Objectives
Agreement Letter 2020: Objectives
Agreement Letter 2020: Objectives
Increasing investment in agriculture is critical to achieving the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): end hunger and poverty. However, it is important to consider that the potential benefits of investing in agriculture and food systems can be outweighed by adverse economic, social and / or environmental impacts. Therefore, innovation is required in the way of conceiving investment in agriculture and food systems, in order to help it also benefit the most vulnerable and be carried out in a way that promotes Sustainable Development.
To provide guidance on how to make these types of investments, in 2014 the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted the Principles for Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-IAR), and to support the implementation of the CFS-IAR, FAO has developed the Framework Program to Support Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (food system is the sum of the various elements, activities and actors that, through their interrelationships, make possible the production, transformation, distribution and consumption food).
Based on the CSA-IAR Principles, responsible investment focuses on the creation of productive assets and capital formation, which can include physical, human or intangible capital, with a view to supporting the realization of Food and Nutrition Security (SAN) and the sustainable development, including increased production and productivity. Furthermore, it wants to respect, protect and promote human rights, especially the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.
OBJECTIVES
This agreement has the general objective of strengthening the knowledge and understanding of the relevant parties on the content of the CSA-IAR Principles and their relevance in the context of Latin America, and in particular to consolidate the awareness achieved by the Polytechnic University of Madrid with the 15 universities committed in 2018 in the academic application of the Principles, promoting research and teaching - undergraduate, postgraduate, extension - with a successive expansion in the curriculum of the universities involved. An important step in this direction will be the preparation for this task of a group of professors and researchers from those universities. The Agreement also aims to promote, through the connection of the Principles with the SDGs, their incorporation in companies of different sizes and business associations, promoting collaborative research / action and dialogue with the Academy in order to achieve better governance in the Business field.
Reflections on the Food System and perspectives to achieve its sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean. FAO 2017