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The UN climate change conference will feature their first Food and Agriculture Pavilion, prioritising agrifood systems transformations. The hosts of this pavilion are The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), CGIAR (a global partnership uniting international organisations to engage in research about food security), and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The current global situation is experiencing increased food insecurity, fossil fuel use, and a cost-of-living crisis. The Food and Agriculture Pavilion is addressing issues in agrifood systems, the climate crisis and food security, particularly regarding vulnerable nations during the global food crisis, with a program of events that bring together both government and community leaders, farmers, academics, and experts.
From November 6 to 18, various events are being held surrounding resilient agriculture, strategies and agrifood systems. These talks include regenerative and sustainable food systems, indigenous people’s food systems and their biocentric approach, opportunities for food systems to deliver low-emission climate-resilient development strategies, nutrition, global options paired with local realities, and inclusive adaptation.
Friday November 11 features many events, including one on ‘Climate security and agriculture: strategies for inclusive adaption.’ This event addresses the devasting climate impacts in the agriculture sector affecting communities and smallholder farms. These impacts include droughts, natural disasters, and crop failures, all which threaten the livelihoods of these communities and their food security. Policymakers will announce their new commitments to locally based agronomic solutions, whilst grassroots leaders will share inclusive and resilient strategies going forward.
Wednesday November 16 includes an event talking about ‘Indigenous peoples and producer organisations upscaling biocentric climate action.’ Indigenous peoples and organisations plan to share information regarding holistic food, knowledge, territorial management systems, their biocentric approach, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation.
Some of the talks will also look at supporting farmers (small scale, in vulnerable areas), improving the environment and biosecurity whilst enhancing livelihoods, agronomy, carbon neutrality and waste reduction in agriculture, creating a circular bioeconomy, the role of policymakers and financing agrifood systems, as well as climate risk management actions to prevent food crises.
In a recent global report of Food crises, in 2021, 193 million people faced crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity across 53 countries or territories.
The past year has seen high energy and fertiliser prices, conflicts disrupting production and supply chains, and an overall increased global food insecurity, and this pavilion seeks to look at ways the agrifood system can be transformed as a solution to the climate crisis, whilst not disregarding the vulnerable communities affected by the global food crisis.
Image Credit: Tony Alter on Flickr (CC by 2.0)
Read more HERE.
The current global situation is experiencing increased food insecurity, fossil fuel use, and a cost-of-living crisis. The Food and Agriculture Pavilion is addressing issues in agrifood systems, the climate crisis and food security, particularly regarding vulnerable nations during the global food crisis, with a program of events that bring together both government and community leaders, farmers, academics, and experts.
From November 6 to 18, various events are being held surrounding resilient agriculture, strategies and agrifood systems. These talks include regenerative and sustainable food systems, indigenous people’s food systems and their biocentric approach, opportunities for food systems to deliver low-emission climate-resilient development strategies, nutrition, global options paired with local realities, and inclusive adaptation.
Friday November 11 features many events, including one on ‘Climate security and agriculture: strategies for inclusive adaption.’ This event addresses the devasting climate impacts in the agriculture sector affecting communities and smallholder farms. These impacts include droughts, natural disasters, and crop failures, all which threaten the livelihoods of these communities and their food security. Policymakers will announce their new commitments to locally based agronomic solutions, whilst grassroots leaders will share inclusive and resilient strategies going forward.
Wednesday November 16 includes an event talking about ‘Indigenous peoples and producer organisations upscaling biocentric climate action.’ Indigenous peoples and organisations plan to share information regarding holistic food, knowledge, territorial management systems, their biocentric approach, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation.
Some of the talks will also look at supporting farmers (small scale, in vulnerable areas), improving the environment and biosecurity whilst enhancing livelihoods, agronomy, carbon neutrality and waste reduction in agriculture, creating a circular bioeconomy, the role of policymakers and financing agrifood systems, as well as climate risk management actions to prevent food crises.
In a recent global report of Food crises, in 2021, 193 million people faced crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity across 53 countries or territories.
The past year has seen high energy and fertiliser prices, conflicts disrupting production and supply chains, and an overall increased global food insecurity, and this pavilion seeks to look at ways the agrifood system can be transformed as a solution to the climate crisis, whilst not disregarding the vulnerable communities affected by the global food crisis.
Image Credit: Tony Alter on Flickr (CC by 2.0)
Read more HERE.
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