Small-scale Farmers Role in ensuring Food and Nutrition Security and responses to zero hunger challenge: AFAs perspective

AFA Members
VNFU KAFF & WAFF AINOUKAI

South Korea Vietnam Thailand Cambodia Bangladesh

FNN
KKM AFA

Japan
TWADA & TDFA

Taiwan Philippines
PAKISAMA

SORKORPOR

Nepal

Indonesia
InDHRRA NLRF

Role of Small-scale Farmers in Food and Nutrition Security

FEEDING THE WORLD CARING FOR THE EARTH Women and men engaged in family farming produce 70% of Worlds food 1.5 billion women and men working on 404 million of smallscale farm of less than 2 hectares -International Assessment of
Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), 2008
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Central role of women in household health, nutrition and food security

production and reproduction functions

Household backyard gardening and animal raising (water fetching/ feeding)

Indigenous food preservation Solidarity group for food reserve (rice & seed bank)

Breastfeeding use indigenous herbs to enhance milk production

(1st 1000 days ) Clean the house, prepares food, ensures hygiene and sanitation

Women are frontline service provider for education, health, nutrition and agriculture extension First teachers, First doctors / nutritionist. First to respond to disasters Despite these crucial role, women farmers oftentimes zre deprived of access to land, credit and other support services

Small-scale Women farmer in Action

Other Community-based Initiatives

Renewable Energy System

bio-digester program encourages farmer to use power source by using cattle and pig dung. It can produce biogas from cattle- and pig manure. This yields gas for the stove and for lighting. And it reduces emissions of methane, which would otherwise be produced by the decomposing manure.

Building Cooperatives
Small scale farmers cooperative engaged in sustainable agriculture production, processing, and marketing & distribution
Local cooperatives extended technical training support and production loan/credit to support members for their production requirements (capital and inputs) Establish processing facilities to add value to farm produce and sell as processed product (Mindoro, PAKISAMA Member)

Marketing Initiatives
Served as consolidators of farmers produce and directly link to market/marketing organization who distributed goods to institutional, industrial and retail markets e.g. case of Pecuaria (Philippines) and Boyolali (Indonesia) Farmers group/association initiated to organize Savings and credit group which facilitated savings for emergency needs, building-up own capital for future investment opportunities/plan Developed Tools for cooperative

Challenges
Highly vulnerable to extreme climate variability
Absence of accurate early warning system and effective crop & livestock insurance (drought, flood, pests, diseases, etc)

Lack of access and control to productive resources (land, water, seed, energy) viz land conversion,food/feeds vs fuel Lack of extension services and other support services which discourages young farmers to engage in sustainable agriculture
Crop & Vet.services, information and access to biosafety measures, technical advice on endemic diseases Pre & post harvest facilities, road (to minimize losses, preserve food quality) Marketing support ( market information, fair policies in contract arrangements-PPP)

Un-institutionalized participation in key decision-making bodies and processes (particularly women farmer)
No strong representation / influence in consultations viz chambers High cost of participation (traspo ,language barriers, too long and technical 10 papers, etc)

Global Challenge/Paradoxes Unsustainable food production and consumption

1. DOUBLE BURDEN: Under-nutrition and Obesity - One in three developing country children under the age of five (171 million children) are stunted due to chronic undernutrition - At the same time obesity rates have increased drastically in some countries over the last 30 years. 43 million children under five years of age are overweight, and obesity affects around 500 million adults, increasingly in low and middle income countries

2. FOOD LOSSES AND FOOD WASTE Food Losses

Take place at the beginning of the supply chain - during production, post-harvest and processing stages in the food supply chain

Food Waste

Food losses occurring at the end of the food supply chain and is largely associated with the behavior of retailers, the food service sector and consumers.

Food losses and wastes reduce food availability and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. They also represent the wastage of inputs - water, energy, fertilisers, labour and capital - used in food production, distribution and disposal.

Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security by small-scale farmers: key to ending hunger
1. Access to key productive resources (land, water, seeds, energy, etc) 2. Public and Private investment in small-scale food producers (particularly women) including fishers, pastoralist 3.Meaningful participation of small-scale farmers in governance

http://www.soilassociation.org/sustainablefoodcities/thefivethemes

More diverse diets than Fortification & biofortification

Healthy, Sustainable,just Caring and Sharing Community

STRENGTHEING LOCAL INITIATIVES 1.advocacy/campaign for land rights (water, seed, etc) for both men and women 2.Capacity building for Sustainable Agricultural productivity and marketing 3.Cooperative Enterprise Devt 4.Constructive engagement with government,business other stakeholders

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Concluding message
We feed the world and care for the earth but we are highly vulnerable We are big part of the solution, Let us be part of the discussion table Together we can build a healthy, just, sustainable, caring and sharing community of nations THANK YOU