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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Alejandra,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you very much for sharing this article. It
does go into the essence of the current problem and beyond that, it does offer a
way forward to be debated upon. I think for us this is very important as we are
currently creating a new group that will focus on this issue. Luisa is drafting
a working plan. It would be very good to debate on this lists the
proposals presented in the paper (and the ones resulting from the meeting in
Johannesburg that the author shares in her article). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do we agree with the four issues highlighted by the
report, namely:</FONT></DIV>
<OL type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need
to redirect agricultural science and technology to support small scale farmers
in developing countries and to counter global warming; </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need
to promote innovation, including local knowledge, within farm communities;
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need
for massive investment in agriculture, both in physical infrastructure such as
irrigation and roads) and non-physical, so-called “soft” infrastructure, such
as access to markets and credit provision; and </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need
for immediate attention to the growing involvement of women in agriculture in
many developing countries. </SPAN></FONT></LI></OL>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do we agree
with the author's proposal to hold a Global Food Convention?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How do these
proposals relate to the work we can do as a feminist network working within a
global call against poverty and inequality? How can we take these proposals to
the High Level Event on the MDGs in September in New York where we are going to
co-organise a poverty hearing?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I think it
is crucial that several women in the lists, from various regions, join in this
debate and provide inputs that will help us to better define the mandate of the
food crisis group.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks again
Alejandra and I look forward to contributions from our
colleagues.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Warm
greetings,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ana</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Querida
Alejandra,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">muchas
gracias por compartir este artículo. Realmente va a la esencia de la
problemática y ofrece además propuestas concretas para debatir. Creo que es muy
importante para nosotras que justo en este momento estamos creando un subgrupo
que trabajará específicamente el tema de la crisis alimentaria. Luisa está
armando el plan de trabajo. Sería muy bueno debatir en esta lista las propuestas
presentadas en el artículo (y las que surgieron de la reunión en Johannesburgo a
la que hace referencia y que incluye en su nota). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Respecto a
esas propuestas, estamos de acuerdo con los puntos destacados por el informe
citado, que traduzco a continuación?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. La
necesidad de redirigir la ciencia y la tecnología agrícola para apoyar a
granjeros pequeños en países de desarrollo y contrarrestar el calentamiento
global;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. La
necesidad de promover la innovación, incluyeno al conocimiento local dentro de
las comunidades de granjeros;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. La
necesidad de inversiones masivas en agricultura, tanto en infraestructura física
como irrigación y caminos como no física, la así llamada infraestructura
"blanda", como por ejemplo acceso a mercados y crédito;
y</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4. La
necesidad de atención inmediata a la participación creciente de las mujeres en
la agricultura en mucho países en desarrollo.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">¿Estamos de
acuerdo con la propuesta de la autora de organizar una Convención Global sobre
la Alimentación?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">¿Cómo se
relacionan estas propuestas con el trabajo que podemos hacer como red feminista
trabajando en el marco de un llamado global contra la pobreza y la desigualdad?
¿Cómo podemos llevar estas propuestas al Evento de Alto nivel sobre los ODM que
tendrá lugar en setiembre en Nueva York donde estaremos co-organizando
audiencias sobre pobreza?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Creo que es
fundamental que compañeras de diversas regiones se sumen al debate en esta
lista, que hagan llegar sus insumos que nos permitan definir mejor el mandato
del subgrupo que estamos creando sobre crisis alimentaria.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gracias
nuevamente Alejandra y confío que llegarán comentarios y
propuestas.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saludos a
todas,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Ana Agostino<BR>ICAE<BR>International Council for Adult
Education<BR>General Secretariat<BR>18 de Julio 2095 - Apto 301<BR>11200
Montevideo - Uruguay<BR>Tel/fax: 005982 409 79 82<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">ana@icae.org.uy</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.icae.org.uy">www.icae.org.uy</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Alejandra.Scampini@actionaid.org
href="mailto:Alejandra.Scampini@actionaid.org">Alejandra Scampini</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=gcap-women@lists.apcwomen.org
href="mailto:gcap-women@lists.apcwomen.org">Women for Global Call Against
Poverty</A> ; <A title=nsanchis@fibertel.com.ar
href="mailto:nsanchis@fibertel.com.ar">Norma Sanchís</A> ; <A
title=aespino@ciedur.org.uy href="mailto:aespino@ciedur.org.uy">Alma
Espino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Gcap-women] calls for Global
Food Convention</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ANY
THOUGHTS?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do we find this an
interesting opportunity?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Beijos<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alejandra
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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5, 2008</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="mso-element: frame"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The food
crisis reflects a breakdown in our global food system that
threatens to worsen poverty, hunger, climate change, and
insecurity. Global institutions and governments are responding,
yet their answers are vastly inadequate. For decades,
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> and investment
liberalization have undermined human rights and the environment.
The food crisis should help us to understand that now it is time
for a new vision of global cooperation, one that is democratic and
accountable to people and the planet.
</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3 style="mso-element: frame"><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Doha’s
Collapse</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></B></H3>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In July, World Trade
Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy organized a
mini-Ministerial to complete the Doha Development Round, and
couched it as a necessary means to address the food crisis. Not
surprisingly, negotiations collapsed over ongoing disagreements
about whether WTO members have the right to protect their food
security and “livelihoods” (jobs) from import surges. The failed
talks signal a growing understanding that <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> liberalization has destabilized
local food systems and hurt farmers, contributing to both the
long-term and short-causes of today’s food crisis. This marks a
shift from the earlier globalization debates and deserves our
attention. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On the other hand, we
can’t forget that governments are still working behind the scenes
to complete the Doha Round. Likewise, they are negotiating free
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> agreements at the
regional and bilateral levels that go even further than the WTO
and could very well worsen the food crisis. Even though the
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Doha</st1:place></st1:City> collapse is a signal that
the tide is changing, governments haven’t yet fully shifted
course. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3 style="mso-element: frame"><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The G8, the World
Bank, and the UN </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></B></H3>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In July, the Group of
8 (G8) released a statement on global food security in July,
calling for reinvestment in the agricultural sector. Proposed
measures include doubling aid for key food staples in <st1:place
w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> over the next five to ten years,
improving infrastructure (roads, irrigation, storage, and
distribution), rapid financing to address balance-of-payment
difficulties, sustainable food security and biofuels policies, and
support for country-led strategies to address climate change.
Unfortunately, the G8’s credibility is low because they still
haven’t met their </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/10/1963/"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2005 aid
commitments</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, and
these summits aren’t binding in any way. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The World Bank’s
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21729143~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html"><EM><I><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New Deal on Global
Food Policy</SPAN></FONT></I></EM></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> calls for building a
safety net and increasing loans for agricultural production and
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> liberalization.
Unfortunately, the World Bank’s investment agenda is largely
defined by partnerships with international corporations to
ex<st1:PersonName w:st="on">pan</st1:PersonName>d <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> flows rather than to support
farmers and promote food sovereignty. In this context,
agribusiness groups who control the export markets will gain the
most. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In June, the United
Nations launched the Interagency Task Force on the Global Food
Crisis and released a draft </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://www.un.org/issues/food/taskforce/Documentation/Framework_for_action_on_Food_Security.pdf"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">comprehensive
framework</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> for
action. This task force comprises the UN agencies (including IFAD,
WFP, UNCTAD and WHO), the Bretton Woods Institutions, and the WTO.
Civil society is pointedly not invited to participate. Its draft
comprehensive framework for action rightly recommends immediate
steps to provide emergency food assistance, to boost smallholder
production, and to adjust <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> and taxation rules in support of
national priorities. In the longer term, the document recommends
measures to ensure sustained growth in food availability through
smallholder production, increased social protection systems,
strengthened food security management systems, improved
international food markets, and an international consensus on
sustainable biofuels. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">However, the task
force defines “boosting smallholder production” as including World
Bank loans for public-private partnerships that pave the way for a
more prominent role for agribusiness. The draft framework
highlights a stronger role for the Bank and the WTO to help
countries boost <st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName>
rather than to determine what kind of <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> is needed. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The fact that the
international financial institutions and wealthier nations
recognize the weight of the crisis and have called for urgent
responses is a positive sign, yet their various promises are
largely rhetorical, thus detracting from the possibility for
urgent actions. The institutions are still focused on investment
and growth in agriculture based on privatization schemes,
deregulation, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName>
facilitation. This is exactly the approach that has contributed to
many of the problems we are seeing today in the food system; it’s
likely that this approach will worsen rather than ease the crisis.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3 style="mso-element: frame"><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Multilateral
Alternative</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></B></H3>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps a more
promising set of recommendations comes out of the <EM><I><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">International
Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for
Development</SPAN></FONT></I></EM> (<EM><I><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://www.agassessment.org/">IAASTD</A></SPAN></FONT></I></EM>),
which 58 governments approved in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Johannesburg</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place> in April.
This report is the result of a six-year process that involved over
400 authors. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The report is
groundbreaking, both in its process and its content. The major
donors for the report were the European Union member states, the
Commission and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The
process gave governments, major research institutions, industry,
and civil society equal responsibility in the drafting. The IAASTD
drafting was led by the World Bank and included the UN agencies
such as UNDP, FAO, UNESCO, and the WHO. It also included
scientific experts, researchers and development specialists. The
<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>, and
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> were the three
countries that expressed reservations with the final executive
summary of the report, indicating concerns with some of the
specific data as well as the substance. However, they commented on
the report and formally recognized its contribution to the global
debate. It should be noted that <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, three countries
that are leading much of the growth from the Global South,
approved this collective critique that includes recommendations
for a radical shift in agricultural policies. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The introduction of
the </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://www.agassessment.org/index.cfm?Page=partners&ItemID=18"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">executive
summary</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> states
that the IAASTD is an “initiative that all governments need to
take forward to ensure that agricultural knowledge, science and
technology fulfils its potential to meet the development and
sustainability goals of the reduction of hunger and poverty, the
improvement of rural livelihoods and human health, and
facilitating equitable, socially, environmentally and economically
sustainable development.” The report highlights four issues:
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need to redirect
agricultural science and technology to support small scale
farmers in developing countries and to counter global warming;
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need to promote
innovation, including local knowledge, within farm communities;
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-element: frame; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need for massive
investment in agriculture, both in physical infrastructure such
as irrigation and roads) and non-physical, so-called “soft”
infrastructure, such as access to markets and credit provision;
and </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The need for
immediate attention to the growing involvement of women in
agriculture in many developing countries. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many
civil society groups, while recognizing that this
multi-stakeholder report isn’t perfect, have supported its call
for a radical change. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3 style="mso-element: frame"><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Restructuring the
Global Food System</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></B></H3>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If we are thinking
big, we should be envisioning a new structure for the global
institutions via the creation of a <EM><I><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Global Food
Convention</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>, which would be housed at the UN
and implemented by an International Commission, working with
different stakeholders including civil society and small-scale
farmers. The Global Food Convention would serve as a legal
framework to address food sovereignty and the agricultural
dimension of climate change, including binding commitments to be
implemented at all levels. Governments would have sovereignty to
define their own food and agricultural policies, but would also be
held accountable to international human rights, including the
Right to Food, and the environment. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Global Food
Convention would prioritize stabilizing international supply and
mandate strategic grain reserves for food security at the local,
regional and international levels. An agreed-upon mechanism would
also need to be put into place to ban commodity speculation and to
guarantee a fair price for farmers. A Global Food Convention would
mandate that <st1:PersonName w:st="on">trade</st1:PersonName> and
investment rules allow for national policy space (flexibility) for
countries to protect their local food systems and to invest in
small-scale agriculture. It would also establish multi-stakeholder
participation, including that of farmers, to develop multilateral
and national investment programs that promote rather than
undermine small-scale farming. Lastly, a Global Food Convention
would bind international economic policies to international human
rights and environmental norms, including the right to eat.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-element: frame"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Realizing this kind of
vision is no small task, but in the midst of the global food
crisis, there is every reason to try. The burning question now is
whether there is political will to do so. It’s time to find out.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
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<P style="mso-element: frame"><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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Spieldoch, a </SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://fpif.org/"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Foreign Policy In Focus
contributor</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
is also the director of the Trade and Global Governance program at
the </SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"><A
href="BLOCKED::http://www.iatp.org/"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial
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(IATP), an organization which works locally and globally to ensure
fair and sustainable food, farm and <st1:PersonName
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