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Public Policies in Support of AKST


Coordinating Lead Authors:
Michelle Chauvet (Mexico), Celso Garrido (Mexico), and Tirso Gonzales (Peru)

Lead Authors:
Ruth Pamela Cartagena (Bolivia), Clara Cruzalegui (Peru), Luís A.
Gomero (Peru), Dominique Hervé (France), Ericka Prentice-Pierre
(Trinidad & Tobago), Ana Cristina Rostrán (Nicaragua)

Review Editors:
Claudio Bragantini (Brazil), Juan Cardenas (Colombia)


 

Key Messages

5.1 Objectives and Conceptual Framework 189
5.2 Public Policies for Food Sovereignty: Development and Culture 190
  5.2.1 Food security 190
  5.2.2 Food sovereignty 191
  5.2.3 Participation by women: The feminization of agriculture 192
  5.2.4 Development and culture 192
5.3 Policies for the Participation of Public and Private Stakeholders in the Development of AKST 195
  5.3.1 International actions 196
  5.3.2 National actions 196
    5.3.2.1 Suitable legal frameworks 196
    5.3.2.2 Effective mechanisms of participation 197
    5.3.2.3 Decentralizing the AKST system 197
    5.3.2.4 Mechanisms for disseminating information 198
    5.3.2.5 Effective mechanisms for evaluating and monitoring policies 198
  5.3.3 Local actions 198
    5.3.3.1 Strengthening local grassroots institutions 198
    5.3.3.2 Local capacity building 199
5.4 Policies for the Sustainable Management of Production Systems 199
  5.4.1 Sustainable management of production systems 199
    5.4.1.1 The stages of transition 199
    5.4.1.2 Policies to support sustainable management of production systems 201
  5.4.2 Biodiversity and intellectual property 202
  5.4.3 Education and agricultural extension services 204
  5.4.4 Climate change 205
5.5 Marketing and Market Access Policies 206
  5.5.1 Access to international and regional markets 206
  5.5.2 Active commercial policies for the domestic and international markets 206
5.6 Financial Services for the Rural Economy 207
  5.6.1 Financing capacity building for AKST 208
  5.6.2 Financing to strengthen capacities of rural people and vulnerable groups 209
  5.6.3 Financial support programs for helping communities make the transition to a sustainable production system 210