Межгосударственные Диалог
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Main findings
On Governance of Food Security: The development of comprehensive frameworks with clear vision and objectives that entails the political commitment from the highest levels of leadership to the dimension of policies, strategies and action plans that set out roles and responsibilities of various actors for implementation and achievement of goals. It is important that these frameworks are formulated with the involvement of all stakeholders and incorporate the international norms, as well as target the various segments of food security domain. Therefore, short and long-term strategic planni
... Подробнееng of these frameworks is vital for ensuring the food security in a country, as shown in the examples of UAE (National Food Security Strategy 2051 in line with the UAE Centennial 2071 Plan); Bangladesh (National Food and Nutrition Security Policy with 8 Five Year Plans and Vision 2041); Ireland (Agri-Food Strategy 2030); It is crucial to have the coherence between frameworks and strategies, as well as the broad approach of coordination among intra- and inter-agencies at national and local levels with the involvement of multiple actors from government, private sector, academia, research organization, smallholder farmers and civil society. Legal frameworks shall be consistent with resources, capacity and timeframe. Principally, the establishment of a coordinating body at the highest government level is essential to arrange the processes of planning, implementation and monitoring and activities of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. As it is shown in the examples of UAE (Emirates Council for Food Security launched in response to COVID-19, and membership consists wide range of actors); Bangladesh (Food Planning and Monitoring Committee, that also comprises from the highest level of officials); Ireland (Strategy Committee; Chaired by business-trusted person, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and consists various actors, such as researchers, industries, businesses, retailers, farmers, banking, environmental NGOs, young farmers and others). The Strategies themselves are “live” documents containing SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound) goals, with clear steps toward strong food systems, and cover all aspects of food systems encompassing environmental, social and economic sustainability. The government shall play the main role in ensuring the availability and accessibility of food to its population. As shown in the presentation of FAO, many governments take the commitment to ensure the right to adequate food in their countries. That commitment entails aspects of policy, legal, institutional, budgetary measures and monitoring/accountability. It also assigns responsibilities across sectors and institutions/coordination, direction to other legislation/coherence. On Management of Food Supply Chains: As shown in all the presentations of this session, great emphasis is paid to strengthening food supply and value chains. Digitalization of food supply is essential to improve agricultural and food systems. It includes e-commerce, digital technologies to connect producers/farmers and traders, processors, buyers/consumers. Innovations are also significant in all processes, including food procurement, food supply chains and control systems. Logistics infrastructure and storing facilities shall be enhanced to ensure the resilience at households, enable vulnerable farmers to be able to realize their activities, and reduce losses that would result in greater availability and accessibility for entire communities. As shown in the practice applied in Russia, the development of a network of wholesale distribution centers (WDC) if the state federal task that can bring solutions for interregional trade, stimulation of agricultural production and the formation of related infrastructure at the local levels (warehouses, storage facilities, dryers, local processing facilities). Because many agricultural producers and especially smallholder farmers face problems of distribution, lack of coordination with retailers, buyers, storage of food at local levels, ensure its quality and freshness. On Promotion of Agricultural Development Governments are not able to reform food systems without collaboration with businesses and agricultural producers that operate within the food system. Therefore, many presentations of the Session demonstrated how governments can promote the agriculture and support local farmers with the long-term goal of achieving food security and sovereignty, and reduce the dependency to external shocks. As it was shown in the example of Turkey, the government play significant role in supporting to small and medium agricultural enterprises, young farmers and smallholders by putting the priority for R&D investment programs and organic agriculture. Overall, this state support improves access to financing for smallholders, cooperatives and small businesses, as well as helps rural areas to sustain their agricultural activities. The universities and research organizations are also instrumental in promotion of agriculture and advance of food systems. The presentation of Kazakh National Agrarian Research University showed the Kazakhstan’s model of extension knowledge dissemination system, where the university provide online and in-person consulting and capacity-building training services with covering tens of thousands of farmers and enterprises at national, local and district levels. Скрыть
Направления деятельности: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment