SIANI Expert Group

Agriculture at the crossroads

– agriculture transformation in

low income countries under

the challenges of global

environmental change

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Goal

• Deepened knowledge among different

stakeholders in Sweden about the need for a

transition of the agriculture sector to an approach

based on ecosystem services, biodiversity,

nutrient circulation, local knowledge and cross-

learning.

• Deepened policy dialogue in the Swedish context

that could also have implications on the global

level.

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Key worlds

•agroecology

• food security

•small-scale farmers

•planetary boundaries

•sustainable development

•pro-poor rural development

•cross learning

•agricultural transformation3

Output

•Workshop “Scaling up…”

•Policy briefs “Agroecology”, “Scaling up...”

•Seminar ”How to feed…”

•Report “Resilience and agricultural systems

in Brazil – a pilot project”

•Project application

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Outcome…

•Increased stakeholder dialogue in the

area of “Agriculture at the crossroads –

agriculture transformation in low

income countries under the challenges

of global environmental change” and

coordination within Sweden and

among Sweden’s “global actors” in the

area.

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… Outcome

•Intensified policy dialogue between

different stakeholders in Sweden and

globally.

•More focus on agriculture and agro-

ecology in the political development

discussion in Sweden and globally.

•The way forward, priorities and needs

identified.6

Policy level impact

How the work will influence political,

institutional and social development and

provides a base for future policy and

discussion inputs.

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Members Expert group

• Karin Höök, Senior Expert, Global Agriculture and Food Security, Swedish

Society for Nature Conservation (coordinator)

• Louise Karlberg, Head of Bioresources Unit, Stockholm Environment

Institute (SEI)

• Jakob Lundberg, Head of Development and Policy, We Effect and We

Agroforestry

• Kristina Mastroianni, Technical Director Agriculture, NIRAS International

Development

• Fredrik Moberg, Director, Albaeco and Communication Advisor, Stockholm

Resilience Centre

• Gunnar Rundgren, CEO, Grolink Consultancy AB

• Lennart Salomonsson, Professor, Department for Urban and Rural

Development and Theme Leader SLU Global, Swedish University of

Agricultural Sciences

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Albaeco/Resilience Centre

•Member of the UN - Sustainable

Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

(scientific input to the new ”Sustainability

Goals”),

•Lead role in UN - Future Earth (global

research initiative for coordination of

environmental research) and other forms of

policy impact within the UN system and

overall objective to make research more

policy relevant.

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SEI

•FAO

•UNFCCC

•Active role in the SDG development

process

•SIANI network

• Involved in numerous policy processes at

the regional to local level

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SSNC

•AU - through the “SSNC Ecological Organic

Initiative”

•The global environment NGO network

through the global programme of SSNC

•UN (new development goals etc.) through

Millenium Institute, Biovision.

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We Effect

•AgriCord

•International Cooperative Alliance

(ICA)

•CoopsEurope

•Cifca

•FAO

•IFAD

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Grolink

•UNEP

•UNCTAD

•AU

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NIRAS

•The Swedish Foreign Ministry and

Sida through Swedish Consultants

network.

•Implementing policy development

projects and institutional development

projects for multilateral and bilateral

donors at both national and local levels

in many countries.

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WorkshopScaling–up strategies – from Technology

Transfer to Empowerment with Focus on

Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food

Security (August 2014)

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Policy brief 1

• Agroecology

• Scaling up

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Policy brief 2

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Seminar March 10, 2015

9:00-13:00How to feed nine billion within the planet’s boundaries- Agroecology

for Food Security and Nutrition

Moderator: Fredrik Moberg Albaeco/Stockholm Resilience Centre

09.00 Welcome

09.05 Introduction. Isabella Lövin, Minister/ Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary. International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign

Affairs

09.20 Wake up before it´s too late! Agriculture at the crossroads: Assuring food security in developing countries under challenge of

global environmental change. Ulrich Hoffmann (former UNCTAD) Se http://unctad.org/en/publicationslibrary/ditcted2012d3_en.pdf

09.50 Agroecology for food security and nutrition. Barbara Herren, FAO. Se http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/

10.20 Agroecology – the need for stakeholder collaboration. Pablo Tittonell, Professor in agroecology, Wageningen University..

10.50 Coffee

11.20 Scaling-up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on agroecology. Riccardo Queiros, We Effect Latin

America

11.50 Scaling-up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on agroecology. Mwatima Juma, IFAD country

coordinator Tanzania and president TOAM (from SSNC NGO network) and member of EOA (Ecological Organic Agriculture) Initiative.

12.20 Reflections. Panel with decision makers. Ola Möller, Sida (expert agriculture), UD, ev. Landsbygdsdep. nu Näringsdep., Miljö- och

jordbruksutskottet, Vetenskapsrådet. Hur kan en hållbar produktion på bästa sätt bekämpa fattigdomen? EV. handel/näringsliv.

12.55 Thanks!

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Resilience and agricultural systems in Brazil – a pilot project

Objectives

• Develop and text a methodology to assess the resilience

of agricultural systems (on the ground, existing farms)

• To demonstrate the potential of agricultural systems in

adapting to a context of climate uncertainties

• To assess the potential of agricultural systems in

mitigating the effects of GHG

• To assess the potential of agricultural systems in

protecting biodiversity

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The way forward – joint application (draft April 2015)

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