Albania - Stage 1
Major focus
(The action tracks 2 and 3 were treated together in one single action track with the title “sustainable consumption and production”) Entry points presented and discussed under each Action Track: *Action Track 1: Ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all. •Food security and nutrition challenges (hunger/undernourishment, overweight/obesity, micronutrient deficiency, child stunting, etc.) and the population groups most affected; •The availability and accessibility of healthy and nutritious diets to all population groups. •Main dietary patterns in the country. Any specific conc
... Read moreerns with dietary patterns (e.g. consumption of highly processed, high-calorie and low-nutritional-value food items; high consumption of salt, sugar and trans-fatty acids) and diet-related non-communicable diseases; •Policies and initiatives to ensure food systems lend themselves to providing nutritious diets for children and adolescents; •Policies or initiatives in place to promote healthy diets and better nutrition, such as integrated school meals, nutrition education, regulation of advertising and marketing of certain foods not conducive to healthy diets (especially those targeting children and adolescents), regulation of breast milk substitutes, promotion of breastfeeding, food reformulation and large- scale food fortification (such as flour fortification and salt iodization) to improve the nutritional value of food, and food labelling; •Food safety policies and control systems in place to assess the main sources of foodborne diseases and food safety risks and effectively manage and communicate with key stakeholders on these risks; •Main challenges regarding animal diseases (including zoonoses), plant pests and diseases, and preventive management and surveillance systems. *Action Tracks 2 and 3 .Sustainable consumption and production •Policies, initiatives and the raising of awareness among public- and private-sector stakeholders to prevent and reduce food loss and waste9 along the value chain. •Short value chains that respond to consumer demands, providing diverse foods at an affordable price; •Nature and extent of land use for agriculture and other purposes; •Policies to prevent land degradation; management of crop yields and the use of pastureland; •Sustainable and efficient use of water in irrigation and food processing; water quality assurance; •Analysis to understand the overall environmental impacts of the main agrifood value chains, including greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient losses, pesticide emissions, soil and water quality degradation, and estimated biodiversity loss due to food production. •Investment in sustainable agricultural techniques (e.g. organic cultivars, agroecological practices). •Functioning food supply chains with adequate infrastructure for value addition, storage, processing and distribution; connection and cooperation among various actors. • Adoption of measures to strengthen the sustainability of food supply chains (circular economy, food formulation), resource use efficiency, eco-friendly food packaging; •Reviewing support to agriculture, including subsidies, with a view to facilitating the green transition. *Action track 4.Advancing equitable live hoods and value distribution •Access to finance and credit for operators in the food and agricultural sector. •Social protection measures such as input subsidies, innovative insurance solutions to manage extreme weather (e.g. weather index insurance) and climate variability risks on crop and livestock production. For those who may need to leave agriculture, as they cannot transition their small farms into commercial family farms, provision of alternative support through off-farm diversification and other social protection measures. Action track 5. Building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses •Measures in place to ensure that country food system are prepared to avoid, mitigate and/or adapt to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses; •Emergency plans ready to be operationalized to address food safety, animal health and plant health threats and outbreaks; •Food assistance program in place, when needed, to contribute to food security and nutrition Read less
Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment