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The focus was for an exploratory discussion on what place Indigenous and Alternative foods (as in edible insects like Ants, Termites, Crickets, and Mophane Worm) have in Botswana's food system. The objectives of the conversation were to explore ideas with the potential to make our food system more nutritious, dependable, and lucrative using these foods by bringing forward solutions that are: a) Smart (Involving more ‘tech’ to make processes from farm to fork more efficient to minimize production losses and to make affordable products) b) Climate Friendly (Climate-friendly practices from fa
... Подробнееrm to fork) c) Sustainable (strong enough to meet the demands of National Food Security) The dialogue also explored ways in which the addition of technology in agriculture can help expedite the process and minimize losses. The main questions were: How will Botswana sustain nutritious and reliable food systems as the pressure to feed growing populations increases? Can we turn to use foods that occur naturally to augment our cultivated food systems and diversify our diets without undue pressure on the environment? In our dialogue, we explored this topic from each of the five Action Tracks for wider exploration while exposing links between key players to strengthen the food system. The following questions are what we focused on in each action track: 1. Ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all - How can we make indigenous and alternative foods affordable and more accessible to all? - What are the nutritional benefits of including indigenous food and insects in our diets, especially across tribes [tswii, phane, flying ants]? 2. Shift to sustainable consumption patterns - How do we control the over-gathering and overconsumption of these foods? - What government laws, regulations and penalties are in place? 3. Boost nature positive production - What constraints do food producers such as smallholder farmers and small-scale enterprises face in the food value chain? - What opportunities can solve their problems (e.g. workshops that teach on drones detecting soil fertility or plant disease outbreak or pests) - Can we encourage environmental tax penalties to protect and regulate indigenous food harvesting and production as a way to collect tax and regulate natural resource abuse? 4. Advance equitable livelihoods The goal is to create productive employment and decent work for all people in the food value chain and enable entrepreneurship. Here we want to focus on improving the livelihoods of people in villages and smallholder farmers who usually farm and provide these raw materials. Most especially, we want to focus on youth inclusion. Youth need not view food production at any level in the value chain as a second rate job. - How can we show young people the huge opportunities in the industry? - How can we attract them? - Can we allow their new methods and technology into the existing system? - How can we increase the value of indigenous foods through processing for export? - What international trade opportunities since the Africa Free Trade Area can we identify? 5. Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress - How do we protect our food sources so as to not deplete them; what regulations does the government enforce to this effect? - Are there safe food storage places to stockpile these foods during their off-seasons? Скрыть
Направления деятельности: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment