Worldfish: Nutrition Sensitive Fish Agri-Food Systems Workshop, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, presented by Francis Chimpangu

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Workshop on Nutrition Sensitive Fish Agri-Food
Systems
Presented by Francis: Francis Chimpangu
Protea Hotel Arcades

2. FAO’s Mandate
 FAO is a specialized UN agency that leads
international efforts to defeat hunger and
improve nutrition and food security.
 FAO’s mandate revolves around;
 Information gathering and dissemination,
Formulation of policy recommendations,
Provision of technical assistance, and assistance to
governments with FAO-related obligations.

3. FAO’s Mandate
Overall these functions serve to help member
countries to increase their chances to;
Eliminate hunger,
Eliminate food insecurity and malnutrition,
Make agriculture more productive and sustainable,
Reduce rural poverty,
Ensure inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems
and
Protect livelihoods from disasters

4. FAO's role in nutrition
As the international organization for food and
agriculture, FAO has a leading role to play in ensuring
good nutrition for all.
In the past; FAO mainly used to focus on increased
food production and increased productivity
 There is now an increased emphasis on Nutrition.
 FAO recognises that good nutrition is our first line of
defence against disease and our source of energy to
live and be active.

5. Development of Nutrition Strategy
 Consequently, in 2012 a Strategy on Nutrition was
developed
This followed an evaluation of FAO’s role and work in
nutrition. It was noted that FAO’s leadership in nutrition at
global and national levels had declined over time.
Hence the strategy to refocus the organization's work in
nutrition
The nutrition Strategy seeks to improve diets and raise levels
of nutrition through a people-centered approach

6. AfDB/GRZ Funded ZAED Project
 The purpose of the project is to contribute to the economic
growth and food and nutrition security in Zambia. The project
development objective is to advance the aquaculture sub-
sector as a viable and inclusive business. There are five
interconnected outputs are:
Output 1: Feed Quality Assurance Capacity Increased;
Output 2: Training of Zambian Finance Institutions with respect to
aquaculture and related risks;
Output 3: Food Safety Program Established; and
Output 4: Aquatic Animal Health Management Improved.
 Establishment of aquaculture data management system.

7. Climate Change, Fisheries and Food Security Nexus
Emerging challenges, such as climate change, environmental
sustainability and rapid technological shifts, are transforming food
systems and raising questions about how to feed a growing world
population in sustainable ways.
 Short-term climate change impacts on aquaculture can include
losses of production and infrastructure arising from extreme events
such as floods, increased risks of diseases, parasites and harmful algal
blooms. Long-term impacts can include reduced availability of wild
seed as well as reduced precipitation leading to increasing
competition for freshwater

8. Climate Change, Fisheries and Food Security Nexus
Some Aquatic disease outbreaks have been linked with changing climate.
Higher water temperatures and higher salinities have enabled certain aquatic
parasites to spread.
Climate change is very likely going to lead to fluctuations in fish stocks.
Fluctuations in fish stocks will have major economic consequences for many
vulnerable communities and national economies that heavily depend on
fisheries
An often unrecognized impact of climate change is on food safety. ( changes in
the growth rates of pathogenic aquatic bacteria, or on the incidence of
parasites and food-borne viruses).
Climate change may also bring increased risks for animal health, for example
by changing the occurrence and virulence of pathogens.

9. Fisheries and Climate Change Adaptation
Some of the adaptation measures that have been
implemented across various FAO member countries including
Zambia include but limited to;
Aquaculture as an adaptation option
Risk-based zoning and siting: Adequate zoning and site selection for
aquaculture through risk analysis can be important adaptation measure to
climate change.
Environmental & integrated monitoring systems: Though fisheries are
sensitive to Climatic changes there are few examples of use of integrated
monitoring. However, continuous measuring and reporting of variables in
strategic locations within a connected ecosystem so that the collected
information can be integrated into a GIS or simple database is very
important.

10. Fisheries and Climate Change Adaptation
Access to financial services: Access to affordable credit is crucial for
effective and efficient climate change adaptation and for recovery from
climate-change induced damage
Better management practices: Better management practices (BMPs)
have been increasingly promoted to improve the environmental
performance, productivity and profitability of farms
Technological innovations: The term “technological innovations” is
applied here to alternative species and climate adapted strains and
aquaculture systems that reduce susceptibility to climate change, as
well as to technologies that can inform risks and adaptation.

11. Thank you