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UNEP-ETB Launch Meeting Integrated Assessment of Trade Related Policies Geneva July 15 2005

A synopsis of selected FAO work on. agricultural biodiversity indicators and assessment methods. UNEP-ETB Launch Meeting Integrated Assessment of Trade Related Policies Geneva July 15 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome.

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UNEP-ETB Launch Meeting Integrated Assessment of Trade Related Policies Geneva July 15 2005

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  1. A synopsis of selected FAO work on agricultural biodiversity indicators and assessment methods UNEP-ETB Launch Meeting Integrated Assessment of Trade Related Policies Geneva July 15 2005

  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Context: FAO Work on Agricultural Biodiversity • CGRFA supported FAO’s lead role on agricultural biodiversity indicators • International Treaty on PGRFA: conservation & sustainable use of PGRFA, fair & equitable sharing of benefits -maintaining diverse farming system -increasing availability of genetic diversity -promoting local and locally adapted crops - supporting diversity on farm

  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Context: FAO Work on Agricultural Biodiversity FAO invited by Executive Secretary of CBD to: • Support development of PoW AgBD (COP V/5) ongoing and planned assessments of different components of ag. biodiversity • Develop indicators to monitor and assess status and trends of ag. biodiversity (COP V/5; VI/5) • Facilitate stakeholder consultation for targets for global strategy for plant conservation (COP VI/9) • Identify & develop appropriate indicators for progress towards 2010 target. (COP VII/30)

  4. Examples : FAO work on indicators • Thematic Background Study for the preparation of the Second State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Indicators of genetic diversity, genetic erosion, genetic vulnerability) • Development of indicators for monitoring the progress of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture • Preparation of the First State of the Worlds Animal Genetic Resources • Indicators for sustainable development of marine capture fisheries • Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management

  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Using Markets to Promote the Sustainable Utilization of Crop Genetic Diversity: Assessing the impacts of diversity in the seed supply system on agricultural diversity and farm welfare Research questions: • How to measure crop genetic diversity in the seed supply system? • What is the relationship between diversity in the supply system and on farm diversity and welfare? • What are the key determinants of diversity in the supply system?

  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Local Market Measures of: • Level of diversity • Information • Costs Welfare: Wealth, Diet, Resilience utilization Availability (supply) Demand On farm diversity Farm HH characteristics

  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Assessing the impact of diversity in supply on private and public on-farm values • Private values: • Diversity of genetic “services” provided • Dietary and farm consumption • Risk management • Agricultural Productivity • Public values: • Pest and disease resistance • Preservation of evolutionary process • Preservation of knowledge

  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Measuring crop genetic diversity: Issues • Translating across scales – market to farm • Temporal vs. spatial diversity • Capturing both private and public values • Attributes • Agro-morphological characteristics • Molecular

  9. Assessing policy impact: link to UNEP-ETB work • Agricultural input and output market policies • Seed sector regulations • Emergency seed relief • Commercialization – “supermarkets” • Trade? • Qualitative and quantitative assessment • Sample design • Time series • Both ex ante and ex post

  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Rome Policy/Intervention Change in: quantities breeds information costs Changes in Local Market Measures of: • Level of diversity • Information • Costs Availability

  11. Planned Outputs • Methodology development • Measuring CG diversity & access in seed supply system • Assessment of impact of diversity in supply system on farm outcomes • Assessment of policy on diversity access • Case studies • Mali: sorghum, millet, maize • Kenya: sorghum, pigeonpea, maize • India: sorghum, millet, • Mexico: maize • Bolivia: potatoes • Mozambique: tobacco, maize

  12. Planned Outputs • Cross-country database on markets, genetic diversity and household welfare • Policy-makers’ guide: managing markets for the sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources • Training and capacity building

  13. Thank You UNEP-ETB Launch Meeting Integrated Assessment of Trade Related Policies Geneva July 15 2005

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