipal Waters. AT 2: The farmers and fishers groups identified these challenges: a) The need to provide farmers with the proper market signals and incentives to support shifts to healthy food diets and more sustainable methods of food production, and b) The need to develop the marketing infrastructure and system that allows producers to respond to market signals. The identified policy recommendations are as follows: a) Massive info drive to promote local products, food safety; b) Review of trade Policies on Importation of Food Products; and c) Set-up dialogue mechanisms on Fair Food Trade. On the concern on trade policies, it was mentioned that farmers will be affected if tariffs are very low and the country over-imports. However, on the government side, it was emphasized that the food security framework prioritizes domestic production but there are products which are enough, which resulted in importation. It was also mentioned that there is a need to balance the interests of the producers with those of the consumers, and that the government is open for a dialogue to further explore the issue as well as address concerns on the competitiveness of the agriculture sector. AT3: These are the concerns identified this track: a) The Farmers should be given attention, and not only on crops, ecosystems, and food production systems; b) Ensure a nature-positive production for small farmers such as benefits of environment-friendly practices and technologies that provide concrete and attractive benefits to producers. The following are the recommended polices: a) Protection of Marine Ecosystems; b) Creation of mechanisms to monitor the implementation plan on sustainable food systems; c) Education campaign to boost nature positive production. AT4: The identified challenges are: a) Need to strike the proper balance between producer and consumer interests; b) Calibrate trade so that it does not unduly depress farmer incomes and deprive them of opportunities to advance; and c) Anti-farmer policies are also a form of exploitation and abuse. These are the identified policy recommendations: a) Strengthening of micro-entrepreneurs/cooperatives; b) Strengthening the implementation of Magna Carta for Small Scale Producers; c) Ensure that RA 11524 directly benefits coconut farmers AT5: The discussions gathered the following recommended strategies: a) Decentralize and diversify food production; b) Adopt farming system, instead of crop-based, strategies; c) Improving farmers’ incomes as a key strategy to reduce vulnerabilities and improve capacities of small producers to cope with risks; and d) Importance of farmer organizations. The recommended policies are the following: a) Participatory climate risk and reduction management/Disaster Risk Reduction; b) Call for UN to set-up Empowerment Trust Fund for Farmers/Fishers; c) Ensure PCIC funds are not diverted to other uses. Leer menos

The government emphasized that the resilience of farming communities can be addressed through the following interventions: 1. Social resilience - working with groups instead of individuals in crafting policy-based interventions on crop diversification, climate-smart technologies, inclusive financing, etc; 2) Technology - adoption of appropriate technologies that can reduce pollution of soil and water due to agricultural farming activities and climate-smart production methodologies. Further, the government highlighted importance of farmers’ group consolidation in order to achieve economies of... Leer más scale. There were also cross-cutting policy recommendations such as: 1) Increasing the competitiveness of smallholder farmers by providing them with access to services, technologies, and entrepreneurial mentoring and coaching; 2) Securing land tenure rights for smallholder farmers and clustering for economies of scale, which need further evaluation in terms of the proper interventions that should be implemented; and 3) Joint call for UN to set-up Farmers Resiliency and Empowerment Trust Fund. There were other concerns/recommendations/proposed actions from the participants such as the following: 1. The implementation of gender-sensitive programs should be considered. 2. There are systems that don’t work with other systems and a balance needs to be struck among them. 3. The ballooning population and high caloric intake were also some of the major concerns. 4. There is also a need to work for a sustainable food system to achieve the 17 sustainable development goals of the UNFS. There are five action tracks, all of which need game-changing solutions. 5. The protection of food-producing areas in the policy track, and that when there are policy conflicts, agricultural development should be favored. 6. There is a need to ensure that farmers’ incomes are enough. Moreover, it was mentioned that additional processing at the farm level can increase farmers’ income. The importance of balancing the capacity of consumers and income of producers, was also emphasized, since farmers are also consumers. 7. On cost of production, it was agreed that farmers/fishers submit its cost of production on key crops: rice, coconut, coffee, and some vegetable to compare with the current cost of production computation of DA. The purpose is to validate the costing and serve as guide on programs and policy interventions that ensures incomes for small producers. The government representatives provided responses and clarifications on the above cited concerns, policy recommendations and actions. These are as follows: 1. On the production cost, relevant government agencies should also push for farmer education for them to know how to calculate production cost and appropriate selling price to avoid losses. 2. Safe food starts from the production stage and reiterated the need for literacy training for the farmers and fishers. 3. There is also a need to push for farmer education for them to know how to calculate production cost and appropriate selling price to avoid losses. 4. To increase the purchasing power of the farmers, the bottlenecks across the value chain should be addressed. 5. The multiplication of good seeds and connectivity of businesses should also be supported by the government. 6. To ensure food safety, the government needs to continue the development of standards for every agricultural product. 7. Global supply chains should be looked into for a guided decision to sell local or go global. 8. On the proposal to review the government infrastructures that play a part in food production, it was suggested to implement location-specific government interventions. 9. There should be a unified database in order to address the concern on prices, supply and demand. 10. On the concern about the implementation of policies, the government will need to look into the existing laws and the loopholes and gaps. Leer menos

The divergent idea was expressed on the fortification of food. There was a suggestion to fortify food, however, other participants feel it is not needed and should not be a priority. Also, there were varying views on the idea of clustering and consolidation. Some support the idea of land or farm consolidation, while the others only support the farmer clustering approach.

The dialogue’s discussion focused on the recommended policies and actions to all five (5) UNFSS action tracks. These recommended policies and actions are the outcomes of the independent dialogue conducted by the farmers and fishers’ groups on 08 June 2021. These are all provided in the outcomes of the discussion in this report. The sub-national Dialogue discussed the following: a) Actionable results and outcome of the first Philippine Farmers and Fishers National Independent Dialogue; b) Commitments of actions on policy recommendations and action points from and among participating farmers... Leer más and fishers and the DA; and c) Areas of convergence in run-up to the Pre-Summit and the UNFSS. Leer menos

The discussions were very fruitful. The participants expressed their appreciation for the conduct of the dialogue and engaging them in this very important activity to help improve the country’s food systems. The organizers also appreciated the active participation of the stakeholders and in providing valuable inputs to attain the sustainable development goals of the UNFSS. The contribution of the farmers and fishers were acknowledged as the most important aspect to attain the UNFSS strategic goals. The government supported the ideas, experiences shared during the dialogue as valuable inputs ... Leer másin the government’s efforts to improve its plans, programs and policies. While there are existing interventions from the government in the form of policies, plans and programs, the agriculture, livestock and fishery sectors still need to do more as identified in the recommended policies and actions during the discussion in order to attain the desired productivity to enhance their incomes. At the end of the forum, all the participants both from the government and the farmer groups expressed support in this undertaking. The participants from the stakeholders will actively monitor the outcomes of the national food system summit. Leer menos

There were no areas of divergence that arise from the consultation.

The consultation focused on the discussion of the women’s struggles in the field of agriculture and how they were able to break the barriers that impede the fulfilment of their objectives. They chronicled the processes that they went through and cited the assistance that the DA has provided in the course of developing their agribusiness endeavors. Surprisingly, the COVID 19 pandemic, in a way, has given them opportunities to succeed as some of their products were sought after in the market as those were found helpful in preventing infection of the virus, for example virgin coconut oil (VCO) ... Leer másand ginger brew (salabat). Leer menos

• Women are in the various stages of the value chain of the food systems but are more successful in the value adding/processing/marketing of products • Barriers are evident : common notion that agriculture is for men, lack of sufficient knowledge on technologies and services that they can avail, limited ownership of land and capital, domestic roles limiting time for productive activities • Strategies Employed : Ventured in value adding, availed of assistance from DA and other entities, made use of women’s innate characteristics (patient, persevering, innovative, meticulous with attenti... Leer máson to detail, passionate in pursuing excellence, etc) Leer menos

• DA to look into the needs of women such as those cited by the speakers : mushroom – easy wilting; dairy – low protein content of grasses for feeding cows; coconut – low production/yield due to senile trees and low income due to low prices of copra; rice – high cost of production and others • Enhancement of reach of information dissemination: continuous conduct of webinars and other extension methodologies fit for the new normal • Enabling more women to be registered in the RSBSA for access to DA services • Inclusion of women in the vulnerable sectors in the planning and targe... Leer másting of participants and beneficiaries of DA Programs and Projects. Leer menos

The discussions during the NFSD breakout session covered a wide scope of possible action items which are summarized below. Action Track 4: Advance equitable livelihoods and value distribution Review government regulations on procurement to be able to link farmers and fisherfolk produce/catch. The possibility of transacting directly with farmers through government procurement was heavily discussed. This would entail conduct of a series of consultations with the Government Procurement Policy Board and other relevant agencies on the possibility of easing procurement of relief goods especially if ... Leer másthis would be sourced from farmers and fisherfolks. Moreover, market linkage, promoting fair trade, and farmer professionalization were some of the highlighted interventions. Strengthen micro entrepreneurs and cooperatives. Establishing and strengthening of farmer organizations through capacity building and consolidation and clustering efforts were highlighted. In particular, farmer groups can access support mechanisms such as input supply, credit, machineries, marketing, training and extension support, among others. This is seen as an opportunity to diversify markets for agriculture, forestry and fisheries (AFFs) and eliminate the practice of pole-vaulting or side-selling issues. Doing this would require support not only from national government agencies (NGAs) but also from local government units (LGUs) , to harness the full potential of local products. Invest in improving competitiveness of local farmers and fishers. The following strategies were proposed: 1) capacitate farmers and fishers on technologies and techniques, and entrepreneurship; 2) analyze whether the current rates of farm workers are sufficient for them to avail of basic needs; and 3) remove discrimination in labor by establishing single rate of labor in the regions regardless of industry. Priority should be given to improving working conditions through compliance with general labor standards and establishment of measures that would protect the health and safety of agricultural workers in their work environment. It was suggested that creating opportunities and linkages for increased private sector engagement and putting focus on post-harvest infrastructures should also be prioritized. Adopting a targeted multi-pronged holistic approach in providing interventions to stakeholders. This policy recommendation can be achieved by: 1) reviewing the need to restructure government programs into one that is targeted, multi-pronged, and adopts a holistic approach; and 2) strengthening strategic communication of available programs especially in the rural areas through various media platforms. Enhancing land tenure systems towards improved agricultural productivity. This can be attained by supporting policies that promote and secure land tenure of farmers, fisherfolk and IPs, such as the enactment of the National Land Use Act that would institutionalize a holistic, rational and comprehensive land use and physical planning mechanism. It was also highlighted that the establishment of community seed banks was also seen as a vital component in terms of conserving and protecting traditional crop varieties. Establishment of a strong market linkage based on the whole-of-society approach. This will necessitate engagement in meaningful and on-the-ground conversations with concerned stakeholders by providing incentives, such as discussion spaces for interactions and participation of key actors in the food system, in particular the most vulnerable groups, and empower them through skills and capacity building that would enable them to address the issues affecting their own communities. Outside all the policy proposals and recommendations, pathways should be gender responsive and inclusive. Leer menos

The discussions during the NFSD breakout session covered a wide scope of possible action items which are summarized below. Action Track 5: Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses Reduce existing risks and prevent future risks in the food systems. This will focus on the sustainable use of natural resources and adoption of appropriate technological and economically viable practices through the promotion of community-based, disaster-resilient food systems facilities for sustainable food production, processing, and distribution. Interventions include provision of adequate storage,... Leer más drying and processing facilities; community-based and multi-sector-supported initiatives and activities; and enhanced support to community-based service providers. Also critical are research for development, and scaling of technologies to raise yields and reduce risks of production failure and development of location-specific technologies and practices. The endeavors should focus on breeding of crop varieties, livestock and fish that are resilient to biotic and abiotic stresses. Priority actions should include the following: 1. Improvement of watershed management; 2. Implementation of soil conservation measures, rain and flood water harvesting; and 3. Introduction and promotion of salt-tolerant crops that would result to sufficient water supply, minimized flood risks, reduced erosion, rich biodiversity and healthy soil. In terms of food production, farm diversification, value-adding, increased farmer participation in value chains, transforming food production groups into climate-resilient businesses, and increased youth engagements in food systems should be undertaken. Strengthen disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation governance in agriculture and fisheries. Appropriate policies and institutional frameworks, and increased institutional capacities should be in place. It is necessary to develop and implement sector specific policy frameworks, strategies, and plans for disaster risk reduction, climate change adaption, food safety, and prevention and management of major plant pest and animal disease outbreaks. This would include the adoption of finance-based forecasting for early warning system and to increase investments in public good. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaption and mitigation (CCAM) in the context of food systems into the Provincial Physical Framework Plan (PPFP) and Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) should be mainstreamed. Furthermore, the government could work on promoting low carbon facilities and transport adopted to climate change for post-harvest processing and transport. Enhance and promote knowledge management and early warning systems. Food producers lose much of their harvest due to climate hazard because of their lack of awareness and knowledge on how to use climate information services (CIS) and other information related to disaster and climate risks. Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation information systems should thus, be enhanced in terms of monitoring and early warning systems (EWS) or rapid alert system of multiple threats. Additionally, climate information service needs to be institutionalized at municipal level. Farmers and fisherfolk should similarly be informed and capacitated on the available CIS and technologies. This would entail enhancement of DRR and CCAM information systems. Leer menos

The areas of divergence during the NFSD highlighted the need to the following action items: ● Clearly define the difference between the ‘consumers’ and the ‘public’. The discussion arose during the discussion in the breakout group under Action Track 1, specifically on the solution area: Enhancing the capacity of the public to secure safe and nutritious food. The participants did not arrive at an agreement on which of the two words is more appropriate to use for this specific strategy. ● Clearly define the roles of the middlemen or intermediary organizations. There was a feedback on... Leer más the suggestion to ‘eliminate the middlemen’. The critical role of middlemen in the supply chain was also recognized. While it was agreed that there are middlemen who conduct unfair practices, there are still others who implement and advocate for fair trade practices and significantly support the farmers to be linked to the market. Leer menos

The National Food Systems Dialogue (NFSD) brought together the outputs of the concluded subnational food systems dialogues. The event gathered and validated the ongoing initiatives and initial recommendations that were identified during the said dialogues and other related activities. The concept of the NFSD was to build on efforts that are already underway and work together on pathways that would lead to sustainable food systems. It highlighted a consensus-building approach to trim down priority interventions and policy actions that will transform the Philippine food systems by 2030. The NFSD... Leer más primarily focused on the following outputs and outcomes and resulted in: 1. Increased awareness on the Food Systems Summit goals and objectives, highlighting that it cuts across food systems and covers health, environment, social, agricultural, and even political aspects; 2. Gaining support from various sectors, agencies, and organizations towards contributing to the achievement of the 2030 SDGs; 3. Identified priority strategies, areas of interventions, and lead agencies; and 4. The promotion of the importance of collaborations, inclusivity, diversity, and open communications towards food systems transformations. Leer menos

Generally, the discussions during the NFSD highlighted the following points: 1. There is an increasing support from various agriculture and non-agriculture players to collaborate to improve food systems in the Philippines and address challenges that hinder national growth; 2. Various government agencies are finding more ways to work together to develop and implement wider-scale and long-term solutions. These agencies expressed strong commitment to collaborate with the Department of Agriculture in transforming the Philippine food systems; 3. Collaborations of various sectors, including the live... Leer másstock, dairy, fisheries, among others are imperative to create resilient and sustainable food systems that are equitable, secure, and that ensures high-quality nutrition for all; 4. Policy reviews and enhancements on laws related to food systems are critical to create a more enabling environment for food systems transformations. Related to this, accreditation/registration guidelines, import and export rules, and fiscal incentives should also be assessed and updated to respond to current demands of the sectors; 5. Agriculture and the rural economy are key sectors for supporting livelihoods in protracted crises; 6. To ensure proper monitoring and evaluation processes, national baselines and periodic assessments should be conducted, specifically on food loss and wastage, for an informed, evidence-based legislation and other actions; 7. Youth engagement programs should be developed to attract more youth to be more involved in interventions related to food, agriculture, environmental protection, and social development; 8. Outside of all the policy proposals and recommendations, pathways should be gender responsive and inclusive (including IPs and other vulnerable groups); 9. Challenges related to land access affect different sectors and responding to these is important to move forward with others points of intervention; 10. Agriculture and farming should more and more be treated as business venture/s even at the farm level to pave the way for increased profits. Agro-entrepreneurship programs should be rolled out to professionalize farmer cooperatives and level up the dignity of farming; 11. Farmer clustering and consolidation does not necessarily mean land title consolidation; 12. Deeper private sector engagement programs are called for to be able to harness resources and expertise, link farmers to institutional buyers, and support infrastructure improvements; 13. The role of communications and awareness campaigns cannot be disregarded in implementing a whole-of-society approach for food systems transformation; 14. There is value in looking at approaches to change mindsets and behaviors especially towards influencing a shift to healthier diets and nature-based productions; 15. Mitigating food loss and food waste concerns requires ecosystem-based interventions and concerns the society as a whole; 16. There is a need to involve the local government units more aggressively to maximize the impact of interventions; 17. Building resilience in the food systems should also prioritize addressing foundational concerns like soil heath, water security and climate resiliency, among others. Building resilient yet progressive agriculture and fisheries livelihoods and communities will largely contribute to a sustainable and equitable food systems; 18. The importance of addressing malnutrition was emphasized, as stunting among Filipino children is very high in the country. Interventions related to this will include zero hunger and good health and well-being, among others; 19. Issues confronting the food systems include landslides, soil erosion, sea water intrusion, threat of biodiversity loss, lack of technologies for adaptation, lack of capital to avail of technologies, lack of social protection, insufficient number of post-harvest facilities, power supply interruptions during typhoons, among others; and 20. Heavily mentioned throughout the sessions were the need for gender-aggregated data, access to market, information, and financing, interventions to promote ease of doing business, streamlined quality, import/export, and food safety regulations, and the improvements in post-harvest and storage facilities. Leer menos

The discussions during the NFSD breakout session covered a wide scope of possible action items which are summarized below. Action Track 1: Ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all Engagement of youth in food systems. This will require: 1) the enactment of the Magna Carta for Young Farmers in Congress; and 2) improving programs that incentivize youth participation in agriculture. More specific interventions could be simplifying the application process and requirements of existing programs, providing livelihood opportunities to graduates of agricultural courses, providing opportunities ... Leer másfor free access to lands as entrepreneurs, or matching them with private employers as employees. Compensate the farmers properly. This can be undertaken through the following: 1) linking farmers to institutional buyers; 2) promoting consolidation and clustering to farmers for them to benefit from economies of scale; 3) providing social protection programs for landless farmers and impoverished fishers; 4) strengthening engagement with LGUs on the provision of technical support to farmers and fishers; 5) speedy implementation of the Agrarian Reform Law through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), to provide tenure to small farmers and help increase their productivity; and 6) in the long term, implementing concrete and sustainable market tax and financial policies. Mitigate post-harvest losses and food wastage. The participants agreed to work on the following action items: 1) establish strategically located post-harvest facilities and infrastructures to extend the shelf life of produce; 2) review the entire permit application cycle to simplify the process and encourage the private sector to invest; 3) maximize the collection and utilization of organic waste; and 4) provide incentives to companies who can collect and process organic wastes into fertilizers. Enhance the capacity of the public to secure safe and nutritious food. This will cover the following strategies: 1) increase public awareness on food systems and promotion of nutritious foods; 2) enforce existing policies, such as the Milk Code, Bio-fortification, Food Fortification Law and the National Feeding Program; and 3) promote the inclusion of fresh produce in the food pack reliefs distributed during calamities. These food packs should advocate compliance to Nutrition Cluster Recommendations on Healthy and Nutritious Family Food Packs and Sustainable Food Source. Provide equitable and sustainable food production. 1) Strengthen food, nutrition, and agricultural policies, programs, and fair trade relations, with special attention to the creation and strengthening of food security at all levels; 2) integrate population programs in all development activities related to food systems; 3) include local peace making and development; and 4) properly implement the Organic Act. Moreover, the following interventions were also suggested: enforce international-level standards/practices and quarantine measures on imported as well as local goods; ensure that LGUs give priority to agri-fishery development by allocating at least 10% of their National Tax Allotment (NaTA) to agriculture and fisheries; and include demand-driven agriculture and fisheries in government strategies. Leer menos

The discussions during the NFSD breakout session covered a wide scope of possible action items which are summarized below. Action Track 2: Shift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns Enabling, inspiring and motivating people to enjoy healthy and sustainable options. Priority interventions include 1) Promoting investments through targeted responsible consumer education; 2) strengthening interventions that promote nutrition-seeking behavior; 3) targeting other agriculture sectors to produce healthier crops; 4) crafting policies that will promote and encourage more consumers to patroniz... Leer máse locally produced food products; and 5) strengthening of the enforcement, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies on nutrition and food safety. The general public should also be encouraged to shift to healthy food diets and to more sustainable methods of food production. These could be attained by improving consumers’ awareness on healthy foods through information campaign and making locally produced food available and accessible. Slashing food losses and waste. Agreed upon strategies are: 1) improvement in post-harvest processing to reduce food losses, which can be attained through capacity building for farmers and provision of post-harvest facilities; 2) improvement of traceability, handling, processing and packaging, and distribution systems by establishing a national baseline and periodic assessment on food loss and wastage in the country; 3) supporting the Department of Agriculture’s advocacy on farm clustering, shifting from household level to community-based organization; 4) establishment of community-based agri-fishery infrastructures will address the need for value adding; and 5) establishment of food banks and capacitating household on food preservation will also prevent food wastage. Addressing malnutrition. Stunting among Filipino children is very high in the country. Addressing this challenge plays a vital role in transforming the country’s food systems to be more resilient, inclusive, competitive and environmentally sustainable, and responsive to the 2030 SDGs. Interventions related to this will include zero hunger and good health and well-being, among others. Leer menos

The discussions during the NFSD breakout session covered a wide scope of possible action items which are summarized below. Action Track 3: Boost nature-positive food production at scale Promote inclusive nature-friendly production. 1) Highlight the benefits of environment-friendly practices and food production processes; 2) develop eco-friendly technologies that provide concrete and attractive benefits to producers; 3) manage natural resources sustainably; and 4) support the full implementation of sustainable upland development in small island provinces. Aside from these, the following were al... Leer másso recommended as priority interventions: pursue initiatives towards water security and water-use efficiency, implement proper nutrient management, promote the use of environment-friendly machinery and equipment at the farm level, develop and generate a robust database on the extent of degraded soils/farmlands and remaining lands which are available for use for agricultural activities in each province, shifting to agro-ecology/organic agriculture, and implement proper waste management systems. Empower IPs, fishers, farmers, and communities towards Sustainable Food Production Systems. Priority interventions that were suggested during the session: 1) create awareness on the contribution and importance of IPs in preserving traditional ecosystems and their contribution in food production systems; 2) capacitate IPs to boost their agricultural production with respect to their local cultures; and 3) implement similar DA-FAO-GED projects with actions, interventions, and involvement that helps attain the SDGs. Moreover, providing assistance for upland communities/tenure holders and ensuring support from LGUs through issuance of local policies supportive of this endeavor were also recommended. Give attention to farmers, and not only on crops, ecosystems and food production systems. Priority interventions should include institutionalizing Global Environment Facilities at the local and national levels, creating monitoring mechanisms for the implementation of sustainable food systems, integrating Management Information Systems in database development, and strengthening support for community involvement and engagement. It is also necessary to continue independent dialogues to: engage farmers, fishers and IPs; institutionalize the Provincial Monitoring Committee; and allocate more budget for monitoring activities. Achieve economies of scale and factor in Ecosystem Services Valuation for a market-driven, value chain-oriented food system and mitigate post-harvest losses and food wastage along the value chain. Farmers and fishers should be clustered into small organizations or cooperatives, with mechanisms for monitoring of productivity and income within the clusters to be developed. There is a need to develop a more effective business model, where the cooperative can have control on the produce and can effectively manage the clustered farms. Meanwhile, providing fiscal incentives to private firms through improvements in the government’s policies on investments should also be prioritized. Improve the role of SUCs in modernizing, industrializing, and professionalizing Philippine food systems. Support for research and technology initiatives, tools and facilities of state universities and colleges (SUCs), and revisions of the reward system to university researchers who develop technologies should be included in the priority list of the government. SUCs should also initiate close partnership with the DA Regional Offices for better research for development (R4DE) linkages and synergy of relevant agri-fishery initiatives. Other priority interventions include the strengthening of agri-business incubation centers for promising technologies; involvement of the private sector, consumers, and farmers during the early stages of technology development process; and verifications on the private sector adoption and commercialization of the technologies being developed by the SUCs. Leer menos

The use of agro-production technologies that are climate-smart, coupled with conservation practices was highlighted. Business development with appropriate funding is fundamental.

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