Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Final Summary
The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change was held from 31 October to 5 November2010 at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Conference was organized by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in close cooperation with Ethiopia, Viet Nam, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change is intended as a follow-up to the SharedVision Statement agreed at the Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) in May2009 and to further develop the agriculture, food security and climate change agenda.
On Policies and strategies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:
coordination, synergy and integration between sectoral development plans, coherence of global processes, enablingpolicies; and the role of the private sector.
On Tools and technologies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:
- sustainable agricultural intensification;landscape based approaches and agroforestry;
- agriculture and forests;water conservation and harvesting;
- pest and disease control;
- soil and nutrient management;crops;
- livestock and fisheries;
- genetic resources;
- harvesting, processing and supply chains;
- input and waste management;
- risk management;
- research, education and extension services;
- engaging the public, media and facilitating multistakeholder dialogue;
- knowledge sharing, improved access to information and technology transfer;
- and scaling up of replicable models.
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Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.
Contact information |
Sean Wu
(email: sean@iisd.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/afccOnference/ |
File link local | ymbvol184num6e.pdf (PDF, 782 Kb) |
Source of information | IISD - Earth Negotiations Bulletin (PDF), final issue, VOlume 184, number 6, mOnday, 8 nOVember 2010 |
Keyword(s) | food secutiry, climate change |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND |
Geographical coverage | n/a |
News date | 08/11/2010 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |