Mr. Justine Mwanje
A project to promote bee keeping, agro forestry and wood energy conservation for improved livelihoods and environment protection. It consists of two components. The first component is about bee keeping and agro forestry for improved livelihoods and environment protection. It involves sensitizing farmers on bee keeping and agro forestry, training farmers, setting up apiaries, establishing various agro forestry systems, processing, packaging and marketing products. The second component is about production of energy-saving stoves and briquettes from charcoal waste, for improved livelihoods and wood energy conservation. It includes carrying out MA&D, sensitizing farmers, training farmers, producing briquettes from charcoal waste, marketing the briquettes and stoves. Hopefully, the project will result in achievement of MDGs 1 and 7 in Kiboga District
Mr. Justine Mwanje
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thanks for this important discussion.
My contribution is as follows:
1a. No. Food security and Nutrition is profoundly diverse. A holistic framework is required, in order to capture all the components of the FSN system. That framework is the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF). The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, if implemented well, would significantly transform global food systems.
1b. No. Because it is not holistic. Too much relevant data would not be collected.
1c. No. The four-stage-cycle does not mention critical issues, such as assessing information needs, team formation, planning, finding and using data, data collection techniques, etc. Further expounded in the FAO e-agriculture strategy guide.
1d. The Costa Rica Food and Nutrition Policy.
2a. No. Because it is not holistic.
2b. Data on production (and productivity), storage, marketing, business, finance, policy and legal factors.
3a. Yes.
3b. No. Trends such as climate change, pandemics, pestilences, empowerment, governance, and root causes of food and nutrition insecurity.
3c. Technology is empowering. Digital technologies would enable communities on the global continuum to effectively and efficiently participate in food security and nutrition, if properly applied. Inclusion and Innovation result in empowerment.
4a. No. Capacity constraints emerge from underlying or root causes. Also, there are connectivity and content hindrances. These include poor basic infrastructure, poor production and storage services, poor marketing and business services, poor financial services, and lack of or inappropriate policy and legal framework.
5a. Yes. Others: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Nanotechnology.
5b. Data is collected on: (i) Basic infrastructure. (ii) Production and storage services. (iii) Marketing and business services. (iv) Financial services. (v) Policy and legal framework. In each of these stages, the FSN data value chain is applied, in accordance with conventional data collection and analysis practice.
5c. See (b).
5d. Respect for human rights, good stewardship (including professionalism), gender equality, good governance, persons with special needs, non-discrimination, social protection.
6a. Yes, Transparency and accountability; responsive service delivery; authentic institutions; and the rule of law.
6b. Risks of data-driven technologies: (i) Subjective algorithms. (ii) Unpredictable behaviour of advanced technologies. (iii) 'Usurping' of human work. (iv) Lack of conscience. (iv) Data privacy (v) Data security.
6c. (i) Equitable benefit-sharing (ii) Governance. (iii) Climate change adaptation and/or mitigation. (iv) Empowerment of communities. (v) Value chain approach. Note: These factors are intricately woven.
6d. - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). - Conflict Analysis and Management.
6e. Financing needs: Often context-specific and subject to assessment. But, in general terms, financing for basic infrastructure, production, marketing etc., as aforementioned.
Financial mechanisms and tools: Policies, markets and institutions which enhance FSN.
7a. Data on the following: (i) Demographics. (ii) Economics (iii) Technologies. (iv) Politics. (v) Institutions. (vi) Culture.
7b. Data on the following (country): In addition to the above (7a), data on infrastructure, production, storage, marketing, business, finance, and policy and legal frameworks.
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