Patrick Mwesigye (UNEP)

Value Chains and Transforming Smallholder AgricultureAddis Ababa 6 -9 November 2012

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

FAO and UNEP joint project • Global cooperation in promoting SCP in Agri-food sector• Implementer of Sustainable Food Systems Programme

(SFSP)

Long TermIdentify existing SCP policies& practices

Promote awareness and adoption of SCPDevelop monitoring Tools

Capacity building

Short TermMulti-stakeholder dialogue

Partnership BuildingInformation platform on SCPIntensify SCP communication

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Global representationAll regions of the world

Operation• 4 Activity Clusters (AC)• 4 Working Groups (WG)

Stakeholders• Governments• Private sector• Civil Society

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)

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

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

10 Year Initial activity (May ‘12 – May ‘13)

I Create a global, portal on sustainability of food systems

Inventory of extension systems and information platforms

II Educate consumers to facilitate lifestyles change to a more sustainable behaviour

Project and campaign on food waste management in partnership with FAO, WRAP and other

III 50 national governments active in implementing policy frameworks, activities, and initiatives on SCP agri-food

Development of 3 agri-food national roundtables in Africa in collaboration with of ARSCP

IV Increase supply chain stakeholders’ access to SCP tools and incentives that ensure food system efficiency and long-term sustainability

Scoping Study to assess benefits and challenges of existing market tools and provide incentives for increasing resource efficiency for actors in the food supply chain

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

• Sector specific • Multi-stakeholder collaboration• Includes all actors of the supply chain• Example: 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

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

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

james.lomax@unep.org or agrifoodtaskforce@unep.org orpatrick.mwesigye@unep.org