Lessons in Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods from ARDD 4

Ann Tutwiler

Deputy Director General, FAO

The Context

• Livelihoods & jobs • Food prices & nutrition

•Changing climate •Population & food demand

•GHG emissions & land use change

• Food production

Agriculture: Durban to Rio+ and beyond

1.Consensus on pathways to a transformed food system

1.Whole landscapes and the whole food system

1.Work across sectors and ministries:

– agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, water and development

Photo credits: C Schubert

How agriculture can rise to the challenge

• New leadership models

• Respect and livelihoods to engage youth

• Beyond the hand hoe

• Organize farmers + advisory services

• Farming is a profession

• Landscape approach

(1) Public policy and (2) investment • Agricultural innovation:

• science + institutions + human development

• Sustainable supply chains: • Science + economics

• Bring farmers – especially women – and scientists into policy-making • ‘mosaic’ of solutions

Solutions from Learning Events

(3) Sustainable intensification

• ‘Land sharing or land sparing’?

• Improved livestock forages & feeding

practices

• Leverage agro-ecological knowledge and

farmer-led research for resilience

• Nutrient management: lower input costs

& boost productivity

Solutions from Learning Events (cont.)

(4) Assist food-insecure populations • Food security safety nets • Women’s rights and leadership

(5) Food access & consumption • Information & meaningful choices

(6) Food loss & waste • Infrastructure, coordination & consumers

(7) Knowledge systems • Rural advisory services • Measure household- & landscape-level

resilience

Solutions from Learning Events (cont.)

Success through science & technology (plus policy, capacity, infrastructure & entrepreneurship)

• Economic growth

• Food security

• Poverty reduction

• Long-term environmental sustainability

• Strategic partnership • Long-term funding • Agrobiodiversity

• Gender equity • Nutrition and health • Landscape approach

A food secure future

Rio+20 and beyond

• Integrated approaches for interconnected landscapes

• Knowledge generation and access for sustainable agriculture

• Toward a SDG for sustainable food systems

Photos: ICRAF and

Russia

2013

Thank you!