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Here is input on question “6.2: Can you give specific examples of how these policies have affected small-farm decision-making?"
Input from Nagabhatla, Nidhi <[log in to unmask]>
My name is Nidhi Nagabhatla, a program officer and senior researcher at UNU (United Nations University) – I work on multiple dimensions in the water-food-energy nexus. I also chair the Steering Committee of YPARD- the youth platform focusing on agricultural research and development, and I represent the Global Youth constituency with the GFAR Steering Committee.
Adding my bits to how the global discourse around food security can influence regional, national and local policies that in turn affects decision-making w.r.t small-farms:
MDG’s steered global energies, strategies, and innovations to combat hunger, addressing food insecurity and malnutrition for all, - the efforts are advancing since then. The global count of undernourished people is around 800 million, although the proportion of the global population dropped from 15% from 2000/02 to 11 % by 2014/16. The SDG give us another tenure to look into remaining challenges- one being- to sustain focused efforts, especially in Asia and Africa- small farms and subsistence systems- requires directed investments, governance reforms (spending and assistance) and building capacity of field-based stakeholders.
Sustaining local food production systems and resilient agricultural practices is key to maintaining the agrobiodiversity [ UN reports 4.7 million samples of seeds and another plant genetic material for food and agriculture were preserved in 2016 (2 percent > 2014), in 602 gene banks in 82 countries and 14 regional and international centers. The focus on agrobiodiversity conservation is creating the good business case for investments, and governance reforms in this space- a reference - http://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/projekte/biodiva/BooklaunchPoster061113Last-1.pdf
Specific examples of local/national policies translated these global strategies:
Ecosystem based decentralized land management policies for ensuring food security was discussed with the Kurichya community.
http://www.mssrf.org/mssrfoldsite/?q=content/policy-interventions-empower-kurichya-joint-family-farmers-wayanad
Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPs) extensively discussed in this discourse.
CBD (ed: Convention on Biological Diversity) identified data gaps and methodological problems [ including effects of trade liberalization on agrobiodiversity] https://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop/cop-07/information/cop-07-inf-15-en.pdf - although the focus on issues at small scale remain less
Nepal Biodiversity Policy 2007- addressing food security- although generic- farm size and scale not defined with clarity-the focus on indigenous communities is set clear
http://www.farmersrights.org/pdf/asia/nepal/nepal-agrobiodivpolicy07.pdf
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