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Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Scaling-Up Agro-Ecological Food
Production: What needs to be done and
by whom?
IAASTD: From Johannesburg to Rio+20
Hans R. Herren
President www.millennium-institute.org
President www.biovision.ch
Co-Chair IAASTD www.agassessment.org
Coordinator UNEP GER Agriculture Chapter
Rio de Janeiro 11:00 - 12:30. 17 June, 2012
The IAASTD Reports
(www.agassessment.org)
Co-Chairs: Hans R Herren &
Judy Wakhungu
Multi-stakeholder: 400 authors, 52 countries
Multi-disciplinary
Multi-locational: Global / sub-Global Reports
The IAASTD Reports
(www.agassessment.org)
Co-Chairs: Hans R Herren &
Judy Wakhungu
Multi-stakeholder: 400 authors, 52 countries
Multi-disciplinary
Multi-locational: Global / sub-Global Reports
The IAASTD: why?
• Eradicating of Hunger and Poverty
• Improving Rural Livelihoods
• Improving Nutrition and Human Health
• Facilitating Environmentally, Socially, Equitable
and
Economically Sustainable Development
…under the Challenges of:
• Climate Change
• Population and Demand Growth
• Shrinking Natural Resources / Energy
….to which agriculture itself is contributing negatively
IAASTD: Key findings
1. We feed only 6 out of 7 billion people with the present food
system….in addition, we count 1.5 billion obese and 300
million type 2 diabetes cases
2. The industrial food system uses some 10 Kcal to produce one,
energy problem
3. The industrial and conventional food system (incl. the
traditional systems are a major part of the CC problem
4. Soil degradation, water shortages & biodiversity loss underlie
food security, natural resource problem
5. Jobs, Industrial agriculture emptied the rural areas and
multidisciplinary research labs, social problems
6. Unfair trade works against the small-scale famers and the
poor, economic and social problems
Business as usual is not an option
Why change course now: Conventional models of agriculture
are environmentally unsustainable
Grain Unctad 2011
Why change the course of agriculture now?
Land and biodiversity loss
Why change the course of agriculture now?
Waste of natural resources , GR bases is also socially unsustainable
The IAATD: then what?
1. “a fundamental shift in AKST and the connected
• agri-food system policies; • institutions; • capacity
development; and • investments”
2. Paradigm change: Transition to sustainable / organic /
agroecology / agri - culture
3. An agriculture that addresses the multifunctionality and
resilience needs of the small-scale and family farmers (social &
economic: equity issue, farmer status, land ownership, empowerment, women),
quality job creation (Edu at all levels);
4. Need to use a systemic and holistic approach (basic ecological
principles); treat cause not symptoms; is part of the solution to
hunger, poverty, health, natural resources conservation, CC
Brown way ahead: mono-landscape, -crop….or
Ecological agriculture as the main solution:
Multifunctionality paradigm for sustainable development
livable
equitable
sustainable
viable
Low productivity
High productivity
Urgent need for transformation
Un-sustainable
Sustainable
Transition…..the never ending debate….
• Can organic/agroecological based agriculture feed the
planet?
(and who can afford it?)
(wrong question, as one should ask:
• Does the present industrial / conventional (green
revolution) model which is being promoted?
• How can we nourish 9.5 billion people; eradicate
hunger and poverty; assure rural livelihood; eradicate
inequities; assure good nutrition and health; and do
all this in a socially, environmentally and
economically sustainable manner (back to the top)
Transformation through proven
Agroeclogical practices
Transformation through changing
consumption
Encouraging a
wider genetic
base in
agriculture…trees
, fruits, grains,
vegetables, lost
crops, animals
for nutrition and
health, cultural
diversity,
incomes, pest
control, resilience
to climate change
Barilla, 2011
Transformation: through education
Green way ahead: is knowledge intensive
• Improve and expand extension services (ICT)
• Introduce capacity building (ICT)
• Agriculture is very localized = local solutions
www.organicfarmermagazine.org & www.infonet-biovision.org
http://www.biovision.ch
Transformation through better science
and policy interface
To provide timely and effective responses to
emerging global challenges, the link between
science and policy implementation should be
strengthened, in particular taking into account
local knowledge
Science and policy interface:
Taking a systemic, multistakeholder approach to policy
development
Barilla, 2011/ Millennium Institute
Possible? Affordable? i.e., UNEP GER
Global investments across sectors (1% and 2% of GDP, Stern
report); 0.1% and 0.16% of GDP invested in agriculture for:
- Pre harvest losses (training activities and effective biopesticide use)
- Ag management practices (cover transition costs from till
to no till , organic, agroecological agriculture, training, access
to small scale mechanization)
- R&D (research in soil science and agronomy, crop
improvement (orphan crops), appropriate mechanization, and
more)
- Food processing (better storage and processing in rural
areas)
Agriculture in a Green Economy (UNEP GER Report – 2011)
Investing 0.1% or 0.16% of total GDP ($83-$141 Billion) / year
Year 2011
2011
2050
Scenario
Unit
Baseline
Green
BAU
Ag production
Bn US$/Yr
1,921
2,852
2,559
Crops
Bn US$/Yr
629
996
913
Employment
M People
1,075
1,703
1,656
Soil quality
Dmnl
0.92
1.03
0.73
Ag water use
KM3/Yr
Harvested land
Bn ha
Deforestation
M ha/Yr
Calories p/c/day for
consumption
3,389
Kcal/C/D
3,207
4,878
1.20
1.26
1.31
16
7
15
2,081
2.524
2.476
The way forward: Leadership
Multistakeholder Committee of World Food
Security (CFS) to provide strategic Leadership
for the transformation of agriculture and food
systems at all levels.
CFS to support continuous assessments of
agricultural knowledge, science, technology,
infrastructure and institutions including
research on enabling mechanisms, to encourage
the transformation, as now indicated in the
latest draft declaration
Conclusion
1. Need to acknowledged that
transformation of our current agriculture
and food system is needed, if we want to
nourish our people and sustain the
environment.
…..we can only nourish our people, if we
nurture our planet!
Conclusion
2. Effective policies and programs need
to be informed by sound knowledge and
scientifically proven methods.
That’s why the Committee on World Food
Security, as the most participatory body
currently known, shall be invited to
facilitate participatory, regular, multistakeholder assessments on agriculture.
Conclusion
3. To support and guide the implementation
of sustainable agriculture and of the Rio+20
commitment to change, mandate the
Committee on World Food Security to guide
the implementation of sustainable
agriculture…..
….again with the objective to nourish our
people, and nurture our planet.
You cannot solve the problem with the same
kind of thinking that created the problem
Albert Einstein
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