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Challenges to Achieving Food Security in APEC: Reducing Food Wastages and Losses

Challenges to Achieving Food Security in APEC: Reducing Food Wastages and Losses. Seminar on Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain, 5-8 August 2013, Chinese Taipei.

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Challenges to Achieving Food Security in APEC: Reducing Food Wastages and Losses

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  1. Challenges to Achieving Food Security in APEC: Reducing Food Wastages and Losses Seminar on Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain, 5-8 August 2013, Chinese Taipei.

  2. Food security has been a part of the APEC agenda since 1999 when Leaders endorsed the APEC Food System proposed by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). The APEC Food System seeks to establish a comprehensive food security strategy that addresses three main areas: develop more extensive rural infrastructure (including both physical and human capital); disseminate technological advances in food production and processing; and reduce impediments to international food trade and investment APEC Ministers Responsible for Food Security met recently in Kazan, Russia in May 2012, reaffirming their commitment to these goals. In particular, Ministers stressed the importance of increasing agricultural production through advances in productivity and reductions of food losses by boosting investment and adopting innovative technologies as well as facilitating agricultural trade and developing food markets.

  3. APEC 2013 Priority 1: Attaining the Bogor Goals Priority 2: Sustainable Growth with Equity Priority 3: Promoting Connectivity

  4. APECForas that are working on Food Security issues. ATCWG (Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group. PPFS (Policy Partnership on Food Security) Ocean and Fisheries Working Group (OFWG) HLPDAB (High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology Committee on Trade and Investment, subgroup the Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF)

  5. ATCWG The objective of the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG) is to enhance agriculture's contribution to the region's economic growth and social well-being by promoting agricultural technical cooperation between APEC members. The ATCWG's objectives are to improve the capacity of agriculture and its related industries and to share information and experiences in the areas of agriculture, biotechnology, and animal and biogenetic resource management. Priority is given to projects and activities that build members' capacities to increase trade in agricultural products This work contributes to APEC's trade facilitation agenda by reducing business transaction costs, enhancing marketing capacity and improving the implementation of agriculture-related provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs).

  6. In recent years, APEC Leaders have charged the ATCWG with: strengthening food safety standards; responding to food security challenges; promoting the development of next-generation sustainable biofuels; enhancing agriculture's ability to adjust and mitigate the impact of climate change; and strengthening technological cooperation in the strategic planning of ATCWG projects. The development of capacity building programmes in these areas is now a core ATCWG activity

  7. Key ATCWG Achievements In 2010, the ATCWG provided support and recommendations to the 1st APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security (MMFS) which led to the 2010 Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security. In the following years, the ATCWG continued to provide support to the 2nd APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in Kazan, Russia which resulted in the 2012 Kazan Declaration on APEC Food Security. ATCWG has also played an important role in enhancing the capacity building aspect of food security within the region. The ATCWG will also make efforts to improve APEC food security by encouraging the ATCWG members to develop more projects and organize relevant activities to strengthen regional food security.

  8. In the ATCWG 2010-2015 work plan, the areas of priority that the group is focusing on to enhance food security in the region are: Improving agricultural production and distribution through increased innovation, nutritional value, and food safety Improving human and institutional resource capacities in agriculture through education and training Improving aspects of environmental and natural resource management, infrastructure development related to food security Improving agricultural information systems and analysis Improving the preparations for natural disasters and cross border threats

  9. PPFS The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) has been engaged in food security efforts since 1999 when APEC Leaders endorsed a plan for a unified APEC Food System. In 2009, ABAC issued a strategic framework for food security which among its recommendations called for the establishment of an on going mechanism at a high level to ensure the necessary policy and technical cooperation for achieving an integrated food system. This mechanism would include direct input and participation from the private and research sectors, as well as the public sector in the form of a formal, institutionalized “Food Dialogue.”

  10. In 2010, APEC Ministers Responsible for Food Security declared that consultation with relevant stakeholders is critical to making sustained progress towards food security goals and instructed Senior Officials to integrate ABAC into APEC's food security efforts in a more substantive manner. In 2011, APEC Senior Officials agreed to create a Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS).

  11. PPFS Key Achievements The PPFS Action Plan for 2012-2013 that was first proposed at the PPFS Management Council Meeting in September 2012 was adopted by members at the plenary meeting in Jakarta in January 2013. The Action Plan established four Working Groups: Working Group 1: Stock-Take & Road Map Towards 2020 to be co-chaired by PPFS Japan, USA, and Russia. Working Group 2: Sustainable Development of Agricultural and Fishery Sectors to be chaired by PPFS Indonesia. Working Group 3: Facilitation on Investment and Infrastructure Development to be chaired by PPFS Russia. Working Group 4: Enhancing Trade and Markets to be chaired by PPFS New Zealand.

  12. PPFS Key Achievements PPFS Road-Road Map towards Food Security in 2020. Stock-take of APEC projects on Food Security. Inputs for 2013 APEC Leaders Statement.

  13. PPFS Goals towards 2020: Reducing Food Losses and Wastages Loss and waste of food occurs at all stages of the food supply chain because of deficiencies in infrastructure, training, and education and includes actions by farmers, suppliers, and consumers. Data on food loss are very limited and requires greater research 1. Developing unified methodologies to estimate food losses and waste. 2. Identifying major sources of food loss and waste in the distribution channel (farm storage, food harvesting, food processing industries, transportation, retailers, and households), and compiling regional strategies for specific products in both developing and industrialized nations. 3. Introducing a plan for reaching a targeted rate of food loss and waste reduction

  14. 4. Facilitating the sharing of best practices in the APEC region. 5. Strengthening food supply chains and reducing food losses in developing economies through public-private partnerships: a. providing farmers with necessary technologies and managerial knowledge in handling and storage through improved extension services, b. enhancing investments in modern agricultural machinery and equipment, storage facilities and transportation infrastructure, c. facilitating programs that encourage smallholder farmers to organize, diversify and scale up their production and marketing, and d. enhancing investments in the food supply chain with cold chain infrastructure in order to develop the food manufacturing industry and help increase revenues for farm producers.

  15. APEC Secretariat’s Role • Provide Fora support; process, project implementation, information dissemination, institutional memory. • APEC Secretariat’s Policy Support Unit • Mandate extended to 2020 • 2 issue papers on Food Security • Communications and Outreach Unit • Assist with PR aspects of APEC activities • Press Releases • Advices on outreach

  16. PSU’s issue papers on Food Security:Key Messages. • APEC region includes some of the world’s largest producers and exporters of many food staples, it is crucial that APEC members address the issue of food losses. • Reducing losses along the entire food supply chain is essential in order to increase food availability from existing levels of production. A food supply chain can be divided into three broad parts: 1) production and harvesting; 2) post-harvest, which includes handling and storage, transportation, processing and packaging, and distribution and marketing; and 3) post-consumer, which includes households, institutions, and the hospitality sector. It is, however, very difficult to measure exactly how much food is lost or wasted, especially as it moves along the supply chain.

  17. In the short- to medium-term, reducing food losses and waste can be one of the most effective strategies to improve food availability and preserve critical natural resources. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to measure exactly how much food is lost or wasted, especially as it moves along the supply chain, and data on food losses are extremely limited. It is vital that coordinated research be done in this area in order to better assess the problem. Despite the data limitations, an estimated one-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted along the supply chain, amounting to around 1.3 billion tons per year. Nearly half of the global production of roots and tubers and of fruits and vegetables are lost or wasted along the entire supply chain – from primary production through consumer waste.

  18. Along the food supply chain, primary production accounts for the highest amount of losses globally with an estimated 10% of the total supply quantity lost at this stage

  19. PSU’s Recommendations APEC should address these food security challenges through the following: APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS) and public-private partnerships; capacity building and knowledge sharing; APEC’s core focus of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation; (ATCWG and other foras) alignment with other APEC initiatives such as the Supply Chain Connectivity Framework Action Plan (SCFAP) and the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Action Plan; and by developing partnerships with other organizations working in the area of food security.

  20. www.apec.org For more information, Thank You.

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