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information to the detriment of the poor small scale farmers who are actually the most vulnerable. 26. Ann Waters-Bayer from ETC AgriCulture, the Netherlands Rather than looking only at "developing farm-level resource management innovations", I suggest to look at responses (and support to same) that involve "developing farm- and community-level capacities to innovate in resource management". It will not be any specific innovationS but rather the enhanced capacity to adapt that will ensure sustainability in the face of climate and other changes. Ann Waters-Bayer Prolinnova International Support Team ETC AgriCulture Netherlands www.prolinnova.net 27. Cecilia Murcia from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Colombia The HLPE panel aims at identifying communities and vulnerable regions to climate change, adaptation and mitigation options for food security and nutrition. But I think there's a more important thing to articulate and is related to mining exploitation in fertile areas; this activities create negative impacts in the cultural, environment and agricultural tradition in the regions and many farmers change their activity to work as miners because of the expectation of a higher income. The regions of Cajamarca and Combeima's canyon of Tolima, Colombia, are the agricultural pantry of several communities; these regions must be considered for the HELPE panel as vulnerable due to the great threat of the future gold exploitation in the Colosa gold mine , "the La Colosa porphyry gold project is located 150km west of Colombia’s capital city, Bogota, in the district of Tolima. La Colosa is the second major greenfield discovery in Colombia. AngloGold Ashanti explored in the site in 2006, followed by initial JORC-compliant resource estimates in May 2008"(http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/la-colosa/ ). Also, it is said that this company has several mining titles on the Combeima canyon. This without including the environmental impact that it will generated to the future in the region; on this subject both you and the participants have to know the harmful effects of this economic activity that brings to the detriment of agricultural production, environment and the health of the people. Other, important aspect is that in this region there are several sources of rivers and streams of fresh water; also these regions are earthquakes zones, so the Tolima's people is very scared and concerned for the potential danger that represent the exploitation gold with cianuro process. The mining activity is unsustainable not only in terms of exploiting non-renewable resources, but also is leaving behind a destroyed environment and society, in most cases irreversibly (http://es.scribd.com/doc/17648023/el-impacto-social-y-ambiental-de-la-mineria ), so the mining activity is dangerous for the production of food in fertile areas. Please, FAO, also include in the panel HLPE the protecting the fertile areas in world food security Thanks you very much Cecilia Murcia 28. Hans Konrad Biesalski from the Universitä Hohenheim, Germany Dear Moderator __________________________________ Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition http://km.fao.org/fsn 20
The impact of climate change on food security addresses mainly quantitative consequences regarding future yield of staple foods. The quantitative view is based on market strategies, but with respect to hunger, that approach is not adequate. The fact that we need 2.200 kcl/capita is misleading because 2.200 kcal from grain-food might be theoretically achieved. However the quality of the diet, micronutrients as the food security indicators, is completely overlooked. If we discuss climate change we need to discuss effects of climate change on food quality and yield of grain and non-grain food with a higher quality. Grain-food has a poor quality with poor absorbable iron and zinc, a few water soluble vitamins and magnesium. The consequence is a worldwide deficiency of zinc, iron, vitamin A and D and further micronutrients. The impact of climate change on food quality is up to now only theoretically discussed. Real scientific data do not exist. The message of the Copenhagen consensus to supplement vitamin A and zinc to decrease hidden hunger is an approach which might help in the short term but without sustainability. If the discussion and research of climate change and food security will not address the impact on micronutrients, the problem of hidden hunger will increase even if yield can be optimized. Solutions like biofortification, gen-technology and further approaches to increase micronutrients in staple food will be one approach. To understand the impact of climate on the micronutrient concentration is essential to develop new strategies to ensure food security not only for developing countries. Prof. Dr. H. K. Biesalski Head of Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Nutrtition Germany 29. Robynne Anderson from the International Agri-Food Network, Canada [1st contribution] Hello, Please find below some thoughts for consideration in the consultation. • Reward resource-based productivity improvements as a direct contributor to Climate change effectiveness • Encourage productivity improvements – in a sustainable way – on existing agricultural land to avoid additional land clearing and give priority to the rehabilitation of degraded agricultural soils. • Recognize the positive contribution of sustainable land management practices through increased coordinated agricultural research. • Include robust methodologies and field-testing to overcome uncertainties around measurement, reporting and verification. • Provide incentives to farmers and other stakeholders which reward adoption of sustainable and responsible production systems, better performing technologies and the efforts of early adopters. • Invest in capability sharing to encourage all farmers to play a role in climate change while safeguarding local and global food security • Enhance capacity building to implement sustainable land management policies and programmes. • Create a dedicated adaptation fund for agriculture accessible to farmers’ organisations in developing countries. • Foster agricultural extension and advisory services that will help farmers adapt and will also be able to report on-the-ground experiences of farmers. Robynne Anderson __________________________________ Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition http://km.fao.org/fsn 21
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