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Wrap up and key messages Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 3 December 2012, Doha, Qatar

Wrap Up: Agriculture and Food Security under Climate Change

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Wrap  up  and  key  messages  

Agriculture,  Landscapes  and  Livelihoods  Day  

3  December  2012,  Doha,  Qatar  

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PLAN  AHEAD!    “The  UN  has  never  faced  such  a  comprehensive  set  of  problems.    These  are  crises  that  can’t  be  solved  quickly.”  

   

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Qatar  -­‐  Drylands  Theme      “One  third  of  the  world’s  populaPon  lives  in  drylands.”  

 -­‐  Food  security  a  central  issue  

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HolisPc  soluPons    

“Need  a  cross  cuRng  approach.”  

-­‐  Landscape  approach  to  natural  resources  -­‐  Water  -­‐  Social,  Economic  and  Environmental  dimensions  

 

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More  than  talking  

“I’m  not  here  just  to  talk.  It  is  about  being  good  stewards  and  transforming  livelihoods.”  

 -­‐  AcPon  needs  to  arise  from  within  sector  

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“Take  it  to  the  farmer”    The  reality  is  at  the  farm.    The  soluPons  lie  on-­‐farm  as  well  as  in  the  policy  sphere.  

   

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Scaleable  SoluPons    -­‐  Land  tenure    -­‐  Extension  and  educaPon  -­‐  Climate  smart  or  Ecosystem  agriculture  -­‐  Use  of  exisPng  technologies  and  tech  transfer  -­‐  Post  harvest  losses  and  food  waste  

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Partnership    

“Public  -­‐  Private  –  People”    -­‐  Need  to  inclusive  and  creaPve  

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Invest  in  Research    Key  areas:  -­‐  Extreme  weather  -­‐  Water  losses  -­‐  Emerging  diseases,  insect  pest,  and                    impacts  on  pollinators  -­‐  MUST  INCLUDE  FARMERS  and  VULNERABLE      

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PrioriPes  for  AcPon  -­‐  Finance,  including  smart  public  subsidies  -­‐  IncenPves  -­‐  Data  gathering  at  local  level  -­‐  Risk  management  -­‐  EducaPon  

     

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On-­‐Line  -­‐  How  to  link  farming  to  UNFCCC  -­‐  Need  for  impact  figures            13  million  hectares  of  forest  lost  annually            -­‐  most  tweeted    -­‐    Stressed  landscapes  exacerbate  vulnerability          

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Trade-­‐offs    

“There  are  not  as  many  trade  offs  as  people  think.”    

-­‐  It  is  not  miPgaPon  versus  adaptaPon.  -­‐  Achieving  adaptaPon  can  help  address  miPgaPon.  

   

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Frameworks  Important    

“I  strongly  believe  we  need  a  internaPonal  protocol.”  

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FrustraPon    

“Will  we  get  to  COP  100  with  no  food,  no  agriculture,  no  water?”  

 -­‐sPcking  points  like  trade,  miPgaPon,  adaptaPon      

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Plaborms  outside  UNFCCC    -­‐  UN  Commicee  on  World  Food  Security  -­‐  Land  Tenure  Guidelines  -­‐  Sustainability  iniPaPves  

 

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Walking  the  Talk  “I  want  agriculture  in!”  

 For  sector:  combined  consideraPon  of  agriculture,  forestry  and  land  use,  and  their  impacts  on  society  

For  countries:  accountability  domesPcally  and  in  negoPaPons  

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Tough  Issues          Experience  of  REDD+  suggests  talking  about  the  issues  and  understanding  the  facts  helps  countries  negoPate.  

 -­‐  Drop  the  rhetoric  

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Food  security,    Agriculture,  Landscapes,  and  

Livelihoods  Macer.