Recommendations for "Empowerment and Inclusion (244 results)"
Multi-stakeholder dialogues built on evidence-based arguments can help bring together different perspectives, as long as they are developed in an inclusive manner. In order for research to have a real-world impact, implementing agencies, civil society organisations, farmer organisations and private sector actors need to be involved at various stages. However, the role of the private sector, including potential vested interests, should be openly discussed and scrutinized, particularly in relation to blended finance models.
2020
Focus on core practices and principles (e.g., closing natural resource cycles, agroforestry, diversification of crops and livelihoods, inter-cropping and crop rotation, push-pull technology, system of rice intensification, circular economy, co-creation of knowledge, localised food web, gender equity, inclusive decision-making) in order to introduce agroecology to new actors in a way that emphasises its practical applicability and compatibility with existing organisational goals and strategies.
2020
Organise equitable and inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogues based on evidence from agroecological research; enroll champions or figureheads who can help to enhance credibility and build alliances.
2020
Invite policymakers and funders to visit projects and get first-hand information about the added value of agroecological research projects; engage policymakers in sustained dialogue to challenge and counter the other perspectives influencing their thinking.
2020
Build bridges between different parts of the research world with stronger incentives to involve different stakeholders and different forms of knowledge in research design beyond traditional discipline-specific incentives (journal publication and career opportunity).
2020
Give primacy to African research institutions and support bottom-up approaches.
2020
Recognize, respect and protect those traditional production systems, including pastoral systems and their mobility strategies, that use ecosystems sustainably and contribute significantly to the FSN of their communities and associated ways of life;
2016
Increase social protection and improve access to housing, health services and education for rural migrants and their families in urban centers.
2013
Establish productive social nets, including conditional cash transfers that are tied to household participation in primary schooling and health services.
2013
Policies aimed at reducing poverty and income inequality, while enhancing employment and income-generating activities, are key to raising people’s incomes and the affordability of healthy diets. There are important synergies between policies enhancing employment and reducing income inequality for increased food security and better nutrition, including social protection.
2020
Monitor health inequalities at national and subnational levels to identify geographic areas and subpopulations where prevalence is highest, with intervention priority to the most affected areas and population groups, often adolescents, women and children living in poorest households in rural areas but also urban areas.
2020
In parallel with R&D in food and agriculture, low-income countries need to enable and promote inclusive agricultural innovations to meet the rising food demand.
2020
Policies and investments must focus on improving nutrition outcomes among the population for example those that facilitate diversified and integrated food and agricultural production systems, empower women and youth in food and agriculture, and provide incentives for increased production of fruits and vegetables, as well as small-scale livestock, agroforestry, aquaculture and fisheries products.
2020
Inclusive business models, such as contract farming, can address the constraints farmers face in entering markets and value chains. In developing countries, such an approach can be facilitated by effective farmers’ groups and requires multifaceted and coordinated actions by the government, the private sector and civil society.
2020
Policies and social mobilization to address the multiple challenges facing populations who are discriminated against of excluded (based on ethnicity, caste or religion) including: Legal, regulatory and policy frameworks to promote social inclusion; National public expenditure; Improving access to and adequacy of public services (sometimes exclusively targeted to these population group; Empowering institutions and their organizational capacity and participation in decision-making processes; Increasing accountability to protect human rights; and Working to gradually change discriminatory attitudes and behaviors
2019
Participatory, inclusive and equitable gender-based approaches must guide the entire policy/programme cycle, putting vulnerable groups at the centre of responses.
2018
New sources of knowledge beyond formal research systems that include local indigenous knowledge are also critical for agricultural innovation systems.
2018
Supporting climate resilience-building efforts requires site-specific solutions that are owned by the communities that they intend to help. A participatory, inclusive, equitable and gender-based approach is critical to bringing local stakeholders together to identify needs through a better understanding of the climate vulnerabilities and risks faced by communities and individuals. Likewise, it is important to take advantage of autonomous (i.e. local) knowledge and practices when addressing climate variability and extremes. Engaging local people and encouraging open community consultation when designing and implementing interventions helps to build community ownership and ensure long-term sustainability, while also taking into account cultural and gender issues.
2018
A range of locally appropriate climate-resilient options should be designed and implemented through inclusive and gender-sensitive participatory processes. These should be present throughout, beginning with the initial vulnerability and risk analysis, continuing through the prioritization of choices and moving forward to the implementation of measures, taking into account the availability of local resources and the anticipated costs and benefits in the short and long term.
2018
The needs of vulnerable groups should be at the forefront of policy responses. Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks, which can diminish their food security and nutrition, thus limiting their future opportunities. Children are notably affected if, for example, such shocks undermine their school performance, decrease their earning potential, or expose them to a higher risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases later in life.
2018
Acknowledging the risks to nutrition from changing climate variability and extremes is critical in creating more effective safety nets or social protection schemes that are responsive to climate risks. Interventions should also consider advocacy across all agencies and actors in the public, private and civil society sectors to protect and build coping and adaptation strategies for women and other vulnerable groups.
2018
Food security and nutrition policies and Programmes must take into consideration the specific needs and priorities of men, women, boys and girls, and target interventions in a gender-responsive way that leaves no one behind.
2017
Improve income and reduce poverty through participation in agriculture and food systems and/or through improving the ability to produce food for oneself and others.
2014
Support the implementation of policies and actions aimed at empowering and improving human resource capacity for stakeholders, particularly for smallholders, including those that are family farmers – women and men – and their organizations, and promoting their access to resources and inputs, as appropriate.
2014
Ensure that all people are treated fairly, recognizing their respective situations, needs, constraints, and the vital role played by women.
2014
Promote fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization, including commercial, of genetic resources for food and agriculture, on mutually agreed terms, in accordance with international treaties, where applicable for parties to such treaties. This should be done within applicable systems of access to genetic resources for food and agriculture, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities under national law.
2014
Promote the application and use of locally adapted and innovative technologies and practices, agricultural and food sciences, research and development, as well as the transfer of technology as mutually agreed, including for smallholders.
2014
Responsible investment in agriculture and food systems should abide by national legislation and public policies, and incorporate inclusive and transparent governance structures, processes, decision-making, and grievance mechanisms, accessible to all, through respecting the rule and application of law, free of corruption.
2014
Share information relevant to the investment, in accordance with applicable law, in an inclusive, equitable, accessible, and transparent manner at all stages of the investment cycle.
2014
Engage with and seek the support of those who could be directly affected by investment decisions prior to decisions being taken and responding to their contributions, taking into account existing power imbalances, in order to achieve active, free, effective, meaningful and informed participation of individuals and groups in associated decision-making processes in line with the VGGT.
2014
Establish effective and meaningful consultation with indigenous peoples, through their representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent under the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples and with due regard for particular positions and understanding of individual States.
2014
Apply mechanisms that provide for independent and transparent assessments of potential impacts involving all relevant stakeholder groups, in particular the most vulnerable.
2014
States have a key role in providing public goods and services necessary for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, including infrastructure, energy, environmental protection, research and development, education, health, nutrition, and childcare services, among others, especially in rural areas. They are encouraged to ensure inclusive and non-discriminatory access to these services.
2014
Facilitate smallholders’ access to public services and the benefits from public policies and programs, by creating smallholder registries, as appropriate, at the national or regional level.
2014
Foster transparent and inclusive business models and partnerships, including public private partnerships, to promote sustainable development.
2014
Smallholders and their organisations should apply the Principles [CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems], with particular attention to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and youth, by (1) Increasing productivity and income, adding more value in their operations and using natural resources sustainably and efficiently, where applicable; (2) Strengthening their resilience;(3) Managing risks, relevant to their context and circumstances, to maximize positive, and avoid negative impacts on food security and nutrition; (4) Participating in policy, programme, and monitoring processes at all levels; (5) Complying with national laws and regulations and acting with due diligence to avoid infringing on human rights.
2014
Communities, indigenous peoples, those directly affected by investments, the most vulnerable, and those working in agriculture and food systems are encouraged to actively engage and communicate with the other stakeholders in all aspects and stages of investments to promote awareness of and respect for their rights as outlined in the Principles [CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems].
2014
Empower farmers and help them enhance their capability and skills by promoting knowledge transfer on voluntary and mutually agreeable terms; applying this transferred knowledge on the ground and in vocational training; and by facilitating access to ICT, precision farming, and agricultural innovations. Encourage new and motivated entrants to the farming and the agri-food sector and identify business models that provide opportunities for new entrants.
2016
Increase opportunities for women and youth in the agricultural sector by strengthening their active involvement in farm ownership, farm management, marketing and other agricultural and agri-food related activities, as well as improving equal access to land and other assets, so as to improve incomes and livelihoods. Facilitate international fora for sharing information on relevant policy changes and successes of policy measures which empower women and youth in the agriculture and food systems in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals on gender equality.
2016
Promote global responsible investment and trade for food value chains, in particular in developing countries, through better application of internationally recognized labor, social and environmental standards, principles and commitments, in particular the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI), the OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains and the New Alliance Analytical Framework for Responsible Land-Based Investments.
2016
Promote the use of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and other outcome metrics for women’s empowerment, and systematically disaggregate results by sex.
2016
Focus on better data. Improve efforts and support developing country efforts to measure hunger and malnutrition, including by enhancing stakeholder coordination and using these data to inform policies and programmes. Recognize the importance of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative in making agricultural and nutritional data available, accessible and usable by stakeholders globally.
2016
Enhance synergies and engagement with broad stakeholders and other fora, as well as collaborating with regional efforts and taking into consideration each region’s specific context and challenges and adjusting approaches where necessary.
2016
Implement effective actions for the empowerment of women and youth in the rural-urban continuum [policies, technical assistance, capacity building and investments that create new decent work and agri-entrepreneurship opportunities for women and youth and support their empowerment as active participants and leaders at all levels of food systems and institutions].
2021
Enhance social-protection measures and programs, with a focus on people living in vulnerable situations, of whom large shares depend on the agriculture and food sector for their livelihoods. This includes emergency food assistance and safety nets, cash and in-kind transfer programmes as appropriate, local procurement schemes and school feeding programmes as relevant, mother and child nutrition programmes, food banks, to the extent possible based on locally produced biodiverse food and local food culture, and other interventions focused on informal sector workers, with particular attention to effective action for gender equality, youth, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations, which builds agency and empowerment.
2021
All relevant actors across the international financial architecture and financial ecosystem need to play a role, in line with respective mandates, in improving availability of and access to sustainable finance in the food and agriculture sector to effectively enable small scale and family farmers and fisherfolk, pastoralists, agro-enterprises, cooperatives and other operators within food value chains to invest more in sustainable food systems, particularly in developing and least developed countries.
2021
Recent progress on technology and other forms of innovation including organizational and financial, make it necessary for farmers to acquire a wider range of knowledge and skills in order to enable them to embrace and responsibly utilize new technologies and innovations. It is therefore necessary for an environment where farmers, including new and small scale farmers, regardless of age, gender or geographic location can have access to knowledge and skills.
2019
Emphasize the importance of local, regional and international FVCs in adding domestic value, noting that the larger share of farmers’ income is typically derived from their domestic markets in most countries.
2019
Develop respective FVCs in an inclusive and equitable manner, to the mutual benefit of all participants including family farmers, smallholders, women and youth, by empowering them to make the most use of innovation and knowledge, taking note of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming.
2019
Improve the integration of family farmers, smallholders, women and young people living in rural areas into related value chains and transparent and efficient markets.
2018
Promote sustainable agriculture and the fight against climate change through collaborative partnerships, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches and involving farmers in the co-development and evaluation of sustainable agriculture systems, to accelerate the adoption of new technologies and management practices, and to revitalize sustainable traditional farming systems.
2018
The current flood of data, information and communication suggests the need to balance the Big Data and Smart Analytics approaches, as well as the promotion of skilled farmers and professionals capable of interpreting data streams. Real benefits will need the development and dissemination of smarter decision support systems, and a robust interaction with R&D systems and communities. They will also require building a confident climate to enable farmers and stakeholders to share data, making the benefits from digitalization as inclusive as possible.
2018
Include a wide range of sectors and other stakeholders to engage in investment dialogue and welcome innovative cooperation modalities to promote responsible investment facilitation.
2018
Improved food security and nutrition requires inclusive economic growth and employment creation, especially for women and youth, and social protection mechanisms.
2015
Promote national enabling environments for investment including infrastructure and policies conducive to well-functioning markets, the integration of smallholders and women into those markets, inclusive financing institutions, secure tenure of land, social protection, the management of risk and measures to limit the adverse impacts of excessive price volatility.
2015
Prioritize empowerment and equity to ensure that quality food and its production is accessible to all, including vulnerable and marginalized people and groups
2020
Make equity and human rights an integral part of food security and nutrition policies
2020
Ensure that strategies for improving the food security and nutrition of vulnerable categories, including gender, age and income consideration, are context specific
2020
Empower citizens as food system participants, especially women, indigenous people, migrant workers, displaced people and refugees and other vulnerable people and communities to exercise agency over their own livelihoods and ensure access to diverse, nutritious and safe food.
2020
Ensure that food systems are more equitable and work for the world’s most marginalized producers, consumers and workers. The global private sector has a great responsibility here.
2020
Take strong measures to immediately address wealth, income and social inequality, which has profound implications for FSN.
2020
Ensure food trade is equitable and fair for countries that depend on food imports, for agricultural exporting countries, for producers, including small-holders and for consumers.
2020
Social protection mechanisms, including national and international food assistance, for the poorest and most vulnerable people during, and in the aftermath of, the COVID-19 pandemic, must incorporate provisions on the right to food, in terms of quantity and nutritional quality.
2020
Support local communities and citizens to increase local food production and consumption.
2020
Include support for individual and community responses, such as home and community gardens.
2020
Include food system workers and agricultural producers’ organizations in COVID-19 decision processes at national and international levels.
2020
Ensure food system workers’ rights are recognized and integrated in national legislation; promote and enforce compliance with established norms.
2020
Pay special attention to migrant workers in the food system to ensure they are protected from health risks, have access to health services and social protection.
2020
Targeted upgrading of technology, skills and capabilities to enhance employability and entrepreneurial capacity in rural areas: With a particular emphasis on youth, women, landless workers and other groups facing substantial risk of exclusion, measures to enhance employability include targeted improvement of key technological skills, vocational training for jobs in the commercial sector and basic life skills for success in working environments.
2016
Tailor food system policies so that they create opportunities for marginalized people while addressing key challenges such as unhealthy diets and climate change
2020
Address inclusion at the global policy level, using awareness of inequality to spur discussion on the need for large-scale investments in research and programming to build inclusive food systems
2020
Identify the needs of marginalized people early on and give them a voice in research and policy – and program design processes
2020
Recognize the contributions that excluded people already make to food systems with their time and labor through policies that empower them to secure more equal benefits
2020
Increase women’s decision-making power and control over resources and assets (such as credit, land, training, transport and technology) within the household and communities
2020
Encourage private sector initiatives to foster women’s empowerment, including adoption of standards for gender equity, women’s empowerment, and women’s leadership
2020
Defending human rights, nature rights, and renegotiating the contract between state and society.
2021
Building food policies, food policy councils, and new forms of citizen participation.
2021
Empower the excluded through interventions related to social protection, institutions such as farmers’ organizations, and education through vocational training.
2020
Increase communication and outreach (amplify the voice of champions, facilitate peer-to-peer learning, use technology to directly communicate with farmers)
2019
Political commitment: Restoring peatlands, like most other infrastructure projects, has high potential to arouse opposition from some parties, even if the benefits to the public are clear and the project has the support of the vast majority of those directly affected. Efforts to move forward must be sensitive to issues of equity and seek participation and consent but should respect majority support.
2019
Reduce critical nutrition gaps by combining food (quality and price) information systems, measures for guaranteeing stable market access and gender-targeted food schemes. Depending on the context, targeting specific groups, such as minorities and indigenous peoples, may be needed.
2021
Use market-based incentives and innovation programmes to support poor people’s food purchasing power and women’s bargaining power – and enable them to make better-informed food choices through training, labelling, communication and digitalization.
2021
In creating opportunities to diversify, attention to women and youth is important. This implies the promotion of more equal access to productive assets between generations and between men and women.
2021
Recognize the multiple and diverse voices that young people can bring to sustainable food systems transformations; guarantee and encourage equal, non-discriminatory and active participation of youth in formal governance mechanisms on food security and nutrition and in other decision-making fora at all levels (e.g. civil society, private sector, CFS, national and local policy making spaces).
2021
Recognize the multiple and diverse voices that young people can bring to sustainable food systems transformations; guarantee and encourage equal, non-discriminatory and active participation of youth in formal governance mechanisms on food security and nutrition and in other decision-making fora at all levels (e.g. civil society, private sector, CFS, national and local policy making spaces).
2021
Recognize the multiple and diverse voices that young people can bring to sustainable food systems transformations; guarantee and encourage equal, non-discriminatory and active participation of youth in formal governance mechanisms on food security and nutrition and in other decision-making fora at all levels (e.g. civil society, private sector, CFS, national and local policy making spaces).
2021
Donors will need to pay more attention to the structural barriers and enabling conditions for change, and the associated power dynamics of differing stakeholder interests
2022
Donors have a particular responsibility to help ensure that food systems transformation is underpinned by attention to inclusion, non-discrimination and human rights, to ensure benefits for all.
2022
Support the development of all forms of necessary infrastructure, particularly in poorer and marginal areas, to improve the economic conditions and competitiveness of the agriculture and food sectors in those areas.
2022
Invest in focused initiatives that support the particular financing needs of women and youth entrepreneurs.
2022
Support environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive value chain and sector development by investing in the processes that enable coordination among value chain actors and the collective implementation of sustainable and equitable practices.
2022
Prioritize capacity-building for MSMEs to build and expand existing localized value chains and create an enabling environment, with a specific focus on women, youth and other underrepresented entrepreneurs.
2022
Provide resources for the voices and interests of groups that are experiencing poverty or marginalization to be effectively represented in any multistakeholder or policy development forums and processes.
2022
Maintain and strengthen support for civil society organizations (including producer organizations, consumer groups, women’s forums, youth groups and indigenous groups) that are working on food systems, and enable them to bring a balancing power and accountability to the interests of business and the State.
2022
Limited donor funding needs to be used to help address underlying structural constraints to more equitable, nutritious and sustainable food systems.
2021
Ensure that food systems provide inclusive (fair) economic opportunities for as many people as possible, including producers, workers and consumers.
2021
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, as well as knowledge and education, strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
The agency dimension of food security is also key to addressing power asymmetries and reducing inequality, for example, by enhancing the participation of the rural poor in food systems transformation and its benefits.
2021
The persistence of socio-economic inequalities amplifies the need for systemic changes in food systems to provide vulnerable and historically marginalized populations with greater access to productive resources, technology, data and innovation to empower them to become agents of change towards more sustainable food systems.
2021
Persistent and high levels of inequality seriously limit people’s chances to overcome hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Policies, investments and laws that address underlying structural inequalities faced by vulnerable population groups in both rural and urban areas are needed, while also increasing their access to productive resources and new technologies.
2021
Measures of empowerment include increased access to productive resources, including access to natural resources, agricultural inputs and technology, financial resources, knowledge and education, as well as strengthened organizational skills and, importantly, access to digital technology and communication.
2021
The agency dimension of food security is also key to addressing power asymmetries and reducing inequality; for example, by enhancing the participation of the rural poor in food systems transformation and its benefits.
2021
The persistence of socio-economic inequalities amplifies the need for systemic changes in food systems to provide vulnerable and historically marginalized populations with greater access to productive resources, technology, data and innovation to empower them to become agents of change towards more sustainable food systems.
2021
Persistent and high levels of inequality seriously limit people’s chances to overcome hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Policies, investments and laws that address underlying structural inequalities faced by vulnerable population groups in both rural and urban areas are needed, while also increasing their access to productive resources and new technologies.
2021
Systemic, inclusive approaches to food systems strengthen the links between the environment, health and food production. This includes a biocentric approach that uses new metrics to measure system performance to complement current indicators. Internationally, the One Health approach recognizes the interdependence between food, health and the environment, including biodiversity.
2021
Document lessons learned from IFAD AE-based projects investing in multi-stakeholder territorial platforms, where small-scale producers, women, youth and Indigenous Peoples are meaningfully involved in discussing and finding solutions to the systemic barriers to the transition of agroecological and sustainable food systems.
2021
Treat everyone as a stakeholder in food systems. An extension of treating everyone as a stakeholder is valuing diversity and engaging inclusively which are essential to achieve equity.
2021
Engage collaboratively in partnerships.
2021
Amplify and empower historically excluded voices with special attention to and engagement of women, Indigenous Peoples, smallholder farmers and other small-scale producers, and youth.
2021
Targeted scholarship programmes be created by national governments – and adequately funded by donors – to allow young people from low-income countries, especially girls, to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
2022
UN System organizations and international research institutions should contribute to eliminating language barriers, by expanding the set of languages in which relevant e-learning platforms are offered.
2022
FAO and other UN System organizations that have a mandate for agriculture, food and nutrition, should develop a code of conduct for data generation and use, based on FAIR and CARE principles, that addresses the diversity of FSN data-governance-related issues – including power imbalances, inclusiveness, the operationalization of open access and transparency principles – for all types of actions in data generation, consolidation and utilization; and that FAO become a FAIR and CARE certifier for agriculture, food and nutrition datasets.
2022
Women’s participation, along with that of other vulnerable groups, should be strengthened across resource governance, including in clean energy systems, water systems, landscapes, crop development, and digital innovations.
2022
Improving women’s status and gender equality positively influence the nutritional status of women and their families. Therefore, eliminating structural gender inequalities and unleashing women’s potential can play a fundamental role in improving access to affordable healthy diets.
2023
Multifaceted and targeted territorial planning to address gender-related challenges to access affordable healthy diets (e.g., efficient transport systems to reduce the time between home and work; strategically locating city food outlets that supply nutritious, diverse food on routes that women take in their daily lives).
2023
Existing evidence indicates that improving market access of Indigenous producers in remote areas could lead to significant improvements in economic and livelihood outcomes.
2023
The closure of the gender gap in rural areas is a key consideration for any food production policy oriented towards improving access to affordable healthy diets.
2023
Building relationships and collective processes together with trusted representatives of the private sector, especially relevant market players, as well as governments and researchers in both social and natural sciences, can be critical in developing sustainable marketing strategies for Indigenous Peoples’ food products.
2023
Smartphone applications that enable users to make small donations to specific initiatives can provide support for a range of operations, from building resilience to implementing school feeding programmes to delivering food assistance in emergency situations.
2023
Technologies and innovations must be adapted to local needs, opportunities and constraints, to ensure they are accessible to all who want to adopt them.
2023
Policymaking processes should facilitate interjurisdictional agreements and regulations, as well as the participation of a variety (including non-governmental) of actors.
2023
Institutional arrangements need to consider the key role of subnational governments (local and regional) as well as that of non-governmental actors.
2023
Bolster the land and resource rights of women, peasants, Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups, including legal recognition and inheritance rights; protect communal and collective tenure rights to resources, including enshrining free, prior and informed consent, and promote sustainable community-based management of those resources.
2023
Design and implement asset-building and livelihood programmes, such as land and livestock transfers, tailored for resource-poor, disadvantaged groups.
2023
States, intergovernmental organizations, private sector and civil society should facilitate the organization of disadvantaged stakeholders and build inclusive institutions and partnerships to improve representation.
2023
Build and support farmer, fisher, peasant, food-producer, landless and migrant worker organizations; self-help groups and cooperatives; as well as labour organizations throughout food systems – particularly including women – to ensure better representation and agency. Explicit consideration should be given to inclusivity in participation and group decision-making and the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
2023
Leverage the benefits of collective action to improve access to inputs, finance, information, value chain opportunities, certification/standards and market opportunities, as well as decent work, safe working conditions and a living income based on careful consideration of, and with a clear plan to address, local contexts and power asymmetries.
2023
States, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and civil society should make equity-sensitive investments in supply chains and in disadvantaged areas.
2023
Invest in filling the gaps in access to finance among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) along the value chain, with special consideration for groups that are traditionally disadvantaged, including small-scale producers, small-scale input providers and traders, and women, as well as those with limited current commercial orientation.
2023
Invest in civil society and government staff working more closely with marginalized communities, including enhancing their legal capacity to uphold their right to food, decent work and a clean environment.
2023
States, intergovernmental organizations, private sector and civil society should plan and govern food environments including trade, retail and processing with an equity focus.
2023
Ensure universal access to social protection as direct support for food security and nutrition among the most marginalized groups, and to enhance access to productive assets for those with food systems-dependent livelihoods.
2023
Ensure, through equity-impact assessments that include the representation of affected groups, that multilateral and bilateral trade and investment agreements do not negatively impact food environments and diets, including a redressal process available to marginalized groups’ representatives when complaints arise.
2023
Ensure greater transparency in the preparation of international and bilateral trade and investment negotiations, and develop systems to support domestic decision-making, coordinated between sectors involved in food, the environment, public health, industry and trade, to ensure that issues of equity are considered and that marginalized groups have a say.
2023
Take action toward restructuring or cancelling the debt of countries where food security and nutrition is constrained by debt.
2023
Continue efforts to decrease subsidies on agricultural production in high-income and emerging countries, except those aiming to enhance the nutritional or environmental qualities of food production and to reduce food security and nutrition inequalities, so as to level the playing field for LMICs.
2023
States, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and civil society should leverage SDG 10 (‘reduce inequalities’) to address the systemic drivers of unequal distribution, access and representation, including by mainstreaming participatory approaches in policymaking and practice to amplify marginalized voices.
2023
Ensure policies target the most marginalized people, explicitly state which groups they aim to impact, strive to remove barriers and not impose burdens on the most vulnerable, and speak directly to the 2030 Agenda approach of leaving no one behind.
2023
Ensure that social policy pays specific attention to women’s role, time burdens and other existing burdens in ensuring food security and nutrition; envisages men taking on a greater role in food security and nutrition and addresses adequate compensation of care workers and community health workers, while avoiding arrangements that exacerbate women’s “triple burden” of care.
2023
Identify and manage conflicts of interest between more powerful and less powerful groups in food systems, including where private sector interests and public policy goals conflict; and protect research against undue influence, bias and corruption.
2023
Strengthen inclusive spaces for dialogue, participation and coordinated action at global, national and local levels that centre on building equity, including within negotiations on climate, trade and investment agreements and related policy fora.
2023
Based on a human rights approach, states and intergovernmental organizations should embed equity principles into policy.
2023
Identify policies and interventions that can support individuals and groups to break out of intergenerational food insecurity and malnutrition.
2023
Strengthen national institutions to understand and apply human rights conventions to harmonize policies relating to food systems, agriculture and nutrition from an equity perspective.
2023
Make redressal mechanisms available to marginalized communities when cases of inequities are identified.
2023
Ensure adequate prioritization of populations most affected by climate change, conflict and other contemporary global crises in targeting policy and allocating resources.
2023
Improve major routine public data collection and analysis efforts, sampling adequately along the major axes of inequality within each context, to enable a full understanding of inequality; and apply a more equity-sensitive approach to reporting data in global reports such as SOFI and GNR.
2023
Integrate equity-sensitivity and incorporate diverse knowledges in food security and nutrition research.
2023
Mainstream gender, equity and intersectionality considerations into all aspects of research.
2023
Enable a richer understanding of the root causes and systemic drivers of food security and nutrition inequalities by encouraging and funding qualitative research to capture the lived experiences of actors in food systems. This includes facilitating the understanding and inclusion of traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous and local communities in policymaking.
2023
Governments, intergovernmental and regional organizations should implement national, regional and international strategies to promote the inclusive participation of farmers and fishers and fish workers, including small-scale farmers, indigenous peoples and local communities, peasants and other small-scale food producers, food systems workers, including women, in community, national, regional and international markets.
2021
Governments and intergovernmental actors should facilitate an inclusive and transparent dialogue ensuring the participation of all relevant stakeholders and actors in the food system, giving special attention to small-medium enterprises and smallholder producers and to the most affected by hunger and malnutrition in all its forms.
2021
Governments, with the support of all relevant stakeholders including intergovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, as appropriate, should promote investment in human, system, and institutional capacity to analyze food system information in a comprehensive manner to support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmatic actions, taking into account the need of developing interdisciplinary approaches embracing technical, economic and social issues.
2021
Governments and relevant stakeholders should strengthen full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, in particular women, girls, marginalized groups and peoples with disabilities, in the governance of food systems and nutrition by means of dialogue, as appropriate, consultation, and by strengthening community mechanisms for inclusive participation at local, sub-national, national and regional level. For indigenous peoples this should be based on an effective and meaningful consultation, through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
2021
Governments and relevant stakeholders should support capacity building and strengthen capacities including those of indigenous peoples and local communities so that they can fully and effectively participate in formulating policies and strategies regarding food systems.
2021
Governments, research organizations, academic institutions, and universities should promote the generation and use of science and evidence-based knowledge, including indigenous, and traditional and local knowledge, that demonstrate climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies for sustainable food systems and enabling healthy diets.
2021
Governments should promote and improve the sustainable management and sustainable use of water resources for agriculture and food production through, where appropriate, improved regulation, integrated water resource management at watershed scale, inclusive and participatory approaches, and enhanced water cooperation approaches that involve civil society organizations, farmer organizations, peasants and other small-scale food producers, indigenous peoples and local communities, private sector, and other relevant stakeholders, that take into account the variety of water needs across different sectors.
2021
Governments should recognize and respect all legitimate tenure right holders and their rights including, as appropriate and in line with national legislation, the legitimate tenure rights of indigenous peoples and local communities with customary tenure systems that exercise self-governance of land, fisheries and forests, with special attention to the provision of equitable access for women, in line with the CFS VGGT.
2021
Governments should provide, and intergovernmental organizations, private sector and other relevant stakeholders should promote, where applicable, social protection programmes to food producers and workers helping them to be food secure, have decent income and wages and sufficient livelihoods, and access and afford healthy diets and adequate health services.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector and other relevant stakeholders should engage, encourage and empower youth, acknowledging their diversity, to be actively involved in food systems by enhancing their access to land, natural resources, inputs, tools, information, extension and advisory services, financial services, education, training, markets, and promote their inclusion in decision-making processes in accordance with national legislation and regulations.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations and private sector should, in accordance to national legislations, enable youth active engagement and participation in policy-making across sectors and support the individual and collective capacities to shape food systems by recognizing their agency.
2021
Governments should take equity and equality into consideration when acting to address food environments and ensure members of vulnerable communities, indigenous peoples and local communities, peasants, pastoralists, small-scale fisher folks, agricultural and food workers, rural and urban women and youth, people with disabilities, and people facing constraints due to age and illness, have sufficient access to diverse food that contribute to healthy diets.
2021
Creating local food policy councils to give residents a voice in how best to improve availability, access and affordability of healthy diets in their communities, giving special attention to those people that are most affected by hunger and malnutrition in all its forms.
2021
Governments, consumers, farmers and other food producers organizations should promote the availability of safe and nutritious and sustainably produced food that contributes to healthy diets including nutritious and sustainably produced food from smallholders and family farmers and fishers markets, social organizations and other community-building efforts that engage people around local food cultures.
2021
Governments, civil society organizations, private sector, intergovernmental organizations, academia and other relevant stakeholders should use science and evidence-based as well as cultural, traditional and ancestral knowledge resources to promote and support education and knowledge of healthy diets, sustainable food systems, nutrition, physical activity, diversified production systems, food loss and waste prevention, intrahousehold food distribution, food safety, optimal breastfeeding and, where needed, complementary feeding, taking into consideration cultural and social norms and adapting to different audiences and contexts, including those of indigenous peoples with their voluntary consent on the sharing of their own knowledge as well as participating in broader knowledge and education.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, community leaders, social workers, health professionals, academia and other relevant stakeholders should encourage food cultures, culinary skills and nutrition education and recognize the importance of food in cultural heritage across communities.
2021
Governments should, appropriately, protect and promote the knowledge that indigenous peoples and local communities have with regard to local traditions, ancestral customs and methods of sustainably producing food, preparing, and preserving local and traditional food that has nutritional and environmental benefits, promotes food safety, and improves livelihoods and enhances social conditions.
2021
Governments, with the support of intergovernmental organizations upon request, should, as appropriate, implement comprehensive school and pre-school food and nutrition policies, review education curricula to incorporate nutrition and sustainability principles and sustainable practices, involve communities, especially local communities including, where possible, small-scale food producers and workers and their organizations, in promoting and creating healthy food environments and healthy diets through sustainable food systems in schools, kindergartens and other childcare facilities, and support school health and nutrition services.
2021
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, civil society and non-governmental organizations, small-scale food producers and workers and their organizations, and other relevant stakeholders should support food and nutrition dialogues with indigenous peoples and local communities, farmer field schools and agriculture extension services by sharing the knowledge, experience and insights of individuals who are not usually regarded as members of the nutrition community (e.g. community and religious leaders, chefs, food systems suppliers, retailers and consumers, youth leaders, farmers and food producers, young entrepreneurs, small-scale food producers and workers and their organizations, health care workers, mayors and local communities).
2021
Governments should ensure equal opportunities and promote equal participation between women and men in policy decision-making, supporting women especially in rural context, and ensuring gender equality in leadership roles in decision making bodies – parliaments, ministries and local authorities at district and community levels.
2021
Governments, private sector, intergovernmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders should enhance women’s roles in agriculture by promoting their participation and decision-making over what and how they choose to produce crops/food.
2021
Women should be offered equal access to extension and advisory services for crops and animal products that they produce or process, capacity-building to engage with traders, financial services (e.g. credit and savings mechanisms), and entrepreneurial opportunities across food systems.
2021
Promoting and supporting that national development strategies are informed by participatory gender and age analyses, and that women and girls throughout the lifecycle, with compromised nutritional status and higher levels of deprivation, access gender-responsive socialprotection programmes and benefits.
2021
Governments and intergovernmental organizations should pay particular attention, to protection issues, and ensure safe and unhindered access to safe, nutritious food and nutritional support to the most vulnerable groups and implement community based nutrition education activities to address malnutrition in humanitarian contexts and should foster access to productive resources and to markets that are remunerative and beneficial to smallholders.
2021
Intergovernmental organizations and development partners should, with the consent of governments, where appropriate, involve local non-governmental organizations, private sector and other relevant stakeholders, including appropriate safeguards for the identification and management of potential conflicts of interests, in the implementation of humanitarian food assistance and livelihood programmes to support economic recovery and development, strengthen sustainable local food systems and foster the ability of smallholders and/or family farmers to access resources to bolster production and markets.
2021
Support the optimal combination and reconciliation of family and work life, including through economic empowerment of women, social protection programmes, including among others child and family support payments, and parental leave, establishment of minimum wages, reduction of the gender pay gap, and quality job and pensions as well as redistribution of unpaid care work.
2021
In cases where comprehensive assessments show that sustainability can be improved, develop context-specific policies and plans to move towards, and to improve, sustainable agriculture and food systems through inclusive processes based on the results of such assessments; ensure the participation of all relevant stakeholders: particularly women, youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, and people in vulnerable situations, and sectors.
2019
Implement, monitor, evaluate and continually improve context-specific agriculture and food systems’ transformation policies and plans, with the inclusive participation of relevant stakeholders, giving particular attention to the people in vulnerable situations , recalling that transformation of food systems should be encouraged in a coherent manner, as appropriate and in accordance with and dependent on national context and capacities.
2019
Ensure that farmers, including peasants, family farmers and other people working in rural areas, in particular small-scale food producers, have equal access to, and control over land and natural resources, in accordance with national legislation, that are the essential basis for any form of sustainable agricultural production, by adopting appropriate regulations at the national level, consistent with the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (CFS-VGGT) and other relevant frameworks.
2019
Strengthen policies, programmes and actions that eliminate structural barriers to address root causes of gender inequality, in particular by considering that laws and policies to support inter alia equal access to natural resources, finance and public services, respecting and protecting women’s knowledge, as well as eliminating all forms of violence, including gender-based violence and discrimination against women, and promoting women’s empowerment.
2019
Strengthen agricultural knowledge, information and innovation systems by enabling that research, extension/dissemination and education/capacity building to be integrated in an inclusive, participatory, bottom-up and problem-oriented manner in order to find holistic solutions to food system challenges based on agroecological and other innovative approaches, while not discouraging research and adoption of existing technologies and practices that contribute positively to sustainable development.
2019
Promote, as well as enable, responsible investment in participatory research and innovation on agroecological and other innovative approaches addressing especially the specific needs of people in vulnerable situations with their active engagement. This might include a focus on the local dimension of global challenges.
2019
Take appropriate measures to promote the human rights of all and recognize the importance of the values and interests of peasants, indigenous peoples, local communities, family farmers and other people working in rural areas, particularly in maintaining, expressing, controlling, protecting and developing their knowledge, including traditional knowledge, taking into account its specificity, for example through knowledge systems embedded in agricultural heritage systems, while recognizing the critical role of rural and indigenous women in the context of food security and nutrition.
2019
Enable transdisciplinary science and capacity building, valuing the knowledge and participation of all relevant stakeholders, particularly indigenous peoples and local communities and sharing of knowledge among them, including in the setting of research priorities.
2019
Include safeguards for the identification and management of possible conflicts of interest and against power imbalances.
2019
Strengthen public research to address the needs of farmers and all other people working and living in rural areas, in particular women, youth, elders, indigenous peoples and local communities.
2019
Support inclusive, transparent, participatory and democratic decision-making mechanisms at all levels in agriculture and food systems (for example, national inter-ministerial food security and nutrition committees and municipal food policy councils).
2019
Support processes that facilitate and prioritize the active participation of people most at risk of food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms and people in vulnerable situations, including women, youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, in decision-making that affects them at the local, national and global levels, through the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.
2019
Promote the empowerment of women, particularly small-scale food producers and family farmers, and their organizations, by supporting collective action, negotiation and leadership skills, to increase access to and equity in the control over land and natural resources, according to national legislation.
2019
Increase access to, inter alia, education, appropriate extension and financial services, methodologies and technologies that are adequate for women, youth and elders, and full participation in related policy processes.
2019
At the country level, donors and governments must recognize the importance and value of an articulated negotiation process around food systems transformation.
2023
Consider options for impartial convening of collaborative planning processes that enable all development partners (including the private sector) to come to a neutral table.
2023
Protect fishers and fish workers with social protection and inclusive access.
2023
Ensure inclusive, sustainable and equitable access to fisheries, land and water resources for those engaging in fishing and aquaculture activities.
2023
Improve stakeholder engagement in an inclusive manner, especially listening to women’s and Indigenous Peoples’ voices, throughout the [environmental] restoration process.
2023
Recognize Indigenous Peoples as key stewards and incorporate their knowledge, rights and participation in restoration initiatives.
2023
Prioritize projects led by Indigenous Peoples and address challenges related to land tenure security.
2023
Ensure equitable benefit sharing from restoration initiatives, especially towards women, respecting Indigenous Peoples’ customary rights, and providing free, prior and informed consent.
2023
Strengthen territorial rights and governance to support participatory engagement and fair distribution of benefits.
2023
Recognize Indigenous Peoples’ rights through policies supporting territorial rights and governance.
2023
Improve inclusive governance for land and water, and collaborative decision-making.
2023
Establish inclusive governance models that recognize both customary and statutory land and water rights, and encourage hybrid legal systems for equitable water and land tenure regimes.
2023
At the individual or community level, protect land rights for vulnerable groups, including women, youth and Indigenous Peoples, to address existing inequalities in access and in ownership.
2023
Foster global cooperation to facilitate knowledge sharing, technology transfer and capacity-building, enabling both developed and developing nations to participate in the transition to clean bioenergy.
2023
Protect the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
2023
Ensure that the rights of vulnerable groups, especially women and Indigenous Peoples, have their rights protected, restored or improved – in particular, equal rights regarding access to ownership of assets like land.
2023
Improve education in rural communities, especially for women and girls, to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, and promote lifelong learning opportunities.
2023
Improve the capacity of students, especially for women and girls, in low- and middle-income countries to achieve higher education in the fields of biology, agronomy, crop science, veterinary science, nutrition and soil sciences and other sciences relevant for the transformation of agrifood systems.
2023
Improve social protection systems; strengthened social protection systems enhance the capacity to swiftly reach and assist vulnerable populations, ensure timely support, facilitate effective adaptation and recovery efforts, and ensure seamless delivery of multiple services.
2023
Protect vulnerable groups, especially women, impacted by climate change through well designed social safety net programmes and public employment programmes that incorporate climate vulnerability in their targeting.
2023
Ensure that women’s needs, challenges and priorities are included and budgeted for in agrifood system and climate-related policies.
2023
Protect low-income and vulnerable groups from the side effects of mitigation or nutrition policies through adequate cash transfers and job training in case of reduction of their economic activities due to mitigation measures originating from agrifood systems (e.g. reduced production of some commodities) or beyond (e.g. energy pricing).
2023
Improve women’s access to financial services and weather index-based insurance.
2023
Improve knowledge exchange and learning on inclusive policies and policy reform agenda.
2023
Improve the collection of sex-disaggregated data in agrifood systems.
2023
Improve the data on land tenure, aquatic resource use, and forest use and land use through remote sensing coupled with ground truthing and community engagement to guarantee access rights and monitor evolutions.
2023
Protect intellectual property rights and access to data generated by farmers, fishermen and foresters.
2023
Build government accountability to citizens — for example, through online transparency tools.
2024
Provide an enabling governance environment that fosters the growth of successful grassroots movements that can support better diets and nutrition.
2024
Improved and equitable access to information is a fundamental enabler for improved food systems governance overall.
2024
Grassroots movements are playing a key role in reshaping food landscapes from below and demonstrating the transformative potential of an engaged citizenry.
2024
Put national and local governments in the “driver’s seat”.
2024
Making innovative financing instruments more accessible to population groups facing constraints in accessing financial services, such as women, Indigenous Peoples, smallholder farmers and small and medium agrifood enterprises, will be key for financing to work for food security and nutrition.
2024
Tackle structural inequalities, ensuring interventions are pro-poor and inclusive by empowering populations in situations of vulnerability and marginalization; reducing gender inequalities by supporting women’s economic activities and the equitable distribution of resources; promoting the inclusion of women, youth and other populations in situations of marginalization; guaranteeing access to essential services; implementing fiscal reforms to reduce income inequality.
2024
Policy priorities of national and local actors must be considered while building this new narrative for an enhanced financing architecture for food security and nutrition.
2024
In addition to strengthening markets, non‑market food sources, such as public procurement, community kitchens and remittances, should also be supported and developed to cater to the most vulnerable population groups and to provide buffer in times of crises.
2024
Develop local bylaws that support the decentralized development of food banks and community kitchens, as well as deferral of surplus food to food banks, community kitchens and other food distribution programmes, informed by principles of dignity and agency.
2024
Ensure that infrastructure investments, including for transport, are equity sensitive, and include informal‑sector actors and food‑insecure consumers.
2024
Enhance decent work and employment in urban and peri-urban food systems, including by providing childcare spaces within traditional markets, promoting occupational safety and health, guaranteeing labour rights, etc.
2024
Develop and invest in social protection programmes targeting specific urban and peri-urban contexts.
2024
Increase financing and capacity of local and urban governments, particularly in LMIC contexts, to tackle urban food‑system challenges, and identify and promote innovative approaches for mobilizing resources (such as municipal bonds) and ensure sufficient municipal staff with holistic skills to address food‑system challenges.
2024
Ensure that municipal financing is adequate and coherent with municipal mandates.
2024
Develop inclusive multi-actor platforms to encourage active participation of local communities in decision‑making processes, including through building their capacity to effectively engage, and addressing inherent power imbalances.
2024
Build capacities of urban food‑system actors (especially the underrepresented, such as traditional market‑trader associations and consumer associations) to enable stronger representation.
2024
Resilience planning should be informed by the lived experience of vulnerable populations, should include civil society organizations, and should apply practices that have demonstrated impacts on household and community resilience.
2024
Include food‑system support in disaster‑response funding plans at all levels, from national to local.
2024
Ensure finer‑grained disaggregation of data (along the urban–rural continuum, city size, intracity), to allow analysis of intersectional vulnerability.
2024
Invest in and learn from city food networks as a mechanism for sharing knowledge, training and increasing local government voice in national and international policy spaces.
2024
SMEs also need support as many have trouble accessing credit, and lack business management skills. These constraints can be overcome through setting up investment funds and training programs to support networks of SMEs. Special emphasis should be given to training and encouraging entrepreneurship among women and young people.
2017
In-depth partnership with CSOs, grassroots organizations, and POs must be expanded throughout the full project cycle (including M&E) to drive sustainable impact. While government consultation is often extensive, change needs to happen locally, and POs and CSOs must be more involved – not just in project design, but in implementation and evaluation (with evaluation being set up early on in the project).
2020
Raise women’s voices in key processes such as negotiations with market actors, research decisions, and political processes
2020
Ensure that food system transformations do not disempower women by increasing workloads or reducing decision-making power, but rather create a virtuous cycle of inclusion and empowerment to benefit women and men
2020
Collect and evaluate more data relevant to women’s empowerment within food systems, including on capacities, motivations, and roles in the value chains
2020