SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS PROGRAMME OF THE
10-YEAR FRAMEWORK OF PROGRAMMES ON
SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (10YFP)
FEEDBACK FORM
NOTE TO ALL:
Please use this form to provide your general and more specific comments as indicated
below, for the proposed 10YFP Sustainable Food Systems draft concept note.
NB** all contributions received will be taken into account as much as possible. Due to limited capacity, we
will unfortunately not be in a position to inform respondents (individuals &/or organizations) on how their
suggestions have or have not been included in the final programme that will be submitted to the 10YFP
secretariat. Thank you for your understanding.
INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Name and Title
Organization
Marion Hammerl
Lake Constance Foundation and Global Nature Fund
Type: NGOs
Ministry;
Local authority
University/ Scientific/Research
Business organization
NGO or not-for-profit
Financial Institution
Other (please specify):
Email
Regional Organisation
National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC)
Primary Producers Organization (e.g. farmers,
pastoralists, fisherfolk)
Indigenous group or community based
organization
Media
Inter-governmental organization
United Nations agency or programme
Mailing address
Marion.hammerl@bodensee- Bodensee-Stiftung, Marion Hammerl, Fritz-Reichlestiftung.org
Ring 4, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
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Telephone+49 7732 9995-45
Fax +49 7732
9995-49
Country Germany
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Instructions: Please provide your feedback for each of the proposed questions on the Sustainable Food
Systems Programme by completing the following matrix. If you do not have any comments please check
the “No comment” box.
General “Sustainable Food Systems” Programme Feedback
Feedback Question
Having reviewed the draft Concept
Note, does it adequately identify the
main global challenges for
sustainable food systems?
Select One
Yes
No
Provide Your Additional Comments
The considerable negative impact of food production and
consumption should be specified: impact on soil quality and
erosion, on water quality and water quantity, on biodiversity loss,
on climate change
To move the main drivers of the food sector, especially standards
and subsidies towards sustainable food systems should be more
explicitly mentioned.
Sustainable food production requieres also a adequate price for the
products. Farmers – specially small holders in developing countries
can not assume the “costs” for more sustainable production,
meanwhile food processing companies and retailers are forcing
price dumping methods. They need to assume an appropriate
share of the costs of improved environmental protection (including
quality) and social responsibility.
Currently, the food sector influences the final consumer only by low
price campaigns. Never Germans and citizens of other European
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countries paid so less for alimentation. Also final consumers in
developing countries need to be sensitized and motivated to pay an
adequate price for more sustainable produced food.
The need of internalization of environmental costs should be
explicitly mentioned. It makes no sense at all that today,
unsustainably produced food is cheaper than more sustainable
produced food! Unfortunately the (global) market as proven, that
the market itself as well as voluntary instruments will not regulate
this distort competition and create fair competitions. It is necessary
to have a legal framework requesting the internalization of
environmental and social costs into the price of food.
Having reviewed the proposed
Vision and Goal, do they adequately
address the needs of the global
programme?
Yes
Having reviewed the proposed
objectives, do they adequately
address the needs of the global
programme?
Yes
No
No
See above!
Vision and Goal are too general.
A Sustainable Food System should actively contribute to stop the
current negative environmental and social impacts. Food Systems
should be able to describe their sustainability by measurable key
indicators for sustainability.
Objectives are mostly connected to “soft skills” like awareness
raising, capacity building, communication,…). There should be a
much stronger focus on practical approaches for a more
sustainable agriculture especially concerning ecological aspects
(biodiversity, water, soil, fertilizer and pesticides, …).
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Another lacking aspect is the monitoring of sustainable food
systems. Using heavy pesticides to keep food security or better
refuse it to protect environment? What is more sustainable?
The programme should also aiming to eliminate the conditions
favouring unsustainable food production, e.g. subsidies with
negative impacts on the environment.
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Programme Objectives
Programme Objective 1: Raise
awareness on the need to shift to
sustainable food systems and applying
a systems approach to addressing food
security and nutrition.
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... and applying a systems
approach to addressing the
protection of biodiversity and
ecosystem services, food
security and nutrition.
Why only addressing food
security and nutrition?
Objective 1 should address
all aspects of sustainability
(especially social and
environmental aspects).
Biodiversity and ecosystem
services are included in the
concept of sustainability – as
well as social aspects such
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Programme Objectives
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as food security and
nutrition.
The loss of biodiversity and
ecosystem services is
dramatic – beeing
agriculture the sector with
the highest negative impact.
On the other side,
agriculture is /will suffering
the consequences of loss of
biodiversity (genetic
biodiversity, species
biodiversity, soil fertility etc.).
Therefore biodiversity and
ecosystem services should
be explicitly named in order
to underline their relevance!
Programme Objective 2: Build
capacity and enabling conditions for
the uptake of sustainable practices
across food systems and facilitate
Influence political decision
makers to eliminate those
conditions favouring
unsustainable food
production, e.g. subsidies
with negative impacts on the
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Programme Objectives
access to financial and technical
assistance.
Programme Objective 3: Take
stock of, categorize and disseminate –
and if needed develop – accessible and
actionable information tools and
methodologies to support governments,
the private sector, consumers and other
relevant stakeholders to act towards
more sustainable food systems.
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environment or negative
impacts on social conditions
in developping countries.
To influence consumers in
developped countries,
accessible information only
will not be enough to to
move the demand towards a
more sustainable
consumption. Governments
need to be supported to
implement a legal framework
regarding the internalization
of environmental and social
costs into the price of food.
More sustainably produced
food needs to be cheaper
than unsustainable
produced products!
Programme Objective 4: Bring
together initiatives and develop
partnerships to build synergies and
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Programme Objectives
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cooperation to leverage resources
towards the mutual goal of
promoting, enhancing and facilitating
the shift towards more sustainable
food systems
Feedback Question
Are there additional fundamental
objectives that the programme
should respond to in your view?
Select One
Yes
No
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The programme should also aiming to eliminate the conditions
favouring unsustainable food production, e.g. subsidies with
negative impacts on the environment.
Stop loss of of biodiversity (Agriculture as one of the main drivers
of biodiversity loss!)
Water Scarcity / Water Footprint of Food
Reduce Food waste along the complete supply chain
Having reviewed the proposed
work areas, do they adequately
address the needs of the global
programme?
Yes, but
No
A sound and transparent monitoring system regarding
impacts on biodiversity (positive and negative impacts) is of
highest importance. To date, non of the standards for the food
sector monitors the impact on biodiversity and can therfore not
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proof a positive impact. A monitoring system based on an agreed
protocol for data collection and evaluation should be implemented
by all standards. It would make sense, if standards would agree on
a common monitoring system and data base.
Intensive production systems result in genetic erosion
of agricultural biodiversity. The genetic diversity of crops and
livestock currently decreases in general and within species. Within
the world's progressive homogenization of production methods,
regional and site specific breeds and varieties are increasingly
replaced and crowded out in favour of more market conformity
breeds and varieties which result in a higher yield. 90% of the
calories which are produced worldwide come from only 15 plant
and 8 animal species. With wheat, rice and corn more than 50% of
all global vegetal calories are created.
The list of socio-economic impacts is long and additionally,
the big challenge for agriculture is to ensure a proper and safe diet
for all (food security). Due to the fast-growing world population, the
need for food increases accordingly. In industrialized countries the
consumption pattern changed and in the process globalized the
food market. These trends have led to an expansion of agricultural
land and more intensive production systems.
The programme should include a work area to improve biodiversity
performance with the objective to secure the preservation of the
natural capital of the food sector and increase agro-biodiversity.
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Programme Work Areas
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There is no lack of
information and the
accessibility of information,
but a lack of implementation.
Demonstration projects
which have been prooven to
contribute successfully to
SCP should be transfered
into programmes and
lessons learned should be
considered in legislation!
Programme Work Area 1: Increase
the availability, accessibility and sharing
of actionable knowledge, information and
tools for SCP.
Programme Work Area 2:
Encourage, facilitate and support
inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue to
help inform interconnected policymaking
towards sustainable food systems at
local, national, regional and international
levels.
Programme Work Area 3: Facilitate
the use and enhance opportunities for
market-based and/or voluntary
approaches throughout supply chain
towards sustainable food systems.
Change of legal framework
towards more sustainable
production and consumption
should be explicitley
mentioned!
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Motivate governments to
create the legislation which
request the internalization of
Internatization of
environmental and social
costs needs to be legally
requested. During the last
20 years, voluntary
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Programme Work Areas
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environmental and social
costs into the price of food.
instruments did not achieve
a significant change towards
SCP.
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Are there other work areas you
think should have priority, if so,
what?
X
Can you propose priority activities
under the Work Areas, if so, what?
X
Yes
No
Yes
No
Provide Your Additional Comments
Builing up national legislation and international treaties for the
internatization of environmental and social costs into food prices in
and for developping countries. Unfortunately the (global) market
has proven, that the market itself as well as voluntary instruments
will not regulate the unfair competition of unsustainable production
of food. It is necessary to have a legal framework requesting the
internalization of environmental and social costs into the price of
food.
Revision of legislation and international agreements favouring
sustainable food production and punishing unsustainable
production methods.
Valuation of natural capital (use of ecosystem services) for all
major commodities in the food sector. Identification of benchmarks.
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Elaboration of an obligatory reporting system on natural capital
/ecosystem sevices of companies of the food sector. Influencing
governments to implement the reporting system.
Elaboration of instruments to punish food production with higher
consumption of natural capital than the average and/or to favour
more sustainable produced goods. Influencing governments (and
international treaties) to implement these instruments.
Elaboration of a payback system for ecosystem services used in
the food sector. Influencing governments (and international
treaties) to implement the payback system and make sure that
payback will be used for restoration of ecosystems.
Development and implementation of monitoring tools to evaluate
the impact of food systems on sustainability aspects, e.g.
biodiversity.
Projects to integrate more sustainability into food standards and
labels (specially Business to Business Standards, standards
created by the industry)
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