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Contribution of the GEF Biodiversity for Food and
Nutrition to ‘mainstreaming’; country experiences
Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International
What is mainstreaming biodiversity?
• Unprecedented biodiversity loss, degradation of
ecosystems
• Since 1994, the CBD has called for the integration of
relevant concerns related to biodiversity
conservation and its sustainable use into sectoral or
cross-sectoral policies and national decision-making
mechanisms. This process is known as biodiversity
mainstreaming
• Experiences and lessons learned largely confined to
production sectors – agriculture, forestry, fisheries,
mining – few examples of mainstreaming BFN
PROVIDE EVIDENCE – Demonstrate the nutritional value of local BFN and the role it plays in
promoting healthy diets and strengthening livelihoods
INFLUENCE POLICIES - Use the evidence to influence policies and markets that support the
conservation and sustainable use of BFN for improved human nutrition and wellbeing
RAISE AWARENESS – Develop tools and best practices for scaling up the use BFN in development
programmes, value chains and local community initiatives.
•1/3 of the population is food
insecure
•1.8 million children chronically
undernourished
ALVs, sorghum, millets, nuts and oil
crops, indigenous fruits and livestock
Undernutrition ↓
Overnutrition ↑
50% of adult population
overweight (80 million)
Plants for the Future
Project (70 spp.)
Non conventional leafy
vegetables
Undernutrition ↓
Overnutrition ↑
•31% overweight
•12% obese
28 spp. local
edible plant
species
• Acute protein-energy
malnutrition
• Moderate Iron deficiency
anaemia and VAD
Native root and tuber crops,
traditional rice varieties, leafy
vegetables and native fruits
5 year project : 2012 - 2017
Project aim: Strengthen the conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity with high
nutritional potential, by mainstreaming into
nutrition, food and livelihood security
strategies and programmes; develop
markets and value chains for nutritionally-
relevant biodiversity.
Several possible options exist to undertake the
mainstreaming of biodiversity for improving nutrition at
the national and local level
• Policy and Programme Design
• Research
• Implementation
• Awareness
1. Policy and Programme Design
• Mainstreaming BFN into National Biodiversity
Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAP)
• Mainstreaming BFN directly into relevant policies,
programmes and national plans of action on food
security and nutrition – Fome Zero, School Feeding
Programmes
• Mainstreaming BFN into relevant production
sectoral programmes and plans which have a strong
bearing on nutritional outcomes – agriculture
(Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture), forestry….
• Other policy arenas….
Case Study 1: NBSAP Revision Process
• Global First, Brazil’s revised NBSAP 2015
• Limited appreciation of the use of BFN
• For BFN alone, 23 priority actions
identified
• Indicator: “Number of species of Brazilian
native biodiversity included in food and
nutritional security policies”
• US$60 million pledged to protect BFN
“Mainstreaming needs to recognise who
holds power and therefore who needs to
be engaged - Ministries of Finance, or
Finance and Planning are particularly
important in this regard.”
Case Study 2: School Feeding & Procurement
• Opportunity: Move to local
procurement, family farming.
Currently diversification of
procurement is low
• PNAE and CECANES: Awareness
raising, capacity building, online BFN
module, working with nutritionists to
develop new recipes/menus
• School gardens, health and nutrition
education
• Mainstreaming? Exploit increasing
move by programmes such as WFP
P4P, Home Grown School Feeding and
other institutional markets
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
PAA PNAE PGPM
Expenditures on
na ve biodiversity
food products
Total expenditure
Effective mainstreaming requires
• Awareness and political will from the highest levels, providing
support;
• Strong leadership, dialogue and co-operation at all levels
especially agriculture, environment, nutrition and health
sectors
• Good scientific information and understanding
• Strategic cross-sectoral platforms and public-private
partnerships
• Key role models and champions
• Good scientific information and understanding
• Institutional capacity and commitment
• Effective NGO and civil society involvement
• Resources, finance and time
• …..
Thank you
BFN Project website, Case studies
documenting best practices
Diversifying food and diets book.
www.b4fn.org
Biodiversity for food and nutrition country experiences
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• Important link between biodiversity, especially genetic resources, for food
security and nutrition
• Highlighted important global initiatives within CBD, FAO, CFS, ICN2….post-
2015 Agenda and SDGs
• Highlighted the intolerable persistent situation of malnutrition
• What we haven’t highlighted so much is how we move from the Global to
Country action – a few examples from GEF BFN
The Story so far
2. Research
• Development of databases and
linkages to FAO/INFOODS
• Capacity building and national and
regional courses on development
of food composition databases on
biodiversity
• Nutrition Sensitive Landscapes and
Nutritional Functional Diversity
• Nutrient contents of foods from different varieties, cultivars and
breeds of plants and animals, wild, neglected and underutilized
species including from forest-derived foods and aquatic genetic
resources.
Source: Remans and Smukler, 2014
Nutrition functional diversity plotted
against species richness for 170 farms
in three Millenium Village project
sites, Sauri in Kenya, Ruhiira in
Uganda and Mwandama in Malawi
3. Implementation
• Nutrition sensitive agriculture
and extension services
• Nutrition sensitive value-
chains
• Best practices to mobilise
BFN, homegardens,
• Capacity building
• Nutrition education
16
Breastfeeding week - Kenya
Alaçati Herb Festival - Turkey
Busia Food Fair - Kenya
Organic Food Week - Brazil
4. Awareness

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Biodiversity for food and nutrition country experiences

  • 1. Contribution of the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition to ‘mainstreaming’; country experiences Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International
  • 2. What is mainstreaming biodiversity? • Unprecedented biodiversity loss, degradation of ecosystems • Since 1994, the CBD has called for the integration of relevant concerns related to biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use into sectoral or cross-sectoral policies and national decision-making mechanisms. This process is known as biodiversity mainstreaming • Experiences and lessons learned largely confined to production sectors – agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining – few examples of mainstreaming BFN
  • 3. PROVIDE EVIDENCE – Demonstrate the nutritional value of local BFN and the role it plays in promoting healthy diets and strengthening livelihoods INFLUENCE POLICIES - Use the evidence to influence policies and markets that support the conservation and sustainable use of BFN for improved human nutrition and wellbeing RAISE AWARENESS – Develop tools and best practices for scaling up the use BFN in development programmes, value chains and local community initiatives. •1/3 of the population is food insecure •1.8 million children chronically undernourished ALVs, sorghum, millets, nuts and oil crops, indigenous fruits and livestock Undernutrition ↓ Overnutrition ↑ 50% of adult population overweight (80 million) Plants for the Future Project (70 spp.) Non conventional leafy vegetables Undernutrition ↓ Overnutrition ↑ •31% overweight •12% obese 28 spp. local edible plant species • Acute protein-energy malnutrition • Moderate Iron deficiency anaemia and VAD Native root and tuber crops, traditional rice varieties, leafy vegetables and native fruits 5 year project : 2012 - 2017 Project aim: Strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity with high nutritional potential, by mainstreaming into nutrition, food and livelihood security strategies and programmes; develop markets and value chains for nutritionally- relevant biodiversity.
  • 4. Several possible options exist to undertake the mainstreaming of biodiversity for improving nutrition at the national and local level • Policy and Programme Design • Research • Implementation • Awareness
  • 5. 1. Policy and Programme Design • Mainstreaming BFN into National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAP) • Mainstreaming BFN directly into relevant policies, programmes and national plans of action on food security and nutrition – Fome Zero, School Feeding Programmes • Mainstreaming BFN into relevant production sectoral programmes and plans which have a strong bearing on nutritional outcomes – agriculture (Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture), forestry…. • Other policy arenas….
  • 6. Case Study 1: NBSAP Revision Process • Global First, Brazil’s revised NBSAP 2015 • Limited appreciation of the use of BFN • For BFN alone, 23 priority actions identified • Indicator: “Number of species of Brazilian native biodiversity included in food and nutritional security policies” • US$60 million pledged to protect BFN “Mainstreaming needs to recognise who holds power and therefore who needs to be engaged - Ministries of Finance, or Finance and Planning are particularly important in this regard.”
  • 7. Case Study 2: School Feeding & Procurement • Opportunity: Move to local procurement, family farming. Currently diversification of procurement is low • PNAE and CECANES: Awareness raising, capacity building, online BFN module, working with nutritionists to develop new recipes/menus • School gardens, health and nutrition education • Mainstreaming? Exploit increasing move by programmes such as WFP P4P, Home Grown School Feeding and other institutional markets 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% PAA PNAE PGPM Expenditures on na ve biodiversity food products Total expenditure
  • 8. Effective mainstreaming requires • Awareness and political will from the highest levels, providing support; • Strong leadership, dialogue and co-operation at all levels especially agriculture, environment, nutrition and health sectors • Good scientific information and understanding • Strategic cross-sectoral platforms and public-private partnerships • Key role models and champions • Good scientific information and understanding • Institutional capacity and commitment • Effective NGO and civil society involvement • Resources, finance and time • …..
  • 9. Thank you BFN Project website, Case studies documenting best practices Diversifying food and diets book. www.b4fn.org
  • 12. 12 • Important link between biodiversity, especially genetic resources, for food security and nutrition • Highlighted important global initiatives within CBD, FAO, CFS, ICN2….post- 2015 Agenda and SDGs • Highlighted the intolerable persistent situation of malnutrition • What we haven’t highlighted so much is how we move from the Global to Country action – a few examples from GEF BFN The Story so far
  • 13. 2. Research • Development of databases and linkages to FAO/INFOODS • Capacity building and national and regional courses on development of food composition databases on biodiversity • Nutrition Sensitive Landscapes and Nutritional Functional Diversity • Nutrient contents of foods from different varieties, cultivars and breeds of plants and animals, wild, neglected and underutilized species including from forest-derived foods and aquatic genetic resources.
  • 14. Source: Remans and Smukler, 2014 Nutrition functional diversity plotted against species richness for 170 farms in three Millenium Village project sites, Sauri in Kenya, Ruhiira in Uganda and Mwandama in Malawi
  • 15. 3. Implementation • Nutrition sensitive agriculture and extension services • Nutrition sensitive value- chains • Best practices to mobilise BFN, homegardens, • Capacity building • Nutrition education
  • 16. 16 Breastfeeding week - Kenya Alaçati Herb Festival - Turkey Busia Food Fair - Kenya Organic Food Week - Brazil 4. Awareness

Editor's Notes

  1. Many argue we are in a new geological epoch or period, the Anthropocene, a period of massive human influence on the earth’s atmosphere and environment
  2. Not all of these options are specific to nutrition programmes or the health sector
  3. While agriculture has made considerable strides in feeding the global population we still live in a world where around half the population still suffers one or another form of malnutrition, where around 2 bn suffer hidden hunger and about 1.5 bn suffer from over-nutrition and over 800 million people go to bed hungry each night. We still live in a world with a dysfunctional global food system and one which largely continues to ignore the potential of biodiversity