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Multi-stakeholder initiatives for greening value chains of Agri -food sector through SCP

Multi-stakeholder initiatives for greening value chains of Agri -food sector through SCP. Patrick Mwesigye (UNEP) Value Chains and Transforming Smallholder Agriculture Addis Ababa 6 -9 November 2012. Programmes to Green VCs.

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Multi-stakeholder initiatives for greening value chains of Agri -food sector through SCP

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  1. Multi-stakeholder initiatives for greening value chains of Agri-food sector through SCP Patrick Mwesigye (UNEP) Value Chains and Transforming Smallholder Agriculture Addis Ababa 6 -9 November 2012

  2. Programmes to Green VCs Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (Marrakech process and 10-YFP) Eco-labelling (AEM and EMA) Joint UNIDO-UNEP Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Programme National Cleaner Production Centres and Programmes (NCPCs/NCPPs; since 1994) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation FAO-UNEP Agri-Food Task Force Green Economy

  3. Agri-food Task Force..... • FAO and UNEP joint project • Global cooperation in promoting SCP in Agri-food sector • Implementer of Sustainable Food Systems Programme (SFSP) Short Term Multi-stakeholder dialogue Partnership Building Information platform on SCP Intensify SCP communication Long Term Identify existing SCP policies& practices Promote awareness and adoption of SCP Develop monitoring Tools Capacity building

  4. Agri-food Task Force (2)..... Global representation All regions of the world • Operation • 4 Activity Clusters (AC) • 4 Working Groups (WG) • Stakeholders • Governments • Private sector • Civil Society

  5. Four Activity Clusters • Coordinated by UNEP and FAO in collaboration with corresponding working groups (WG) • AC 1: Info sharing on SCP in Agri-food (WG 1) • AC 2: Consumer-related Communications for SCP in Agri-food (WG 2) • AC 3: Create enabling conditions for the uptake of SCP in food systems(WG 3) • AC 4: Market based approaches for supply chains actors (WG 4)

  6. Task Force List of Participants • Countries: South Africa, India, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Barbados, Netherlands, UK, Indonesia, Morocco, Ghana, China, USA, New Zealand and Brazil • Private sector: World Farmers Organization, Nestlé/ EU SCP Round Table, CropLife International, Sustainable Agriculture initiative, and International Fertilizer Association • Civil society:Bioversity International, WWF, IUCN, ISEAL Alliance, Consumers International, South Centre, Action Contre la Faim, WBCSD, ICTSD and Ecoagriculture Partners, ARSCP • Inter-governmental: UNEP, IFAD, FAO, UNIDO, UNCTAD, UNDESA, OECD, and European Commission

  7. Progress Made (1) November 2010 • Inaugural meeting; at this meeting the ATF agreed on the areas of focus on promoting sustainable consumption and production in agriculture April 2011 • Meeting to review and finalise the SFSP document for possible inclusion in the 10 YFP on SCP • April 2012 • Creation of four working groups to promote activities in the corresponding activity clusters • Definition of short medium and 10 year goals as well as development of two year roadmap

  8. Progress Made (2)

  9. Online Platform • To be housed in the Sustainable Food Systems Community • Hub of tools and information to enable scaling up of SCP in agric and food sectors • Dynamic and evolving online platform • Accessible to all contributors to SCP on agri-food

  10. Supply Chain Approach (WG 4 of the Task Force) Sector specific Multi-stakeholder collaboration Includes all actors of the supply chain Example: Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)

  11. Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) • Multi-stakeholder platform to promote resource efficiency and sustainable trade flows, production and consumption operations, and supply chains in the global rice sector • Officially Launched in November 2011 • Mission • Contribute to an increase of global supply of affordable rice, improved livelihoods of rice producers and a reduction of the environmental impact of rice production

  12. Key objectives (SRP) • Develop Sustainable Rice Standard • Set of principles and practices (tools) to be used by all actors in the rice supply chain • Outreach Models Development • Models for the promotion of the standard • Supply chain mechanism market incentive • Communication & Stakeholder engagement

  13. SRP Member Composition • Co-convened by UNEP and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Public sector • GIZ, Indonesia (Center for Rice Research), Thailand (Rice Department), United Nations Environment Programme and Vietnam (Department of Crop Production South – Vietnam) Research • Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Civil Society • Aidenvironment, UTZ Certified, International Fertilizer Association, CropLife Asia Private sector • DuPontA, ICA-Ahold European Sourcing, Kellogg, Louis Dreyfus, Mars Foods Europe, Nestle, Migros, Olam International and Syngenta

  14. Information • james.lomax@unep.org or agrifoodtaskforce@unep.org or • patrick.mwesigye@unep.org THANK YOU

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