LONG-TERM FOOD PRODUCTION MUST FACTOR IN POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE - UN OFFICIAL

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Date: 23 Apr 2014 14:00:01 -0400
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LONG-TERM FOOD PRODUCTION MUST FACTOR IN POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE - UN OFFICIALNew York, Apr 23 2014 2:00PMCountries need to
shift to more sustainable food systems to adapt to the effects of
climate change, the Director-General of the United Nations Food and
Drug Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva told a conference in
Morocco today, warning that the phenomenon has the potential to
reshape the planet's food production scenario.

"Everything we do needs to take climate change into consideration,"
Mr. da Silva <"http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/224958/icode/">stressed
"and the time is now. We cannot afford to wait."

In an address to the seventh Forum on Agriculture in Menkes, Morocco,
the Director-General asserted that climate change has reintroduced "an
element of uncertainty" - after decades in which hunger was mostly
caused by the inability to produce or purchase food, rather than
insufficient supplies globally.

"Climate change has the potential to reconfigure the planet's food
production scenario," Mr. da Silva pressed.

The world's poorest are particularly vulnerable. Mr. da Silva
explained, that: "Not only do they have fewer means to react, but they
also tend to live in already marginal production areas," where the
impact of climate change in agricultural production is felt to an even
greater extent.

FAO's Director-General pointed to recent findings of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that reflected these
concerns and called for urgent action.

Noting that the United Nations had declared 2014 the
<"http://www.fao.org/family-farming-2014/en/">International Year of
Family Farming, Mr. da Silva also underscored family farming as a tool
for rural development and stability.

"By providing adequate support to family farming we can combat food
insecurity by reaching out to a group that is in itself vulnerable -
and by increasing food supply where we need it the most," he said.

He noted that some 500 million family farms account for about 80 per
cent of the world's holdings, yet also include many of the most
vulnerable families globally.

"Climate change is a challenge faced by both large, modernized family
farms as well as small-scale family farmers," he emphasized.

Family farmers make up an estimated 70 per cent of all food insecure
households in rural areas of developing countries. Linking productive
support to social protection would help to jumpstart local and
inclusive sustainable development.

"It cuts across a broad range of development priorities, including
ending hunger, supporting sustainable production, reducing rural
poverty, improving food markets and building resilience," Mr. da Silva
said.

The Director-General, the Moroccan Ministers of Agriculture and Marine
Fisheries and of the Economy and Finance signed an agreement to
support food security projects elsewhere in Africa through the FAO
South-South Cooperation programme as an innovative initiative to
combine Government and private sector funds.Apr 23 2014 2:00PM
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