Mozambique - Stage 3 Contributing to improve the situation of food and nutricional security in Mozambique Discussion topic outcome The main problems are summarized below. • Consumption Habits and practices of the population, such as raising cattle as a financial reserve, in contrast to the low consumption of meat (and meat products), which contributes to low levels of food and nutritional security in the country. Some of the most proposed solutions to the identified problems include: • Development and promotion of communication and information technologies for marketing, adaptable to local conditions (for example, dissemination of agricultural product prices through community radios and digital platforms); • Food an... Read mored nutrition education (in person or using information and communication technologies) for social change in behavior at the community level (with the involvement of community leaders) and in schools, with a view to generating demand for nutritious food; • Food and nutrition programs targeted at risk groups, such as pregnant women and children. For example, the implementation of the 1,000 days program which consists in the provision of fortified flours for pregnant women and children up to 2 years old. This would be an integrated program, linking MISAU (responsible for providing fortified flour to the target group and monitoring malnutrition rates), the private sector (responsible for processing and supplying the flour) and family producers (responsible for providing raw material for flour processing); • Establishment of food reserves by the Government in all regions of the country, through the purchase of agricultural products, storage and their distribution to the most vulnerable group of individuals in periods of food shortage. Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 4, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Mozambique - Stage 3 Contributing to improve the situation of food and nutricional security in Mozambique Discussion topic outcome The main problems identified, are summarized below. main problems • Poor storage conditions as a result of poor post-harvest handling (slaughter or capture) by producers and incapacity for adequate storage; • Limited processing due to poor knowledge of processing techniques at the household level and lack of sufficient incentives to establish commercial processing units and their sustainability in the face of competition from imported products; • Inadequate access routes and limited accessibility to alternative means of transport that facilitate or improve the flow of products from surpl... Read moreus regions to food-deficient regions; The most prominent proposed solutions to the identified problems include: • Construction of more infrastructure to support marketing (eg markets) and privatization of those currently existing in the country (eg silos), as a mechanism to make them more viable and sustainable; • Promotion of the processing of agricultural, livestock and fisheries products, through legislative and financial incentives for small and medium-sized companies; • Improvement and expansion of important access routes for commercialization using technologies that ensure greater durability of infrastructure (for example, Claycrete); • Development and promotion of communication and information technologies for marketing, adaptable to local conditions (for example, dissemination of agricultural product prices through community radios and digital platforms); • Establishment of food reserves by the Government in all regions of the country, through the purchase of agricultural products, storage and their distribution to the most vulnerable group of individuals in periods of food shortage. Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 4 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Finance, Governance, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment
Mozambique - Stage 3 Contributing to improve the situation of food and nutricional security in Mozambique Discussion topic outcome The main problems identified are: . Low levels of production and productivity, as a consequence of the low use of improved inputs (in addition to the impact of various shocks); • Habits and customs of the population, such as raising cattle as a financial reserve, in contrast to the low consumption of meat (and meat products), which contributes to low levels of food and nutritional security in the country. Some of the most prominent proposed solutions include: • Greater promotion of the use of improved inputs and mechanization in the production process; • Development and promotion of comm... Read moreunication and information technologies for marketing, adaptable to local conditions (for example, dissemination of agricultural product prices through community radios and digital platforms); • Food and nutrition education (in person or using information and communication technologies) for social change in behavior at the community level (with the involvement of community leaders) and in schools, with a view to generating demand for nutritious food; • Food and nutrition programs targeted at risk groups, such as pregnant women and children. For example, the implementation of the 1,000 days program which consists in the provision of fortified flours for pregnant women and children up to 2 years old. This would be an integrated program, linking the Ministry of Health (MISAU, responsible for providing fortified flour to the target group and monitoring malnutrition rates), the private sector (responsible for processing and supplying the flour) and family producers (responsible for providing raw material for flour processing); Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Mozambique - Stage 3 Contributing to improve the situation of food and nutricional security in Mozambique Main findings The problem of food security and nutrition is perceived as having its roots at the early stages (i.e., at the production level) in food systems. Climate change, climate-related shocks, or other external shocks are also perceived as impacting significantly to this problem. Issues related to low production and productivity levels, aligned to poor storage conditions and limited processing both at an artisanal and industrial levels have been identified as some of the major factors that limit food availability to people. That is further worsened by the inadequate access roads and alternative means ... Read moreof (affordable) transportation to facilitate and improve products’ flow from surplus regions to deficit regions. People’s customs have also been identified as another important factor that worsen the levels of food security and nutrition in the country. Some of the most prominent solutions proposed to overcome these problems include: 1. The establishment of more wholesale markets across the country; 2. Promotion of processing focusing as well as on other production sectors (e.g., fisheries); 3. Food and nutrition training programs with the involvement of community leaders; 4. The establishment of food banks across the regions. Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Mozambique - Stage 3 Contributing to improve the situation of food and nutricional security in Mozambique Major focus The session focused on action tracks 1 and 2 (ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all and changing sustainable consumption patterns). The theme chosen for the session was “contributing to the improvement of the situation of food and nutrition security in the country”. The lectures in this session were given by representatives of the academy (Universidade Lúrio) and MISAU (nutrition sector of the provincial health department of Nampula). Action Track(s): 1, 2 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Innovation, Policy
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Area of divergence Please see section 3 for an overview of the areas of divergence, which emerges during the Member States Dialogue in Lao PDR. Action Track(s): 1, 3, 4, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Discussion topic outcome Topic four ‘Building Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stress’ underpinned the necessity of undertaking a comprehensive Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) of agriculture - encompassing crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry - and dependent livelihoods to guide planning of resilience building in food systems. Moreover, the stakeholder encouraged the mainstreaming of climate-smart, green and sustainable practices into project planning, research, extension, investment decision-making and community engagement. Action Track(s): 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Innovation, Policy
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Discussion topic outcome Topic three ‘Advancing Equitable Livelihoods and Value Distribution’ highlighted the need for generating and improving opportunities for decent work, incomes, and social safety support with a focus on ensuring universality of access to quality incomes, social support and wellbeing, and finally, with a forward-looking intention of mitigating risks to increase resilience for all livelihoods. For example, IFAD, FAO, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry commit to reducing the gender gap and mainstreaming gender related issue, by ensuring equity and/or empowering women in their interven... Read moretions. Read less Action Track(s): 4 Keywords: Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Discussion topic outcome Topic two ‘Boosting Nature-Positive Food Production at Scale’ highlighted the need for increased funding in research and development and extension to underpin agricultural innovation as well as upskilling initiatives for farmers and producers accompanied by the implementation of regulations, standards, mechanization, modern irrigation techniques and technologies including a focus on post-harvest processing. For instance, and consistent with international trends, Lao PDR is pursuing the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) as a minimum standard across all production systems t... Read moreo be adhered to by small producers and private enterprises. Read less Action Track(s): 3 Keywords: Environment and Climate, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Discussion topic outcome The National Dialogues revealed diverse insights on food systems in Lao PDR. Regarding topic one ‘Ensuring Safe and Nutritious Food for all’, the organizers and panelists identified the need to gain a better understanding of nutritional issues, food behaviors including the perspective of the consumers as well as the interaction with the food and social environment to influence behaviors and taste preferences (cost/marketing, availability etc.). Education is key to incentivizing consumption patterns and behavior that has a positive impact on healthy nutrition choices. Moreover, greater nutr... Read moreition focus in financing and public policies, particularly in agriculture are key. Large agri-businesses bring the risk of taking up large swathes of land and can contribute to environmental degradation. Small- and medium-sized enterprises need access to financing and capacity-building resources to support improved production of safe and nutritious foods. This will also help generate higher incomes for the population, improving access to safe and nutritious food. In order to continue the work of the National Dialogue creation of an inclusive, multisectoral mechanism, which will plan and coordinate action in developing a balanced and inclusive food system in Lao PDR. Read less Action Track(s): 1 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Main findings Through the National Dialogues on Food Systems, the participating stakeholders had an open platform to exchange their diverse views and perspectives on Lao PDR’s food systems. In particular, the National Dialogues provided them an opportunity to discuss food systems from different perspectives and to identify opportunities and challenges; to acknowledge and identify synergies and possible trade-off among the four topics; to acknowledge the importance to have all stakeholders on board to collectively tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities while making sure no one is left behind; to... Read more learn from good practices and policies as well as to benefit from each other’s lessons learned; to collect and to strengthen the commitments from stakeholders for collaborative actions on the pathway towards sustainable food systems. Main findings on ‘Ensuring safe and nutritious food for all’ include that growing reliance on store bought food is leading to an increased consumption of unhealthy, processed foods. This is exacerbated by poverty, though even people with sufficient money might not buy healthy foods. Moreover, deforestation and infrastructural mega-projects are cutting off supply of food to people who still engage in ‘traditional food systems’, such as foraging and subsistence farming. Many people lack the necessary knowledge of healthy foods. With regard to ‘Boosting Nature Positive Production at Sufficient Scales’ key findings entail that green agricultural practices are more expensive and require research, development investment, funding, education and training, including the upskilling current agricultural workers Laos PDR has a rich biodiversity is well placed to take advantage of the demand for safer foods while high levels of pesticide use are threatening public health and the environment. The main findings on On ‘Advancing Equitable Livelihoods and Value Distribution’, the National Dialogues emphasized the existence of significant food-system related barriers for women and girls’ livelihoods, especially in terms of decision making and access to leadership positions. Lastly, ‘Building Resilience to Shocks Vulnerabilities and Stress and Ensuring Sustainable Food Systems’ showed that Laos PDR is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with over 90% of farms having the potential to be adversely affected by environmental issues – this affects vulnerable groups the most. Moreover, large areas of land are still contaminated with unexploded ordnances (UXOs). Read less Action Track(s): 1, 3, 4, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR Major focus Aiming on actions towards the achievement of healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems, the National Dialogues in Lao PDR were organized along four of the five action tracks suggested by the Food Systems Summit secretariat. The first action track focuses on ‘Ensuring safe and nutritious food for all’ particularly to the benefit of women, children, and the most vulnerable groups. The second topic promotes ‘Boosting nature positive production at sufficient scales’ which aimed at strengthening a more sustainable agricultural production system that ensures Lao PDR is economica... Read morelly competitive in the region whilst not harming the ecology. A key focus of this action track was to tackle the high level of demand for safe, nutritious and environmentally sustainable food by taking advantage of Lao PDR’s rich biodiversity. The third topic enforces ‘Advance equitable livelihoods and value distribution’. This is particularly relevant in Lao PDR’s context where agriculture accounts for 70% of employment and 16.6% of the national GDP. This area focuses on ensuring that all people, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized benefit from the changes envisioned in the National Dialogues. The fourth topic aims at building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress which is crucial to mitigate the impacts of floods, droughts, storms, which often trigger secondary hazards such as landslides, forest and community fires. All these threats have negative effects on the food system, and particularly affect the most vulnerable and food insecure people in the country – such as, rural workers, women and children. Since food systems are multifaceted and dynamic, the National Dialogues in Lao PDR set an overall focus on the understanding of food systems in all its complexities – particularly the interlinkages between topic areas. The emphasis on trade-offs and synergies between topic areas was key and enabled a wide range of stakeholders to determine the national pathway towards sustainable food systems by promoting an integrated and inclusive approach. Read less Action Track(s): 1, 3, 4, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Area of divergence At this stage ('Series x 3'), we have been able to identify gaps in our Food System that need attention, so are taking care of 3 and now 5 divergences here and only by continued work and enduring work can we truly hope to achieve progress in the gaps that we all identify.
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Discussion topic outcome Table 3: Food Sovereignty Mitigation: Between the years of 2022-2025, how do we activate, enable, connect and charge-up communities to create some resilience in the face of the significant change we face. Key points from Facilitator’s Official Feedback Form Maramatanga / Learning ➺ Food production is a climate change mitigation strategy and has to be recognised for its contribution. ➺ Eco system recovery is a direct result of methods used that restore Papatūānuku (Earth Mother). ➺ To feed the population, our population has to eat local as much as possible to financially support local... Read more food growers – as a Province what do we eat, what do we grow, what do we actually need to bring in? ➺ Holistic approach to growing food – what does this mean for people? ➺ Success is good compost for growing, local compost for local food (Intersection: Table 1). ➺ Is your growing approach enhancing Papatūānuku or diminishing her? ➺ Empower individuals / increase mentorship / encourage participation. ➺ Value food and compost production as academic subjects. ➺ Links people back to the whenua and ecosystem health. ➺ Important to shift the language, ( restore, together, climate mitigation). Meeting Climate Change Measures ➺ Where are the metrics / How do we share these? ➺ How are we measuring this? ➺ Testing and proving the mitigation measures. Business Shifting from a volunteer space to an economic space is essential for longevity and viability financially. Gaps Government are finally catching up with NGO’s—how can we make this easier and be visible so funding is allocated to local grower and buyer frameworks that are relevant and appropriate and let communities decide. Indigenous Responses Food insecurity among communities is a direct result of poor or inadequate social policies, systemic inequalities across generations and a clear indication of exclusion, marginalisation and failed interventions. ➺ Challenging inequity through institutional racism and cultural biased paradigms, are we addressing questions of equity? (SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities). ➺ 80% of biodiversity is protected by Indigenous peoples worldwide yet only 10% of that is in land title. ➺ Holistic approaches for Māori include Hua parakore that are not restricted to the land, e.g., food from the moana, awa, ngahere (sea, rivers, forests). ➺ Land grabbing is still a threat today even in Aotearoa—globally our indigenous brothers and sisters are being murdered for defending their land. ➺ He kai he rongoā he rongoā he kai—“food is our medicine and medicine is our food”. Convenors Note: Hua Parakore (from March 16th 2021, Hua Parakore is a food verification system and the only indigenous one in the world, which provides 6 principles that connect us to the land and the land to us). All of these kaupapa (principles) are interconnected and drawn from the māramatanga (Māori knowledge) continuum. ➺ Biggest threat to food sovereignty is synthetic biology. ➺ Moving away from the right to food as a charity response to a basic human right. ➺ As Tiriti partners Government are reminded of their duty to protect Ngā hua Māori which includes taonga (Māori products including national treasures). Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Discussion topic outcome Table 2: Better Health For Better Nutrition Mitigation: Between the years of 2022-2025 how do we get the most accurate data on what the people of Aotearoa are eating, where they’re eating and what the challenges are to ensure that all solutions focused to improve the food security and nutrition are data-driven and measurable? Key points from Facilitator’s Official Feedback Form The table “agreed to refer to the FAO definition of sustainability to ensure that we take into consideration environmental, social and economic factors, rather than just being driven by the price on the product fo... Read morer the end user”. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) defines sustainable development as “the management and conservation of the natural resource base, and the orientation of technological and institutional change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs for present and future generations. Such sustainable development (in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors) conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, is environmentally non-degrading, technologically appropriate, economically viable and socially acceptable”. The feedback form writes: “A briefing document will be collated for the table, which will enable the table member to take this to their organisations”, ultimately for commitment across the growing network of stakeholders to get the 2022- 2025 task achieved. This document will be: ➺ A one pager on what data we need and what it would be used for. ➺ Information on data use and who is going to be analysing it. ➺ Information on confidentiality, ethics and commercial sensitivity. ➺ Timeline and milestones about when we want the information by. It was excellent to read this addition to the Feedback Form meaning participants are taking accountability for delivering results to their Table at the next wheel spoke FSD. The series is well in action now and this is exciting for all involved as the 2022-2025 aims are clearly defined and are in motion to being achieved. Individual Actions: ➺ Determine process of adding questions into the census. ➺ Determine whether any of this work can be supported by Institutes ➺ See how universities can be engaged with the projects to get the manpower to deliver on this work. ➺ See what can be added into the market insights that industry run every 6 months. Table 2 have established that questions for 2023 have already closed and so someone has been charged with ensuring the 2028 Census is utilised well for this need, as this will roll over into the new 2026-2029’s workload. Table 2’s first ‘Wheel Spoke FSSD’ date is yet to be decided by the Facilitator and we shall provide feedback as to results. Read less Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Policy
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Discussion topic outcome Table 1: Food Waste Reduction Mitigation: How do we get key players in the food supply chain to adopt the internationally recognised Target, Measure and Act approach to reduce food waste in Aotearoa between 2022-2025? Key points from Facilitator’s Official Feedback Form New priority actions since the March 2021 FSSD 1. Government: Making available food waste focused funding streams (once it is clearly defined—see Immediate Actions, No. 1 below). 2. Business: Promote maintenance of profitability and innovation. 3. Community: Restoring the mana of food (mana means prowess/respected by all). ... Read more4. Community: Food redistribution to people supported e.g. food rescue. 5. Government & Community: Education in schools on food waste reduction. Immediate Actions for Table 1 1. NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3 is writing to government to progress a national baseline measurement and to issue a “food waste” definition. 2. A follow-up call was held on 16 July 2021 to brainstorm how to support food waste innovation initiatives. The group are considering a hackathon in 2022 as part of the NZ Food Waste Summit, with a specific focus on “upcycling”. 3. The facilitator has connected those on Table 1 with opportunities to support the Love Food Hate Waste campaign. Note from Convener: Could the narrative possibly be changed from ‘hate’ to ‘heed. Right now we are realising that good clean water is more precious than gold where this old adage rings true like never before: ‘one person’s waste is another person’s gold’. Food waste ➺ compost has a major role to play in restored soil and waterway health too, enter SDG14 – Life below water. The Facilitator was also involved in Government Dialogues where food waste was discussed. She wrote a summary blog on the ‘top 10 takeaways’ from all the dialogues she was involved in. Read more here by referring to pg 8 of our submitted entitled Independent Aotearoa Food Systems SUMMIT Dialogue - June 18th 2021 Report submitted July 2021 Collective Aim The first ‘Wheel Spoke FSSD’ for Table 1 happened on Friday July 16th 2021 feedback shall be provided. Read less Action Track(s): 2, 3, 4 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Innovation, Policy
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Main findings The first main finding has been to nurture the need for Compost Creation and Education to give major heed to Food Waste as a significant positive national resource, never acknowledged to this degree in importance before in the history of Aotearoa to assist with the Climate Change threat and fresh-water health restoration. Soil carbonaceous material, part of the make-up of compost acts as a water quality filter—enter SDG 14, Life Below Water. (Compost is the common denominator between all Tables) The second finding is that, due to demand of interest and workload being understood, we have prog... Read moreressed from 3 to 5 tables with separate and yet connected focuses/ kaupapa. Each table will have its subsequent wheel spoke FSD’s for tables 3, 4 and 5, which will take place in July/August and outcomes shall be reported. Table 3: Food Sovereignty Self-Determined food growing is to encompass selling and buying techniques. Table 4: Compost (Creation and Education) Both 'boosting' compost creation and education will be the focus of this table. Table 5: Monitoring (Metrics and Evaluation) In the work done by Table 3, a strong emphasis was put on the ‘increasing need’ for metrics. This syncs perfectly with the Food System SUMMIT Synthesis Report, April 2021 (page 6) where a major focus established is the need for monitoring and evaluation functionality. Hence we have opened up Table 5. Both metrics and evaluation techniques will be the focus of this table. (Please see our Independent Aotearoa Food Systems SUMMIT Dialogue - June 18th 2021 Report submitted July 2021, page 8). The third main find has been Reduced Inequalities SDG 10 has been picked up on and included as a direct result of having indigenous peoples input in our dialogue who are brave enough to say it how it is. To support this strength, let us remember what Dr Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the 2021 FSSD advocates, “we must have courageous conversations”. Only by taking courage and identifying actual barriers to needed shifts, or gaps that need filling, will game changing ideas and initiatives too be identified and actioned. The fourth main find has been commitment expressed from the facilitators, scribes, our digital expert and crucially our participants to an enduring FSD dialogue platform 2021-2035. The fifth main finding has been to depend on the FSD method/structure/advice for progress to take place. Read less Action Track(s): 3, 4 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Independent Dialogue Our 2nd Independent Aotearoa FSSD – June 18th 2021 – diving deeper in to how to achieve SDG 12 via our 3 prongs Geographical focus: New Zealand Major focus Interestingly, seeing as we now have a series in action (June 2020, March 2021, June 2021), we have had a shift in our trajectory between March 2021 and June 2021 whereby, to remind the reader, our March 2021 efforts focused on: 1. SDG 12 – responsible production and consumption and 2. Action Track 2 – shift to sustainable consumption patterns; significantly, our June 2021 efforts have meant shifts and now we are focusing on: SDG 12 responsible consumption and production and SDG 14 – Life below water and SGD 10 Reduced Inequalities and Action Track 3 – nature positive production. The m... Read moreain reasons for these shifts can be read in detail within each Facilitator Feedback Form, (within report file submitted), and through the Convener’s lens here: Given the issues and priorities that have emerged in this 3rd FSD session: 1. Table 1 – Food Waste Reduction Table 1 focused on actions government, business and community can take to reduce food waste. For example, government needs to issue a definition of ‘food waste’ and support measurement projects. Business and government need to enable food waste innovation, such as upcycling. For community, food waste education needs be incorporated into schools and urban farming/ composting infrastructure supported. Due to engagement and workload, facilitators are holding wheel spoke dialogues between the three main FSSD. Table 1 had it’s first wheel spoke dialogue on food waste innovation on the 16 July 2021. 2. Table 2 – Better Nutrition for Better Health Keeping a strong commitment to SDG 12 this table is ensuring that we as a population are very aware of current eating patterns and what we need to be buying to eat for our health resilience via more nutrient dense food being produced. (Ultimately food has to be easily accessible at affordable prices for all and this is the subject at Table 3). Table 2’s focus intersects directly with Action Track 3—nature positive production where the focus is on how we can source and buy our food locally via nature positive production which in turn shall help restore our freshwater health too— again relating to SDG 14, Life Below Water. Table 2 at the time of writing is determining their first wheel spoke FSD date and again we shall report on results. 3. Table 3 – Food Sovereignty This table was led by a new Facilitator who took the view to understand participant backgrounds and skill-sets first. We had a scribe unable to attend at the last minute, so our Convener was Scribe. The main subject focused on was ensuring the most nutrient dense food is produced locally and purchased locally and that is it is easily accessible at affordable prices for all. Important feedback linking SDG 12 to Action Track 3 is “shifting from a volunteer space to an economic space is essential for longevity and viability financially”. This eventuality led to a shift in focus to the economic and business frameworks which shall help communities function this way. Also an additional Table developed being Compost Creation and Education which linked this Table’s efforts with Table 1's. Please see our full Independent Aotearoa Food Systems SUMMIT Dialogue - June 18th 2021 Report submitted July 2021. Read less Action Track(s): 3 Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment
Sweden - Stage 2 Food security, conflict and resilience Discussion topic outcome Please see attachment 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
