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Regards Kanchan Lama Nepal 16. Benjamin Addom from the International Resource Group, USA I totally agree with the point raised here by Prof. Mencher. A study I conducted in Ghana during the second half of 2009 with support from FAO confirms this argument that approaches for climate change mitigation should include local methods and strategies, at least within the agricultural sector. Local farmers have extensive experience, knowledge and observations about their environment and could be rich resource for sustainability. Most of the time, they only need "facilitation" to be able to use their local resources supplemented by the new technologies and innovations for effective and efficient management. Thanks Ben 17. Pradip Kumar Nath from the National Institute of Rural Development, India Dear Sir, The scope has been very comprehensive and can be elaborated at one's own choice. Thank you very much for touching almost all issues. One thing I would like to emphasize is proper documentation of the adaptive measures successfully undertaken by different stakeholders in different parts of the Globe. First documenting the same and then disseminating the same for others to emulate with specific changes to cater to spatial variation & local needs. In Indian context there have been significant climate adaption measures as demanded by the observed changes in certain climatic parameters (precipitation, temperature etc). People have started adapting to changes in reduced rainfall days or extraordinary rise in temperatures. Many of the Flagship programmes (like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:-- MGNREGS) have taken ample care to accommodate these changes. And we have observed significant changes in the behavioural pattern of forced migration reduced in a larger manner. Pradip Kumar Nath Centre for Agrarian Studies & Disaster Mitigation National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, INDIA 18. Denis Lee Oguzu from the West Nile Rural Development Agency, Uganda I've been a keen follower of discussions on this forum for over a year now, but never contributed to any of the discussions on this forum. I take this opportunity to thank all previous discussants for enriching my knowledge of global food security issues. I would like to propose that the captioned study should pay particular attention to assessing environmental impact of activities __________________________________ Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition http://km.fao.org/fsn 14
of multinational tobacco companies such as BAT whose activities have continued degrade the environment thus escalating food insecurity situations in their respective areas of operation. Efficacy of tobacco growing as a way of alleviating poverty should be also be studied as well its impact of impact on food security in the light of this article: http://allafrica.com/stories/200908130222.html Cheers! Denis 19. Adrian Muller from Sweden Dear Madam, dear sir, please find below some comments on the scope of this study: Yours sincerely, Adrian Muller. GENERAL: 1) Do you think the scope is appropriate? yes, but see comments 2) Have important elements been omitted or should any of the elements outlined be left out? see comments below 3) In your opinion, what would be the main aspects that the report should emphasise? All the specific topics are important, but I think that in particular, it should emphasize the importance to address the topic not only with a focus on the agricultural production sector. Due account to all drivers of land use and land availability for agricultural production has to be given. Consumer behaviour (e.g. regarding food wastage or meat consumption) and policy developments regarding bioenergy are globally important aspects which directly affect land available for human nutrition provision and the efficiency how this land is used. These issues should be addressed. MORE SPECIFIC: Ad 1c) add explicitly "Potential tipping points/regime shifts in agro-ecosystems" to the list Ad 3 a) Adaptation in agricultural contexts is not only about adjusting cropping patterns and varieties, assuring irrigation, etc. (measures which are clearly very important!), it can also mean fundamental shifts in livelihoods, even away from farming to other livelihood bases, beyond certain tipping points of climate change impacts. The possibility of such fundamental transformations should be covered as well. - Ad 4b, bullet point 1: Be aware of the fact that mitigation in agriculture goes well beyond the sectorial boundaries. Consumer behaviour can play a crucial role, for example, given the reduced meat consumption would be one very effective mitigation option, or as reducing food wastage in industrialised countries (30-40% of the final produce!) would considerably reduce emissions and pressure on land use and productivity. A similarly mitigating effect would have the reduction of storage losses in the South (also 30-40%). The whole food chain has to be included in the assessment. Also, bioenergy developments have to be closely monitored when talking about food security, climate change and agriculture. __________________________________ Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition http://km.fao.org/fsn 15
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