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Draft study on the genome editing in livestock and potential ramifications for genetic resources
No full textCivil society transforming and innovating family farming policies in El Salvador
No full textEste documento presenta el rol de la sociedad civil en El Salvador en la transformación de políticas públicas para apoyar la agricultura familiar con un enfoque agroecológico. Encabezada por el Comité Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (CNAF), esta iniciativa surgió en 2013 para responder a la falta de políticas que fortalezcan la resiliencia de los sistemas de producción familiar, en un contexto de crisis económica y climática.A través de diálogos y consultas con agricultores familiares, comunidades indígenas y mujeres rurales, el CNAF desarrolló una propuesta de ley que fomenta prácticas de producción sostenibles. La ley de Agricultura Familiar fue aprobada en 2021 y representa un hito importante para el sector, aunque aún se requieren acciones de incidencia para asegurar su implementación y efectividad, especialmente ante desafíos como la pandemia y prioridades gubernamentales centradas en la seguridad pública.El documento subraya la importancia de plataformas como el CNAF, que reúnen a actores clave y fortalecen el liderazgo de las organizaciones campesinas. Asimismo, destaca cómo la agroecología permite enfrentar problemas de seguridad alimentaria y cambio climático, promoviendo un modelo de desarrollo inclusivo. Esta experiencia resalta la relevancia de trabajar desde los territorios y fortalecer las capacidades organizativas para garantizar un impacto duradero en la agricultura familiar
Governing for transformation towards sustainable small-scale fisheries
No full textThis volume provides a human-centered perspective, building on the expanding horizon from biological and economic management to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary aquatic resources governance. It was prepared in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). It also provides an update of Berkes’ book, Coasts for People. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Coastal and Marine Resource Management (Routledge, 2015). The original chapters of the book served as the first draft of seven of the chapters, all of them rewritten with multiple authors (total of 20 co-authors) and with an explicit focus on small-scale fisheries through the lens of the SSF Guidelines.Over the years, aquatic resources governance has evolved. For example, the term “resource”, which carried a sense of free goods and commodification of nature, shifted in meaning to include biodiversity and ecosystem services. The term “management” changed to include participation, complexity and uncertainty. The volume focuses on several subject areas as the key elements of an interdisciplinary science of aquatic governance. These include holism and ecosystems view (Chapter 2); coupled humans and environment systems (Chapter 3); fishers’ knowledge (Chapter 4); commons dilemmas (Chapter 5); co-management (Chapter 6); livelihoods and sustainability (Chapter 7); fishery systems resilience (Chapter 8); and ecosystem and human rights-based management (Chapter 9). These interdisciplinary, social science-oriented approaches have shaped recent thinking about small-scale fisheries, helping empower fishers and fishworkers towards a more inclusive, equitable, sustainable and resilient subsector. They also help meet Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG1 (No Poverty) and SDG2 (Zero Hunger), consistent with the emphasis of SSF Guidelines on poverty eradication and food security. The intended audience for the volume is broad-based and includes fisheries and aquatic management practitioners and policymakers, scientists and educators. It is an invitation to a new generation of resource managers to be aware of how approaches and concepts have evolved over time to embrace the challenge of interdisciplinarity and complexity to advance the transformation towards sustainable small-scale fisheries
Development of Pacific Regional Plan to Mainstream Biodiversity Across Agricultural Sectors, Including Fishery, Crops, Livestock and Forestry - TCP/SAP/3902
No full textThe project aimed to mitigate the negative impacts that productive sectors have on biodiversity and to establish sustainable, resilient agrifood systems in Pacific countries. To achieve this, the project successfully developed the “Pacific Action Plan on Mainstreaming Biodiversity Across Agricultural Sectors (2024-2030)” (Pacific Action Plan), following a highly consultative, multi-stakeholder process that identified priority needs and challenges across the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). This plan facilitates coordinated and cohesive action among stakeholders and ministries responsible for biodiversity across various sectors. The Pacific Action Plan was presented, distributed, and officially endorsed by FAO members during the 37th session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (APRC) in February 2024. Following its endorsement, representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture (MoAs) of Pacific Islands were invited to participate in CBD sub-regional meetings, where they will collaborate with CBD national focal points to enhance the implementation of the GBF in 2024
Results and recommendations, October 2024
No full textThis Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the twenty-third round assessment conducted in October 2024 in Yemen. It presents key findings and recommendations for humanitarian actors to utilize in planning and implementing data-driven programming to sustain farmers’ livelihoods and build their resilience to future shocks protecting the food security of rural people. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations established the DIEM-Monitoring system in June 2020. In 29 of the world’s most food-insecure countries, DIEM-Monitoring enumerators collect data at household level on shocks, agricultural livelihoods, food security and needs several times a year through computer-assisted telephone interviews and face-to-face surveys. This regularly collected and granular data is easily accessible in the form of dashboards, maps, briefs and aggregated data on the DIEM Hub, enabling partners and stakeholders to trigger immediate mitigation and response actions
Tracking progress and managing interactions
No full textThe Food Systems Countdown Initiative aims to monitor the state of food systems transformation through relevant data, independent of any established monitoring processes.Such monitoring can help align decision makers around key priorities, incentivize action, hold stakeholders accountable, sustain commitment by demonstrating progress, and enable course corrections.The Initiative is producing annual publications to measure, assess, and track the performance of global food systems toward 2030 and the conclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals.This three-pager summarizes the policy brief "The food systems countdown report 2024. Tracking progress and managing interactions", which presents the Countdown indicators depicting the current state of national food systems
