BBM Magazine Issue-Sayı: 58 November - Kasım 2022

32 COVER STORY • KAPAK DOSYASI BBM / KASIM 2022 • NOVEMBER 2022 ernance will also be important to ensure that such partner- ships ultimately benefit communities and people in greatest need, not powerful industry players. This report shows that governments can invest in ag- rifood systems equitably and sustainably, even with the same level of public resources. Governments’ support to food and agriculture accounts for almost USD 630 billion per year globally. However, a significant proportion of this support distorts market prices, is environmentally destruc- tive, and hurts small-scale producers and Indigenous Peo- ples, while failing to deliver healthy diets to children and others who need them the most. Food-importing countries have often provided stronger policy support, especially for cereals, with the aim of shield- ing their farming sector from international competition. In doing so, they may have been disproportionately foster- ing production of cereals relative to production of pulses, seeds, fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods. These policies have contributed to food security in terms of suf- ficient quantity of calories, but they are not effective in im- proving nutrition and health outcomes, including among children. The evidence suggests that if governments repurpose the resources to prioritize food consumers, and to incentiv- ize sustainable production, supply and consumption of nu- tritious foods, they will help make healthy diets less costly and more affordable for all. Governments must take this important transformational step, but the multilateral architecture under the United Na- tions Decade of Action on Nutrition must support it. As well, the repurposing of trade measures and fiscal subsidies will have to consider countries’ commitments and flexibilities under the rules of the World Trade Organization. This evidence-based report builds on the momentum of last year’s United Nations Food Systems Summit and the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit, as well as the expected outcomes from the COP26 negotiations for building climate resilience for food security and nutrition. We recognize that countries with lower incomes will have scarce public resources and need international develop- ment finance support. These are countries where agricul- ture is key to the economy, jobs and rural livelihoods, and where millions of people are hungry, food insecure, or mal- nourished. We are committed to working with these coun- tries to find avenues for increasing the provision of public services that supports agrifood systems’ actors collectively, with the involvement of local institutions and civil society, while forging public-private partnerships. pılacak yatırımlar için kamu-özel sektör ortaklıkları son de- rece önemli olacaktır. Güçlü yönetişim, bu tür ortaklıkların, nihayetinde en çok ihtiyaç duyan topluluklara ve insanlara fayda sağlaması için de önemli olacaktır. Bu rapor, hükümetlerin, aynı düzeyde kamu kaynaklarıyla bile, tarımsal gıda sistemlerine adil ve sürdürülebilir bir şe- kilde yatırım yapabileceğini göstermektedir. Hükümetlerin gıda ve tarıma verdiği destek, küresel olarak yılda yaklaşık 630 milyar dolar tutarındadır. Ancak, bu desteğin önemli bir kısmı piyasa fiyatlarını çarpıtıyor, çevreye zarar veriyor ve küçük ölçekli üreticilere ve yerli halklara zarar verirken, çocuklara ve onlara en çok ihtiyacı olan diğerlerine sağlıklı beslenme sağlayamıyor.