UNEP - GEF Funded Project

Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use for Improved Human Nutrition and Well-Being

Brazil

International Steering Committee Meeting

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25 - 26 April 2012

Presentation topics:•Project development in Brazil: general aspects

•Framework of the project in Brazil: public policies linking

biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and food security

•Project key activities (and their relationship with the project

components)

•Agrobiodiversity Products Targeted in Brazil

•Implementation arrangements

•Final Consideration

Project Development in Brazil: General Aspects

• Under the coordination of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA):

Biodiversity Programme included in the plurianual budget - “Foster the

sustainable use of biodiversity by adding value to agrobiodiversity and

sociobiodiversity products while promoting sustainable markets and the

recognition of environmental services value”

Premisses:• It is not a new project

• Articulation and strengthening of transversal public policies (BFN) already going on

• Project operational plan and implementation: Participative process

Ministry of the Environment Programme 2018

Financial Manager

Project Coordination

Unit

Ministry for Agrarian

Development

Ministry of Social

Development

National Food Supply Company

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Education /FNDE

Food Procurement Programme

PAA

National Plan for the Promotion of Socio-biodiversity Product

ChainsPNPSB

Development of Organic Agriculture

Pró-Orgânico

Schools Meals National

Programme PNAE

Food and Nutrition National

Policy PNAN

ProgrammeAdvisory Committee

National Steering Committee

Inter relation among Ministries, stackeholders, the project coordination unite and the financial manager

Key activities and their relationship with the project’s components

Project Development in Brazil:

1) Nutritional characterization (macro and micronutrients analyses) of edible plant species targeted by the federal initiatives (contribution to data bank and biodiversity indicators in the diet).

2) Development of new recipes (targeting mainly children), with special emphasis to the plant species listed in the Ministry of Environment´s “Plants for the Future” Project may cover other potential edible native plant species.

3) Support the development of different media aiming to disseminate the recipes and, concurrently, develop and implement strategies for consumer information and education about the national agrobiodiversity products, with emphasis in their nutritional value and socio-environmental benefits.

4) Implementation and maintenance of school gardens.

5) Support studies in economic and regulatory aspects aiming to solve or minimize policy problems within the production chain of the native agrobiodiversity products and support studies aiming to evaluate technological alternatives to add value to the sociobiodiversity products.

6) Allow the development of activities that favor the proposition and implementation of policies that clearly foster the integration of edible food biodiversity within health, agriculture, education and development sectors and, simultaneously, reduce/ exclude policies that threaten this integration.

Proposed key activities

INSTITUTION NAME: PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAMME, POLICY, PLAN, ACTION: Name of the Programme, Policy, Plan, Action in the scope of the sustainable use of biodiversity for human nutrition: Objectives: Public/ Beneficiaries: Region (Federation Unit) of reach: Beggining date /Implementation period Annual Budget ( 2008-1011): Outline how the Programme, Policy, Plan, Action will benefit from the GEF-Nutrition Project´s results and the activities: Outline which information or data may be generated by the GEF-Nutrition Project that may foster the Programme, Plan, Policy, Action objectives (as: (i) nutritional composition determination of extrativism species/cultivars; (ii) evaluation of extrativism inventory; (iii) ethnobotanic survey; (iv) development of strategies/educational material in several steps of the extrativism production chain (from field to table); (v) capacitating actions; among others). Outline the biodiversity species already priorized/identified in the activities in developmento by thie Programme/Plan/Policy/Action. If possible, please add production data as well as processing and commercialization procedures (including values). Outline the challenges for the integration Food -Biodiversity-Production and Consumption – Food Security in the scope of the Programme/Plan/Policy/Action. If possible, please, describe for the Programme/Plan/Policy/Action: Strengths (internal environment), Weakness (internal environment), Opportunities (external environment), Threats (external opportunities) Outline other data that may be important for the project:

Rationale:

• Lack of Nutritional Data for the Socioagrobiodiversity products

• Obstacles for the production, selling and commercialization from agrosociobiodiversity products (animal and vegetal) including:

scale, quality, seasonality, logistics, transport, storage, conservation, shelf life improving technologies, transformation technologies, infrastructure, good manufacture practices, consumer awareness and so on.

• Obstacles related to the management of the “organizations / associations”

• Issues related to market and regulatory demands

Agrobiodiversity Products Targeted in the Brazil-GEF Nutrition Project

Project Development in Brazil:

Edible Species

“The Plants for the Future Project” - (MMA)

“National Plan for the Promotion of Socio-biodiversity Product Chains” (PNPSB) - (MMA, MDA, MDS)”

“Non conventional leafy vegetables”

Plants for the Future (2004)

Objetives• Identify local or regional Brazilian plant species of actual or

potential economic value;• Prioritize potential species and promote their sustainable use

aiming to:

Identify new options for direct use by family farming; Broaden the opportunities for industry investment on the

development of new products; Evaluate the degree of use and the existing gaps on the scientific

knowledge; Increase food security and contribute to minimize the vulnerability of the Brazilian food system; Develop partnerships towards the characterization of the

nutritional value of these native plant species.

Plants for the Future: methodology

Information gatheredUses - Management - Productive chain - Regional importance - Ecology - Geographical distribution.

Criteria for the definition of priority species

• Traditional use;• Existing market;• Extractive exploitation / cropping;• Existing studies;• Threatened or not / endemism;• Multi-functionality and use.

Five Brazilian Geographical Political Regions where the initiative “Plants for the Future” was developed

Brazil’s Plants for the Future Initiative

Priorized Food Species

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16

12

16

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NE

CO

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BabaçuOrbignya spp.

Açaí Euterpe oleracea

PequiCaryocar brasiliense

BuritiMauritia flexuosa

Umbu

Spondias tuberosa

Erva Mate

Ilex paraguariensisPinhão

Araucaria angustifolia

Juçara

Euterpes eduli

Castanha-do-BrasilBertholletia excelsa

Castanha-do-BrasilBertholletia excelsa

Non conventional leafy vegetables

Amaranthus viridis, Sonchus oleraceus, Cereus jamacaru, Spilanthes sp, Emilia Sonchifolia, Taraxacum officinalis, Bidens pilosa,

Xanthosoma sagittifolium and Moringa oleifera

1- Management

Project Development in Brazil

Programme Advisory Committee

MDAMinistry for

Agrarian Development

MDSMinistry of

Social Development and Fight

Against Hunger

MECMinistry of Education

MSMinistry of

Health

CONAB

National Supply

Company

MMAMinistry of

the Environment

MAPAMinistry of Agriculture,

Livestock and Food Supply

PAAFood Procurement

Programme

PNANFood and Nutrition

National Policy

PNAESchools Meals National

Programme

Pró-OrgânicoDevelopment of Organic

Agriculture

PNPSBPromotion of Socio-biodiversity

Product Chains National Plan

National Steering Committee

2- Implementation Arrangements

Project Development in Brazil:

Choosing the sites: Participative process

Identify at least three undergoing “projects”/ sites (from field to table/market/governmental facility) and the “obstacles” where the project can interfere

(http://www.agendha.org.br/)(http://www.biofort.com.br/_eng/index_eng.php)

BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY :

Nutritional evaluation of agrobiodiversity food items and Food Composition Data made available

Identification of agrosociobiodiversity within the food items acquired by the Federal initiatives (PAA and PNAE) (examples examples)

Proposed Strategies

• Activities will be, preferable, developed by CECANES*

• Colaborative actvities with NGO and other Institutions

• Implement or improve networks for FCD

• Search for financial funds aiming research activities for filling the gaps (technological, agronomic, economic, management, logistics, human resources, markets, consumer behavior) in order to achieve continuity)

Next Steps

• Meeting with the national partners to define the Operational Plan which includes:

- Definition of the “sites -projects”

- Methodology (including the definition of Collaborating Centers)

- Chronogram

- Responsibilities definition

Final Consideration

Huge challenge!