Ulaanbaatar, 8th MSP Meeting11-15 June, 2018

Food and Nutrition SecurityInput for an action plan for GASL and

partners13 June 2018

Brainstorm: Key issues or questions that need to be addressed in this work area

ASF Nutritional Value

• Crop food vs. ASF to feed population 2050

• Plant vs. animal bias

• Awareness on ASF (100 days..)

• Evidence-based argument on nutritional value

• Role of Women / Youth

ASF & balanced Diets

• Healthier diets, food choices (access availability…)

• Balanced diets

• Regional/geographic differentiation

• Role of women / Youth

The most important issues or questions that need to be addressed in this work area

Livestock role in sustainable and safe food systems• Informal / formal mkt• Resource use, feed access locally/regionally• Valuing local traditional knowledge• Smallholder sector• Food and feed safety (incl. in cross-border trade)• Feed vs. food debate; use of resources for food production• Diversification of breeds• Converting non-edible materials to edible (meat milk, egg)• Role of Women / Youth

Access and availability across the value chain• Population growth and urbanisation• Loss of HH assets due to climate change• Price issue (internalizing real costs – environmental costs etc.)• Role of local markets to guarantee access• Local supply year round• Infrastructure

Brainstorm: Key issues or questions that need to be addressed in this work area

ASF - nutritional value and balanced diets

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Priority/Key Issue: nutritional value

Deliverables (outcomes) High level Actions/Activities GASL Expertise

Evidence on ASF nutritional value

Differentiate ASF needs by region/geographyGather evidence from AN, members and other sources for one stop shop

Members & ANAlso explore where the expertise exist outside GASL

Sustainable diet issue -plant vs animal

Differentiate ASF needs by region/geographyBehavior change for balanced and healthier diet

Members & ANAlso explore where the expertise exist outside GAS

Engagement of women and youth

Nutritional information into the school systemEnsure women are informed about balanced and healthier nutritionEngage women in decision making on entire food systems

Members & ANAlso explore where the expertise exist outside GAS

ASF access and availability

ASF for children under 5, pregnant and lactating women and elders Members & ANAlso explore where the expertise exist outside GASL

Safe and sustainable food systems

Priority/Key Issue: Livestock and Sustainable and Safe Food Systems

Deliverables (outcomes) High level Actions/Activities GASL Expertise

Greater awareness of and participation in existing efforts in food systems by GASL and its members

- Mapping of relevant debates, forums, discussions- Advocacy to integrate livestock issues, raise

awareness in global debates and forums- Build partnerships with other advocacy groups- Provide evidence base on livestock issues

- Serve as experts, and become COE

Greater partnerships with other non GASL members who use evidence and products

- Map other potential partners or users of livestock evidence

- Serve as experts, and become COE

Increased use of evidence and best practices on livestock’s role in sustainable food systems

- Collect, collate, identify gaps in evidence- Disseminate evidence and messaging - Collect and serve as clearinghouse for local,

traditional knowledge and methodologies - Serve as knowledge and coordination platform to

inform and support the work of GASL members in their domestic, regional, and global work

- GLAD, GASL, Investment Guide

- Member reports, case studies, etc.

Safe and sustainable food systems

GASL operates on principle of evidence based policies and outcomes

- Contributing actions as above - Serve as center of excellence

Improved appreciation by policy makers, general public, etc. of women and pastoralists contributions to sustainable livestock/food systems

- Advocacy on role of women and pastoralist contribution to sustainable, safe, healthy, etc. food system

- Empowering women and pastoralists as advocates in their own communities by increasingly bringing them into GASL forums

- GASL members, reports, evidence, etc.

Increased appreciation of opportunity and economic potential of livestock among youth

- GASL contributes to body of evidence on potential of livestock sector as driver of economic opportunity for youth

- With members, advocates to public and policy maker audiences on potential role of youth in livestock

- Increase participation of youth in GASL forums to share knowledge in both directions, empower youth as advocates

- GASL members, reports, evidence, etc.

Increasingly evidence-based debate on livestock’s role in food systems, circular economy, food versus feed, etc.

- Coordinate research efforts, ensure active participation in emerging livestock food systems

- GASL serves as platform for research agenda

Access and availability

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Priority/Key Issue:

Deliverables (outcomes)

High level Actions/Activities GASL Expertise

Policies and actions that improve smallholder production and access to market

- Promoting professionalization of smallholders and organization in common interest groups

- Promoting policies to guaranteeing access to inputs and resources

- Technology to smallholders to sustainably intensify production

Encouraging private investments and creation of SME

- Promote access to financial services- Produce evidence about the opportunities for job creation

from SME (Value addition, transformation, milk collection, …) highlighting high value of livestock products

Access and availability

Promote availability through balanced measures that favor development of local markets and facilitate trade + ensure sustainability through appropriate pricing

- Produce evidence on real value/role of local markets (incl. informal mkt.)

- Assess effects of policies in promoting or restricting access to quality food produced in a sustainable way.

- Develop tools to measure the real cost of ASF (internalizing the externalities)

Include women and youth in value chain development

- Produce evidence on the opportunities for women and youth

Investment in appropriate infrastructure

See above point about market development

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Input from the group on cross cutting themes (‘ways of working’)

Global multi-stakeholder partnership activities1. Linking to data and knowledge repository2. Provide a platform for members (knowledge sharing, advocacy..)3. Building new partnerships (consumers groups, retailers, other value chain actors…)

Local, national and regional multi-stakeholder partnerships1. Facilitate networking by using convening power2. MSP dialogues at regional and country levels3. Linking GASL to global public and private institutions, fora and research networks4. Allow more inclusive participation & empowerment (e.g. social movements,

indigenous peoples, producers, consumers…)5. Allow context-specific discussions and solutions

Input from the group on cross cutting themes (‘ways of working’)

Linking GASL to global public and private institutions, fora and research networks

1. Reach out to UN and other fora dealing with nutrition for evidence and knowledge information

2. Use convening power to bring together expertise from different fields around nutrition 3. Advocacy to integrate livestock issues, raise awareness in global debates and forums4. Build on members’ network in order to reach other for a/institutions…

Communication

1. Regular newsletter

2. Actively spread news about GASL work and overall sustainable LS using social media strategically

3. Design ways of reaching out to Millennia 4. Production of white papers and policy briefs (but: issue of inclusiveness/consensus!)

Food and nutrition security: Value Proposition – initial thoughts

Demonstrating the critical role of sustainable livestock to food and nutrition security for a healthy planet.The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock is the center of excellence that connects all livestock stakeholders to deliver sustainable food and nutrition solutions through sustainable livestock. It ensures the livestock sector globally, regionally, nationally and locally responds to increased demand, and supports balanced, healthy diets.

Input to scope discussion

o Recognition of different roles: • GASL as a whole (incl. AN)

• GASL members and their constituencies

• Non GASL members to connect with (CFS, SUN, UNSCN…..)

o Don’t duplicate efforts!

#LivestockAgenda