[IYRPsupportgroup] FYI: Valuing Variability: How Pastoralists Can Inform Debates About Food Systems

Fri Jul 30 22:12:38 MST 2021

Dear Ann
Thank you very much to inform us.
Ali
Iran

On 7/30/21, Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Here is a post from PASTRES about Ian Scoones’ input into the IYRP parallel
> session at the UN Food Systems Summit on pastoralism.
>
> For more info, see https://www.iyrp.info/un-food-systems-summit-unfss
> <https://www.iyrp.info/un-food-systems-summit-unfss> - the recording and
> report on the event will be posted there soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Ann
>
>> From: "Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience - PASTRES"
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>> Subject: [New post] Valuing Variability: How Pastoralists Can Inform
>> Debates About Food Systems
>> Date: 30 July 2021 at 11:34:40 AM CEST
>> To: waters-bayer at web.de
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>> New post on Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience - PASTRES
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>>  <http://pastres.org/author/rubyutting/>	
>> Valuing Variability: How Pastoralists Can Inform Debates About
>> Food Systems <http://pastres.org/2021/07/30/new-science-of-variability/>by
>> PASTRES <http://pastres.org/author/rubyutting/>
>>
>> A still from the video made by PASTRES researchers
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zUer5--s4> for the UNFSS
>> counter-mobilization.
>> This past week has been a busy period for those involved in pastoralism as
>> practice and research. PASTRES researchers were present at two events that
>> ran alongside each other, each debating the future of food systems and the
>> role of pastoralism.
>>
>> PASTRES lead researcher Ian Scoones spoke at the event ‘Mobile Pastoralism
>> Valuing Rangeland Variability’
>> <https://www.iyrp.info/un-food-systems-summit-unfss>, a parallel session
>> at the UN Food Systems pre-Summit. The event aimed to present a
>> ‘game-changing idea’ for sustainable consumption and production from the
>> livestock sector to the main Summit. It was organised in support of the
>> International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026.
>>
>> As part of his intervention, Ian argued that there is an urgent need for a
>> new science of variability in agriculture and food systems. This should be
>> rooted in mobility and flexibility, and centred on pastoralists’ own
>> knowledge. His intervention focused on two themes: production and
>> environment.
>>
>>
>> In terms of production, there is much debate about improving livestock
>> systems, but this largely focuses on control, containment, intensification
>> and management through a particular type of science. Yet pastoralists make
>> use of variability as a productive resource through moving to exploit
>> rangelands, supported by careful herding and animal breeding.
>>
>> Alternative production approaches are urgently needed to support mobility,
>> flexibility and responses to variable and uncertain conditions in areas
>> where conventional agriculture is impossible. Being able to respond
>> productively to variability is made even more important by the impacts of
>> climate change.
>>
>> On the environment, much of the debate misses an understanding of
>> variability. Rather than causing degradation and desertification, as is
>> commonly argued, mobile pastoralism in variable ecologies can improve the
>> environment, enhance biodiversity and reduce climate impacts.
>>
>> Pastoralists' voices at the Counter-Mobilization
>> While the UNFSS pre-summit discussions took place, PASTRES was also
>> involved in a counter-mobilization
>> <https://www.foodsystems4people.org/take-action-2/> that aimed to
>> challenge the corporate agenda on food systems.
>>
>> PhD candidate Giulia Simula summarises the reasons for the counter-summit
>> in the video below, and explains why PASTRES researchers responded to the
>> call for ‘Food Systems 4 People’ <https://www.foodsystems4people.org/>.
>> The video also includes contributions from two pastoralists from our field
>> sites.
>>
>> Vibjabhai Sangaa Rabari, a pastoralist from Gujarat, explains how his
>> community have been affected by falling prices and government
>> indifference. Aop, from Amdo Tibet, explains the challenge pastoralists
>> face in his area from tourism and industrial development.
>>
>>  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zUer5--s4>
>> The theme of variability in pastoral production and livelihoods is also
>> central to a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
>> publication titled ‘Pastoralism: Making Variability Work’
>> <http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb5855en>. This report explains
>> how pastoralism, by farming with nature, can address the global challenge
>> of producing food sustainably in a context of increasing variability from
>> climate change. Pastoralism can help address climate change, contribute to
>> economic development, employment and food security, alongside enhancing
>> water use efficiency, improving ecosystem services and contributing to
>> landscape values and biodiversity conservation.
>>
>> This document aims to engage FAO in the mainstreaming of pastoralism –
>> promoting FAO’s vision by generating an understanding of pastoralism and
>> systematically including pastoralism in FAO’s normal operations.
>>
>> As discussed at the IYRP event, pastoralism is the future!
>>
>> You can see more and follow the PASTRES project on Twitter
>> <https://twitter.com/pastres_erc>, Facebook
>> <https://www.facebook.com/ERCPASTRES>and Instagram
>> <https://www.instagram.com/pastres_erc/>
>> PASTRES <http://pastres.org/author/rubyutting/> | July 30, 2021 at 9:34 am
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Ali Ariapour
Associate Prof. Natural Resource Management Department,
IAUB University, Borujerd Branch
Website: www.rangeland.ir

Email: aariapour at iaub.ac.ir, alternative email: aariapour at yahoo.com

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