OFFER OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FAO - Forests and food systems: Bridging climate, agriculture, and deforestation
Category: Finance; Investment Planning; Project Development; Targeted technical advice
Key feature of this offer: Forest Integration in food systems
Supporting organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Type of organization: UN System
- Geographic scope of work of the organization: International, Regional, National, Sub-national
Overview
This service provides technical support to integrate forests into national food systems transformation pathways, addressing land use changes such as deforestation and aligning efforts with climate and biodiversity commitments. It highlights forests' non-carbon benefits, including their role in agrifood resilience through ecosystem services like water regulation and pollinator habitats. The service aids countries in adapting to market-based measures related to deforestation, focusing on building the capacity of smallholders, cooperatives, and producer organizations while supporting businesses and governments to enhance due diligence in agricultural supply chains. Key areas of support include advising on sustainable supply chains and deforestation risk mitigation, optimizing public investments for forest protection, and integrating forest considerations into food systems planning. The service also facilitates access to REDD+ and climate finance, fosters cross-country learning on forest contributions to sustainable food systems, and offers tools to analyze and address deforestation in agricultural production and trade.
What this service offers
- Virtual technical support
- Expert advisory sessions
- Workshops and capacity building activities
- Best practice and knowledge sharing sessions
- Technical support on:
- Assessing the relationship between agriculture and deforestation/degradation
- Conducting supply chain due diligence
- Making informed decision-making
- Accessing the policy support tool ‘solutions-tree’
Where this has worked
This technical assistance has already been extensively provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The team has supported multiple countries to access REDD+ results-based finance from the Green Climate Fund and climate finance from other sources. To learn more about these experiences and where they have been provided visit the links in the ‘additional resources’ section below.
Eligibility
Mention of commitment and / or need for actions aiming to reduce deforestation, forest degradation and land use change in national documents, e.g. NDCs, NAPs, NBSAPs and/or food systems national pathways.
Cost and funding
Depending on the country of origin of the request, costs of technical assistance can leverage on ongoing (or planned) projects. A specific answer to this question can therefore be provided only once in TA planning phase.
Duration of support
The time period will be country specific and will have to be indicated in the planning phase (if leveraging on ongoing efforts, within 1-3 months).
Interested in this service?
To request this service, National Food Systems Convenors are invited to submit a request to the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub (the Hub). The Hub will review each request and reach out directly to the National Convenor to connect them with the service provider.
For further details, feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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