http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/genetics/natcord.html This presentation by Beate Scherf and Ewald Rametsteiner was held at the Global Workshop for National Coordinators for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources, from 4-5 July 2016 in Rome, Italy. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Construire une vision commune
pour une alimentation et une
agriculture durables
FAO Sustainable Agriculture Programme (SO2)
Beate Scherf & Ewald Rametsteiner
in the context of FAO’s strategic framework

2. 2
• FAO’s strategic framework and new way of working
• Strategic programme 2
• Sustainable food and agriculture
• Sustainable Development Goals and FAO’s Strategic
Framework
• Livestock in the Agenda 2030
Content
Global National Coordinator Workshop, 4 July 2016

3. 3
FAO’s Vision
A world free from hunger and malnutrition
where food and agriculture contribute to improving the living standards of all, especially the poorest,
in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner
Meeting/Workshop title, place and date

4. 4
• Country ownership and leadership
• Cross-sectoral, integrated approaches
• Multi-stakeholder approaches and partnerships
• Alignment of investments, public and private
• Focus on actions with measurable results
The new way of working

5. FIVE Strategic Objectives
1Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition
2Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable
3Reduce rural poverty
4Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems
5Increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters
1
2
3
4
5

6. Making agriculture, forestry
and fisheries more
productive and sustainable
Strategic Programme

7. 7
• Agriculture produces an average of 23.7 million tonnes of food
 19.5 million tonnes of cereals, roots, tubers, fruit and vegetables,
 1.1 million tonnes of meat
 2.1 billion litres of milk.
• Fisheries and aquaculture harvest daily more than 400 000 tonnes of fish
• Forests provide 9.5 million cubic metres of timber and fuelwood
• Total value of agricultural production: US$ 7 billion/day
• Agriculture employs 1/3 of the world’s workers, and provides livelihoods
for rural households totalling 2.5 billion people
• Contributes to many environmental services….
Every day….

8. 8
Today, food and agricultural systems are facing an
unprecedented confluence of pressures
Population increases and requires more and better food,
energy, and other agricultural products
Natural resources are over-exploited, degraded, and
their productivity declines
Poverty, inequality, hunger and malnutrition are still
higher in rural areas than elsewhere
Climate change and volatile food prices affect vulnerable
people, in particular in rural areas
As pressure on resources increase, actions in one part of
the agriculture ’system’ increasingly affect other parts

9. We need a new approach to agriculture
that truly addresses
the different dimensions of
sustainability:
economic, environmental and social,
and allows us to work much more
across sectors, objectives and interests

10. 10
Addressing synergies and conflicts among sub-sectors

11. 11
SFA defines five principles for sustainable food
and agriculture
Enhance the efficiency
of resource use
Conserve, protect, and
enhance natural resources
Improve & protect livelihoods
and human well-being
Enhance the resilience of people,
communities and ecosystems
Promote and improve
effective governance

12. 12
Main features of SFA approach
• SFA builds on, adds coherence and complements sectoral approaches to
agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
• SFA is context-specific, based on the understanding that each situations
requires specific solutions
• People are central to the SFA process, which aims at changes in practices
through the right combination of incentives
• By nature, transition towards SFA is a multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral
process, based on dialogue, seeking to build a common vision
• SFA approaches are flexible, adaptive, and respond to diverse and changing
demands
• SFA approach integrates the external driving forces that influence agriculture

13. 13
The SFA approach, piloted in 5 countries
Rwanda Morocco Bangladesh
Burkina Faso Mexico

14. 14
Integrated Approaches to Efficient
Resource Use (ERU)
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (ESB)
Blue Growth Initiative (BGI)
Thematic
areas
of work

15. 15
Regional Initiatives under SP2
Asia Pacific
Near East and
North Africa
Africa
Latin America and
the Caribbean
regions

16. 16
Regional Initiatives under SP2Rice RAP
Blue Growth RAP
Water Scarcity NENA
Production
Intensification RAF
Climate Change RLC
initiatives
Regional Initiatives under SP2

17. 17
governance
climate change
nutrition
gender
statistics
cross-cutting
themes

18. SFALinking FAO work
to the SDGs

19. 19
Food and agriculture in the center

20. 20
• Achieving the SDGs requires sustainable development within and
across agriculture, forestry and fisheries
 integrated way
 taking trade-offs and synergies across sectors and sustainability
dimensions into account
• SDGs call for new modalities in the way policies, programmes and
investments are pulled together
• Ambition of the SDGs can only be achieved through partnerships
and transforming the way different stakeholders cooperate
SDGs and the Sustainable Food and Agriculture
approach

21. 21
SDGs and the FAO Strategic Objectives

22. 22
Livestock in the Agenda 2030: main linkages
Meeting/Workshop title, place and date

23. 23
Thank you
http://www.fao.org/about/what-we-do/so2/en/

24. Eradication
of hunger
Elimination
of poverty
Sustainable
management
and use of
natural
resources
SP1
Hunger
eradicated
SP3
Poverty
reduced
SP4
Inclusive &
efficient
agricultural &
food systems
SP5
Societies
resilient to
shocks
Outcomes &
outputs
Outcomes &
outputs
SP2
Agricultural
productivity &
sustainability
improved
FAO’s Vision
A world free from hunger and malnutrition where food and agriculture contribute
to improving the living standards of all, especially the poorest,
in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner
Gender, Climate Change, Nutrition, Statistics & Governance
mainstreamed across all objectives
INDICATORS/TARGETS
Outcomes &
outputs
Outcomes &
outputs
Outcomes &
outputs

25. 25
Methodical approach to address the complex
linkages and competition among the users of
resources, the natural environment and social, economic,
nutritional and environmental goals which need to be
recognized and considered in agricultural development
programmes and identifying the necessary trade-offs and
potential synergies they imply.
Integrated Approaches to Efficient Resource Use (ERU)

26. 26
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
CSA assists countries in integrating
climate change into their
agricultural and food security
strategies, policies and practices
• sustainable increase in productivity and income
• resilience and climate change adaptation
• reduction of GHG emissions and increased carbon sequestration

27. 27
When production systems are managed with an
ecosystem approach, they may generate not just goods
(food and timber, for example) but also a diversity of
services and wider benefits such as water purification,
cultural values and conservation of biodiversity.
• build a greater understanding on ecosystem services and
biodiversity
• demonstrate change is necessary and feasible
• build capacity in managing and restoring ecosystem services
• present compelling evidence and share knowledge
Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (ESB)

28. 28
Blue Growth Initiative (BGI)
Improving the governance and management of the
aquatic resources, the conservation of their biodiversity
and habitats, the empowerment of concerned
communities, including through better adaptation of
vulnerable communities to climatic changes and
improved resilience to natural disasters and crises.
• Marine and Inland Capture Fisheries
• Global Aquaculture Advancement Partnership
• Livelihoods and Food Systems
• Economic Growth from Ecosystem Services

29. 29
In details…
Regional Initiatives under SP2
The Sustainable Production Intensification Initiative in
Africa takes a food system approach in three main areas of work:
1. Sustainable crop and livestock production intensification, with main focus on the
production systems of staple and cash crops integrated with livestock, aquaculture and
forestry production sectors;
2. Sustainable natural resources management (including fisheries, forestry and animal
genetic resources and ecosystem services and biodiversity), and
3. Inclusive value chain development along the production systems
It aims to facilitate the development of comprehensive capacities to
develop and promote adoption of integrated innovative practices,
and use of technologies that increase production and productivity.
The increased production will be channeled through improved value
chains to pre-identified market opportunities
Africa

30. 30
• Problem: hunger, malnutrition, obesity
• Agriculture needs to produce sufficient quantities of foods covering
all essential nutrients to live a healthy life
• Sufficient incomes coupled with the right knowledge and attitude
towards healthy foods are required to achieve food security
• Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems
1. nutrition-sensitive agriculture
2. availability of a wide range of foods at a reasonable price to consumer
3. consumer can demand and consume nutritious food all year round to
meet their cultural and nutritional needs
Cross-cutting theme: nutrition
Meeting/Workshop title, place and date

31. 31
Cross-cutting theme: gender
SP 1
Help eliminate
hunger, food
insecurity and
malnutrition
SP 2
Make
agriculture,
forestry and
fisheries more
productive and
sustainable
SP 3
Reduce rural
poverty
SP 4
Enable inclusive
and efficient
agricultural food
systems
SP 5
Increase the
resilience of
livelihoods to
disasters
Gender-sensitive
food and
nutrition
security policies,
institutional
mechanisms and
legal
frameworks
Equal access to
natural and
productive
resources,
services and
technologies
Rural women’s
empowerment
through
participation in
institutions, social
protection &
decent
employment
Rural women’s
empowerment
through agri-food
value chains &
entrepreneurship
Gender-sensitive
disaster risk
reduction &
humanitarian
response
Sex-disaggregated data
Capacity development