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The focus of this dialogue was on bringing the different aspects and stakeholders together in a comprehensive approach based on systems thinking. This approach included a broad range of stakeholders with direct and indirect involvement in the food system in order to address the interlinkages in the system. The key questions discussed in the dialogue were: which further steps are desirable and conceivable in order to achieve a more sustainable and healthy food system that produces affordable food, is more nature-inclusive and has fair production conditions; and what do stakeholders need from ea... Lire la suitech other in order to take the necessary steps towards this goal. The dialogue was broken down into thematic discussions on sustainable and healthy diets, the food environment, finance, true pricing, food-feed competition, the Dutch food system in an international context, and new scientific developments. Lire moins

All groups diverged on the question of consumption of animal- sourced food. Stakeholders from the fields of welfare, nutrition, and environmental protection mostly supported reducing consumption levels, whereas stakeholders from the field of agriculture- farmers, industry leaders, and members of the dairy and poultry associations- supported maintaining current consumption levels or even increasing consumption. There was divergence on the issue of animal welfare on live livestock transfers by sea. On the topic of poultry and eggs, some stakeholders held that the intensive production of poultry ... Lire la suiteand eggs does not harm the environment, while others disagreed. On the topic of dairy, the participants diverged on whether consumption levels should be reduced or maintained/increased. Some participants held that due to the environmental impact (pollution of water sources, greenhouse gas emissions) and health concerns, dairy consumption should be reduced, while others claimed that these concerns can be mitigated through proper management and practices, and that dairy has nutritional importance. On the topic of Livestock, some participants did not share a common ground on the need to take measures in terms of policy and regulation, as well certain data and evidence. Though it was agreed that there is a need for to further develop the discussion on the major issues and advance the ability to provide healthy and sustainable food to the growing population in Israel, considering different challenges and limitations: geographic (agricultural land), environmental, nutritional, social and financial aspects, animal welfare and consumer choices. Food security and ability to adapt to changes (climate, financial, etc.) were also mentioned in the specific local conditions Areas that need further exploration: 1) Lack of professional knowledge in Israel regarding animal welfare 2) Lack of regulation and public knowledge regarding fish welfare and suffering. Lire moins

Poultry and eggs are the most hazardous and unsustainable food sources in Israel today and require urgent intervention. The most crucial and necessary intervention regards laying hens and egg distribution. Infrastructure upgrades in the field of animal welfare are vital and will contribute to biological safety, poultry welfare, and the reduction of environmental and health hazards. Regulatory supervision, traceability, and labeling of eggs must be implemented with all haste to maintain food safety and security. The majority of the dialogue participants thought that making the animal based food... Lire la suite industry sustainable and more environment and welfare oriented will be beneficial, but it is necessary to kick start the process. All stakeholders in the field of animal-based food production should be motivated towards sustainability through education and funding, especially direct funding.. Designated training is required on a wide range of topics in all fields, There is no organized body and / or mechanism designed to regulate the training of workers with animals in the food industry, and such a body or mechanism must be instituted. In order to become sustainable, it is necessary to promote local production over imports. Even with significant improvements in livestock production, meat and dairy will likely remain the most greenhouse gas (GHG) intensive foods on our plates. Emerging technologies to produce cultivated and plant-based meat, fish, eggs and dairy are advancing rapidly. The Biotech and food-tech industry in Israel is well known around the world. Some of the most innovative technologies came out of Israel. Israel’s recognition as a hub for academic research and innovation in the alternative protein arena should be leveraged through these dialogs and capitalized for the local and global food systems. Embracing the importance of innovation and technology as part of the inclusive solution towards the SDG goals, with an emphasis on alternative proteins as part of an inclusive solution towards a transition to a resilient and sustainable food system Creative and sustainable solution should be explored together to food waste and the reduction of economic and environmental cost of religious requirements. Lire moins

The primary conclusion that emerged, in all groups, was that there is a lack of necessary and appropriate regulation. In certain fields, a lack of regulation is detrimental to food safety and security and in others; inadequate regulation hinders sustainability by damaging small-scale producers (the new food safety law from 2015) or local production (by benefiting mostly large importers). In addition, it was agreed that a lack of transparency is detrimental to food safety and security. The information regarding zoonotic diseases, livestock and poultry feed and housing conditions, antimicrobial ... Lire la suiteuse, and animal welfare is not relayed to the consumers or even to the relevant health officials and regulators. It was also agreed that there is a need to establish new connections between all relevant stakeholders, especially government bodies (the ministries of agriculture, health, and environmental protection) and professionals in the health, agriculture, and environmental protection fields – in order to fulfill the One Health approach. An important aspect of adapting animal-based food systems is the economic challenge and the need for funding and infrastructures. The need for health education and promotion, based on relevant and sound research, was established. Several groups found that some stakeholders in agriculture, including regulators, veterinarians, inspectors, and more, face a conflict of interest between their productivity demands and the need to ensure sustainable, safe food and animal welfare. Food waste is a major problem in animal based food systems. Animal sourced food is a sensitive commodity and the risk of food safety hazards is high. Extermination of animals and destruction of food products, as a means of curbing the spread of diseases, are widespread. For example, in 2020, 10 million eggs were destroyed in Israel, causing economic and environmental damage. Two issues unique to Israel are: 1) Religious dietary (kashrut) requirements and supervision, which often conflict with sustainable development goals in economic, welfare, environmental, and health terms 2) The regulatory neglect and lack of supervision of livestock issues pertaining to the Arab minority. At least 80% of the small cattle in Israel is slaughtered in a non-regulated manner in the Arab sector, with grave environmental and health impacts, and this sector also suffers from several zoonotic diseases not found elsewhere in Israel (Brucella, E. granulosus, and more). Many breeding farms lack basic welfare conditions such as clean recumbency areas, prevention of odor nuisances, natural ventilation, etc. These may cause serious environmental hazards, such as land degradation, and may also contribute to disease spread and to further use of antibiotics, which raise economic costs for the farmers. Lire moins

The major focus of this dialogue was the challenges that Israel faces in adapting its animal-based food systems to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This focus was examined through eight topic-based groups. Four of the groups focused on specific types of animal-based food sources: 1) Livestock raised for meat 2) Poultry and eggs 3) Dairy 4) Fish and other kinds of seafood Three groups discussed general topics relevant to all animal based foods: 1) Zoonotic diseases 2) Antimicrobial use 3) Animal welfare The last topic was alternative proteins, which is unique in the topic-based grou... Lire la suiteps involved and focused on the challenges in the entry of the alternative protein sector into the Israeli and global market and food systems by 2030. The participants of the round table were asked to share the following points: 1) The 3-5 most important challenges facing the alternative protein entry into the global food system in 2030 2) The unique challenges of the Israeli ecosystem (research, business sector, government, consumer, other) Lire moins

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How to develop how social sustainability is handled/discussed • Food can be seen as a commodity, but you can also look at food as a right. That discussion is large internationally but is not discussed in the same way in Sweden. • It is important to recognize that there are different prerequisites and possibilities in different parts of the country due to geography, climate, population density and more. • Many rules and regulations dealing with social sustainability exist, it is rather the compliance that is lacking. • There is a lack of designated goals in e.g. the national (Swedish) f... Lire la suiteood strategy on social sustainability. Will social issues with relevance to the food system be treated as less important because of that? • The discussion on food production in Sweden often has profitability (economic) as a starting point: “The farmers must get better revenues for their products”, “Consumers must be prepared to pay more for good and nutritious food”: But, how to produce good and nutritious food that does not exclude people/increase social injustice because of higher food prices? • Symbolic questions Lire moins

Transparency in research communication good for policy makers • As commented by one of the politicians that were participating in the dialogue: “X’s transparency in her presentation on difficulties and trade-offs in a difficult field of research was very refreshing. It is very important for us politicians, but very toned down in the public debate.”

Indicators of social sustainability • Social sustainability more qualitative (e.g. how things are perceived) than economic and environmental sustainability where it is easier to put quantitative indicators. Hard to measure values such as status, recognition, the relationship with society and consumers and society's norms are perhaps most important for the long-term sustainability of Swedish agriculture. • Social life cycle assessments (LCA) very interesting to develop further because there is always a need to measure. But there is a big lack of available and reliable data. • Are those in... Lire la suitedicators that are in place enough? Do we measure the things we want to measure? • How can goals around social sustainability be set? And how to deal, in the present, with changed norms around social issues in the future? • How to handle trade-offs between different social sustainability aspects. Which aspects are more important? Where can most damage control be made? Is that possible to decide? Lire moins

The importance of social sustainability in the food system • Appreciated topic of discussion, but difficult (e.g. how to measure?”) and maybe therefor not so talked about • Social sustainability in primary production is important for national food production – both different rules and regulations and the perception of vulnerability among producers – decide if they will continue or discontinue the business • Ecological or economic (growth / profitability) sustainability is more often in focus. It is often with “economic growth” arguments that many actors downplay the importance ... Lire la suiteof strengthening social (and environmental) sustainability. Social sustainability should/must be central within the framework of the planetary boundaries (ecological sustainability) with economic sustainability as a tool for achieving social sustainability. See how this can be illustrated, for instance “the wedding cake” https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2016-06-14-how-food-connects-all-the-sdgs.html or the “donut economy” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut_(economic_model) Lire moins

Participants showed great interest in discussing social sustainability in the food system and after attending the dialog the participants had gained a larger understanding of what social sustainability is. Social sustainability in the food system needs to be addressed more often. In Sweden we tend to focus more on economic and environmental sustainability and put less priority on the social dimension. This is a complex subject that inadvertently leads to different types of justice issues and discussions about who/where the price for economic and environmental sustainability is paid. What is th... Lire la suitee goal and what are the tools to get there? More dialogues and discussion on this topic are needed both in general with people involved in the food system but specific actions by the authorities is also needed. There is a need to engage in continued discussions on this topic at all levels; openly and transparently. We need to dare to highlight practical obstacles to a socially sustainable everyday life for primary producers (holidays/replacements, childcare, etc.). There is a need to review current business models and review the past and ongoing structural rationalizations to understand and learn where change is needed. Different actors need to consider new paths for social sustainability in 'their' part of the system. More resources for research to make social sustainability measurable and explicable is needed. Social life cycle assessment is an accepted concept and helps to shed light on the issue, but there is a need for more and more reliable data. It is important to involve actors that are or can be affected in the conversations and solutions. There exist some indicators to follow up social sustainability in the food system but it that enough and will we achieve the necessary transformation? There are many goal conflicts associated with achieving social sustainability for all parts of the food system (may be in relation to economic or ecological sustainability, or in relation to other parts of society and its social sustainability). We need to have continued cross-disciplinary/cross-sectorial discussions about social sustainability in the food system, what it means and how it can be measured. In that we need to: • Make social sustainability issues visible • Continuously identify stakeholders in order to broaden/develop discussions • Create forums for meetings and discussions • Raise and discuss the question of responsibility • Raise and discuss the issue of indicators and “data” Lire moins

Focus: Facilitate a dialog around the key questions; What is social sustainability? What does social sustainability look like in Sweden and in an EU-perspective? Is it possible to measure social sustainability and does it matter when it comes to the attractiveness of jobs now and in the future? Can social sustainability be communicated to a consumer? Does social sustainability contain conflicts of interest and if so, what are they? How do we make sure that the social sustainability continues to be relevant in a transformed food system? These are some of the questions that will be discussed dur... Lire la suiteing the webinar on social sustainability in food systems. The dialogue was in the format of a digital webinar in three parts; part one was set up as a seminar with invited speakers who highlighted different aspects of social sustainability in the food system with a focus on the national (Swedish) food system. Part two was organized as group discussions and part three consisted of individual feedback from the participants via Mentimeter followed by sharing of those reflections in plenum. The group discussions and the individual feedback covered the following questions: - Is there any aspect of social sustainability in the food system that has received too little attention and should be highlighted more? - What indicators do you suggest for this aspect? - How can we raise the awareness of the social sustainability dimension nationally? Lire moins

Although not explicitly discussed in the main dialogues as these are being addressed within the halls of Congress, the areas of divergence involve agricultural trade policies that balance supply and prices of commodities vis-à-vis interests of food producers and clamor of consumers.

Apart from the commodity-based recommendations that emanated from the NFSS breakout sessions, recommendations on various crosscutting concerns were also identified based on the pre-summit thematic consultations and the papers presented by experts during the plenary sessions. 1. The need to operationalize the concept of food security vis-à-vis self-sufficiency. The path to food security policy is not via protection by insulation, but via nurturing and strengthening of farmers with well-conceived and non-distortive assistance that will, among others, improve their capabilities as farm entrepren... Lire la suiteeurs, not as mere tillers. 2. Agricultural trade policy. Related to food security, this is an area where lines of communication still have to be kept open. The sector needs to increase public investments for productivity enhancement of local producers, in exchange of protecting the rights of consumers to available, affordable and nutritious food. 3. Credit or lending for small farmers and fisherfolk. Two basic recommendations stood out: 1) the creation of a wholly-owned LBP subsidiary dedicated to small farmers and fishers; and 2) the need to facilitate bank compliance with Agri-Agra law to ensure readily available credit portfolios in the banking sector. 4. Immediate rollout of the Province-led agriculture and fisheries extension system or PAFES, to ensure shared accountability for agri-fishery development between national and local governments. 5. Push for farm consolidation and clustering. To ensure that this happens, there is a recommendation to make organizing and sustaining farmer associations as KRAs for the DA and its agencies, as well as the LGUs. 6. Strategic shift from traditional farming into agribusiness. As an adjunct to farm consolidation and clustering, there is a need to ensure that the majority of small farmers and fisherfolk get to be formal players in the value chains. 7. Diversification and promotion of exports. There is a need to diversify into other higher value products. The agriculture and fisheries sector has put much attention on rice, corn, sugarcane and coconut which provide relatively lower income per hectare. It is high time that we diversify and promote exports of high value products to really increase farmers’ income. 8. Promoting innovations, modern technologies and R&D, and human resources development. There is a need to include these in the value chains to really be able to compete especially with other ASEAN countries; 9. Youth and women engagement. We cannot talk about sustainable and resilient food systems if that huge bulge of demographics is not engaged across food systems from production to consumption. We have to ensure that they are empowered, employed and can employ other people so that we achieve together food security, so that we can achieve national security. 10. Call out for the fisheries and aquatic resources sector to beef up its ranks to push for the ultimate ambition of making the Philippines a truly maritime nation. This can be achieved through the creation of an entity dedicated to the attainment of the said objective. Lire moins

Fisheries and Aquaculture For capture fisheries, strategies -- provision of alternative livelihood opportunities -- related to addressing temporary income loss of fishermen during off fishing season topped the list. The rest were governance- and technology-related strategies. The aquaculture group also recommended the creation of a governance structure to steer the country towards becoming a true maritime nation. This needs to be complemented with the establishment of a national program for aquaculture, which can hopefully provide funds for the rehabilitation and establishment of hatcheries, d... Lire la suiteevelopment of standards or regulations and capacity building activities. Lire moins

Sugar Top priorities for the sector revolved around strategies to improve productivity and income through block farming, or farm consolidation and clustering. These strategies, however, should be complemented with financial support to address agronomic concerns through specific programs as well as costs of farm operations through mechanization.

Cacao and Coffee The development of a Program that will assist processors to develop quality local coffee and cacao products, which can compete with international brands, was on top of the agenda. Coconut Top recommendations encompassed the whole value chain: strengthening extension services; developing integrated coconut-based farming systems; establishing shared processing facilities; and marketing assistance to boost demand for coconut products.

Fruits The fruits subsector -- composed of banana, mango and pineapple -- has recommended functional strategies. For banana, focus was on enhancing propagation techniques towards having quality planting materials, provision of post-harvest and processing facilities all the way to increased supply, improved quality and export volume. For mango, access to credit, rejuvenation of existing mango trees through farm clustering for easy access to subsidies and other government support like mechanization and other new technologies were identified. Finally, for pineapple, priorities identified include ... Lire la suitethe establishment of nurseries in research stations and SUCs with enhanced technologies for the production of quality planting materials. Improved cultural management practices and capacity building especially on integrated pest management were also identified. These can be enhanced by leveraging the expertise of private companies, SUCs and private extension workers. Lire moins

Vegetable Priorities were evenly distributed within the entire value chain from production to consumption. The identified priority interventions were: providing post-harvest facilities; conducting farmer training programs especially on pest and disease management; good agricultural practices certification; building of more trading centers; and running advocacy campaigns to increase vegetable consumption.

Poultry Strategies similar to that of the livestock sector were noted identified, such as the harmonization of production and marketing data. The passage of a national law on land use was also recognized as a priority area, as well as genetic improvement through the setting up of local breeding stations. Other recommended strategies were focused on ensuring additional funding for poultry and corn, and provision of incentives for the duck industry.