FAO’s Submission D - agricultural practices and technologies - to SBSTA 44 (May 2016)

Martial BernouxClimate

&Environment

Division (NRC)

FAO’s Submission Dto SBSTA 44(May 2016)

“SBSTA and Agriculture in

2016: Perspectives for Asia" webinar

Identification and assessment of agricultural practices and technologies toenhance productivity in a sustainable manner, food security andresilience, considering the differences in agroecological zones and farmingsystems, such as different grassland and cropland practices and systems


“SBSTA and Agriculture in 2016: Perspectives for Asia" webinar

1. Climate change and the food security challenge

Climate change affects the four dimensions of food security

• food availability, • food accessibility,• the stability of food supply, and • the ability of consumers to

adequately utilize food including food safety and nutrition.

Smallholder farmers, forest dwellers, herders and fishers will be the most affected by climate change because of their limited capacity to adapt to its impacts.

795 million people are chronically undernourished (FAO et al., 2015).




2. Enhancement of productivity, cobenefits and trade-offs

To improve productivity and food security while capitalizing on the synergies between adaptation and other climatic concerns, FAO has developed a framework highlighting such potentialities: A sustainable agriculture that will address multiple needs and objectives for the benefits of the four dimensions of food security and nutrition

Climate-smart agriculture, forestry and fisheries (CSA) pursues the triple objectives of sustainably increasing productivity and incomes, adapting to climate change and reducing GHG emissions and enhancing removals where possible

SAVE and GROWpromotes the sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production

Several approaches fit this Framework




2. Enhancement of productivity, cobenefits and trade-offs

a holistic approach for all agricultural sectors, and their correlation

with food security and other human needs, would improve the

effectiveness of actions undertaken to manage climate change by addressing intrinsically linked challenges as one

Maximizing synergies and minimizing trade-offs




3. Agricultural practices and technologies to enhance sustainable productivity, increase resilience and food security for different agroecological zones and farming systems

There is no one-size-fits-all solutions

Module 3: Water management for CSA

Module 4: Soils and their management for CSA

Module 5: Sound management of energy for CSA

Module 6: Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for CSA

Module 7: Climate-smart crop production systems

Module 8: Climate-smart livestock

Module 9: Climate-smart forestry

Module 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture

Module 11: Improved post-harvest management and food chains for CSA

Martial BernouxClimate

&Environment

Division (NRC)

MICCA Programme


“SBSTA and Agriculture in

2016: Perspectives for Asia" webinar

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