Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Final Summary

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change was held from 31 October to 5 November

2010 at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Conference was organized by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in close cooperation with Ethiopia, Viet Nam, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change is intended as a follow-up to the Shared

Vision Statement agreed at the Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) in May

2009 and to further develop the agriculture, food security and climate change agenda.

On Policies and strategies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:

coordination, synergy and integration between sectoral development plans, coherence of global processes, enabling

policies; and the role of the private sector.

On Tools and technologies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:

sustainable agricultural intensification;

landscape based approaches and agroforestry;

agriculture and forests;

water conservation and harvesting;

pest and disease control;

soil and nutrient management;

crops;

livestock and fisheries;

genetic resources;

harvesting, processing and supply chains;

input and waste management;

risk management;

research, education and extension services;

engaging the public, media and facilitating multistakeholder dialogue;

knowledge sharing, improved access to information and technology transfer; and

scaling up of replicable models.

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change was held from 31 October to 5 November2010 at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Conference was organized by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in close cooperation with Ethiopia, Viet Nam, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change is intended as a follow-up to the SharedVision Statement agreed at the Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) in May2009 and to further develop the agriculture, food security and climate change agenda.
On Policies and strategies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:

coordination, synergy and integration between sectoral development plans, coherence of global processes, enablingpolicies; and the role of the private sector.

On Tools and technologies for climate-smart agriculture, the Roadmap identifies:

sustainable agricultural intensification;landscape based approaches and agroforestry;
agriculture and forests;water conservation and harvesting;
pest and disease control;
soil and nutrient management;crops;
livestock and fisheries;
genetic resources;
harvesting, processing and supply chains;
input and waste management;
risk management;
research, education and extension services;
engaging the public, media and facilitating multistakeholder dialogue;
knowledge sharing, improved access to information and technology transfer;
and scaling up of replicable models.

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Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.

Contact information	Sean Wu (email: sean@iisd.org)
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/afccOnference/
File link local	ymbvol184num6e.pdf (PDF, 782 Kb)
Source of information	IISD - Earth Negotiations Bulletin (PDF), final issue, VOlume 184, number 6, mOnday, 8 nOVember 2010
Keyword(s)	food secutiry, climate change
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND
Geographical coverage	n/a
News date	08/11/2010
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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