Post 2015 Development Agenda and Food and Nutrition Security

Jamaica

Strategic Alliances with FAO

• The Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan was developed with FAO’s assistance.

• The Policy was approved as a White Paper on 1st May 2013 by the Cabinet ; Then it was Tabled in the Houses of Parliament on 8th May 2013 as a White Paper

Strategic Alliances with FAO

• Key players in the process of strengthening and implementing food security as a political priority (MULTISECTORAL):

– The Planning Institute of Jamaica– The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries– The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce– The Ministry of Labour and Social Security– The Ministry of Education– The Ministry of Health• All supported by Parliament and Cabinet

Preparation of FNS Action Plan cont’d

• The process is in line with the Right to Food provisions of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy which promote widespread participation and inclusiveness. (PANTHER)

• The NFNSAP focuses on actions that will benefit all households with special emphasis on small, poor producers, youth, women and consumers

Governments' Commitment

• The Government has proposed to enact the FOOD SECURITY LAW to ensure that institutions of the State through their procurement programme utilise minimum levels of locally produced foods.

• Food and Nutrition Security has been embedded in the Social Protection Strategy as a priority

National Efforts supported by Regional Cooperation

• Strengthening the School Feeding Programmes, under the Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean initiative: The Brazilian Experience

• Petrocaribe Poverty and Hunger Eradication Plan: Venezuela Government

Strengthening the School Feeding Programmes, under the Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean initiative: The Brazilian Experience

• Support will be provided to Jamaica’s School Feeding Programme under the HFLACI with cooperation from the Brazilian Government

• Jamaica will benefit from a semi face to face experiential training to be conducted by Brazilian Experts in the School Feeding Programme during the period of September to December 2014: aimed at strengthening Jamaica’s national school feeding programme in context of social development

Petrocaribe Poverty and Hunger Eradication Plan: Venezuela Government

• As part of the initiative to eliminate hunger and extreme poverty in the region, the Venezuelan Government is seeking to promote a programme in Petrocaribe countries with support from the FAO.

• Jamaica submitted for the following areas: I. Food and Nutrition Security InitiativeII. Poverty Reduction and Nutrition for the most

Vulnerable: The School Feeding Programme.

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress

• As part of the preparation for the Post 2015 Development process, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) embarked on the preparation of a National Outcome Document outlining the country’s priority areas to be included in the post-2015 development agenda

• An Inter-ministerial Committee has been established to prepare Jamaica’s National Outcome Document which will outline the country’s priority areas.

• It was agreed that for the Agricultural Sector, focus area #2 should be Food and Nutrition Security through sustainable agriculture and improved food systems.

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

The following goals that were selected for focus area 2 on Food and Nutrition Security was largely influenced by the Food and Nutrition Security Policy.

• Goal # 1: Promote the sustainable production of safe, affordable, nutritious, good quality Jamaican food commodities/products;

• Goal # 2: Promote nutritionally adequate, safe, affordable dietary intakes and other positive lifestyle behaviours throughout the life course; and

• Goal # 3 : Improve the food and nutrition security resilience of the national community to natural and socio-economic shocks and climate change

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

• Goal # 4: To increase security of tenure by accelerating land titling programmes and regularization of informal settlements

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues: The following priority issues were identified during the consultation.

• ensuring year-round access by all to affordable, adequate, safe and nutritious food;

• ending child malnutrition and stunting;

• increasing agricultural productivity, including through adequate irrigation, seeds and fertilisers, while in parallel halting and reversing land degradation, drought and desertification

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• invest in water resources development,

conservation and management to improving improve the efficiency of water use in agriculture;

• eliminating use of toxic chemicals;

• enhancing all forms of agricultural biodiversity

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• promoting indigenous and sustainable farming and

fishing practices;

• Strengthening of production and productivity programmes for improved domestic food crop

• assessment of impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector and sub-sectors to inform the selection of mechanisms to strengthen the resilience of farming systems and food supplies to climate change;

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• enhancing adherence to internationally

recognized guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests, including full consultation with local communities;

• improved access to credit and other financial services, land tenure, and agricultural extension services, for all, including smallholders, women, indigenous peoples and local communities;

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• increased investment and support to research

and development on sustainable agricultural technologies;

• • reducing post-harvest crop losses and food

waste along food supply chains;

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• strengthening of agricultural linkages to

supply chains• addressing harmful agricultural subsidies;• addressing price volatility, including through

market information and oversight on commodity markets; and

Post 2015 Development Agenda: Jamaica’s Progress cont’d

Priority Issues:• Strengthening of institutional mechanisms and

technical capacities to advance climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector and

• appropriate means of implementation.

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