Скачать или смотреть The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification

The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification was launched and signed in Paris by world renowned research leaders during the recent meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP21. The Declaration, which aims to build agricultural resilience and food security for future climates, will underpin the Global Action Plan for Agricultural Diversification (GAPAD) to be developed during 2016.

The main aim of the Paris climate change agreement is to keep a global temperature rise this century to `well below’ 2°C. However, temperature increases will impact on food production in different regions of the world.

The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification recognises that global agriculture must provide greater food and nutritional security, minimise environmental harm, alleviate poverty and support the better use of land.

“We can no longer depend on maize, wheat, rice and soybean to feed the world. By 2030, the world will need 50% more food and energy and 30% more fresh water. The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification calls upon states, intergovernmental organisations and the non-government sector to work together to develop and implement the necessary actions worldwide to diversify agriculture,” said Prof. Sayed Azam-Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Crops for the Future.

In his speech at the Paris event, Dr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), described the declaration as `a most welcome and timely initiative’ to which `the CBD secretariat will give its full support’. He further stated that `the mainstreaming of biodiversity in the agricultural sector will be the main agenda item in the COP13 CBD meeting in Cancun, Mexico in December 2016.’

The Declaration was signed in the presence of Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Founding signatories included Dr Trevor Nicholls of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience (CABI), Dr David Molden of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Dr Jose Joachim Campos of Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Prof. Meine Van Noordwijk of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and representatives from the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA).

The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification can be viewed and signed electronically at www.gapad.org.