Significantly raise the level of global investment in sustainable agriculture and food systems in the next decade

#2: Significantly raise the level of global investment in sustainable agriculture and food systems in the next decade

The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change proposes the following evidence-based actions to achieve food security in the face of climate change. By taking these steps we can deliver long-term benefits to communities in all countries.

Recommendation 2:

Implement and strengthen the existing G8 L'Aquila programmes and commitments to sustainable agriculture and food security, including long-term commitments for financial and technical assistance in food production and to empower smallholder farmers.
Enable UNFCCC Fast Start¹ funding, major development banks and other global finance mechanisms to prioritize sustainable agriculture programmes that deliver food security, improved livelihoods, resilience to climate change and environmental co-benefits. Such programmes should emphasize improving infrastructure and land rehabilitation.
Adjust national research and development budgets, and build integrated scientific capacity, to reflect the significance of sustainable agriculture in economic growth, poverty reduction and long-term environmental sustainability, and focus on key food security issues (for example, developing nutritious non-grain crops and reducing post-harvest losses).
Increase knowledge of best practices and access to innovation by supporting revitalized extension services, technology transfer and communities of practice (for example, North-South, South-South, cross-commodity and farmer-to-farmer exchanges), with emphasis on low- to high-income countries and on women farmers.

Footnotes

1 The Copenhagen Accord notes developed countries' commitment to providing developing countries with fast start finance for enhanced action on mitigation (including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, REDD), adaptation, technology development and transfer and capacity building. www.faststartfinance.org/home

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#2: Significantly raise the level of global investment in sustainable agriculture and food systems in the next decade

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