Climate Change and Food Security: setting the track for the ... - FAO

Dr. Ipate Judith
Romanian Academy
expert HLPE Romania
46. Carol Thiessen from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Canada
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the proposed scope of the HLPE study on climate
change. I think the scope is acceptable.
I do have a few comments to make about specific sections.
1 a) There seem to be a lacuna of studies on the impact of climate change specifically on
humanitarian assistance needs as a result of climate change--both the scale of demand in future,
the demographics of need vis-a-vis climate migration (destination countries/regions), as well as
the impacts of changes in production patterns for local procurement etc.
1 c) Uncertainty issues: A further issue to consider is the relationship between climate change
and the El Nino/La Nina effect, and the impact on food security.
3 a. Observed adaptation for food security and nutrition: Beyond looking at new crop varieties, it
is also important to look at low external input farming practices that respond to climate change,
such as conservation farming, soil conservation practices such as Sloped Agriculture Land
Technology (SALT) and water conservation practices such as drip irrigation.
3 c) The role for public and private sectors in adaptation: This section only mentions the role of
private sectors. There will remain--and quite likely demand an increased--role for public sector
support for adaptation, through increased agricultural budgets, capacity development to
effectively utilize climate change financing etc. Please include discussion on the integral role of
public sector support for agriculture in adaptation.
4. d) The multi-objective policy for climate change mitigation: It will be imperative to consider
the impacts on most vulnerable peoples (in particular, smallholder farmers) when considering
climate change mitigation policy for agriculture, including current UN climate change
negotiations.
Thank-you.
Carol Thiessen
Public Policy Advisor
Canadian Foodgrains Bank
47. Moses Aisu Okurut from SAFE, Uganda
Dear All,
I was referred to this email to contribute of cases of climate change effects on nutrition through
food insecurity where i had communicated through facebook posting.
Find here my write up show casing Tororo and eastern Uganda.
Yours,
Moses Aisu Okurut
Director
SAFE
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