WOCAN, as a member of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM), contributed to the contents of the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) report on climate change on food security and nutrition. The report was submitted to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 16 July 2012. Specifically, WOCAN emphasized the need for women in small scale production, starting from the community level, to always be consulted and included in the planning, design, implementation and monitoring of programs on climate change. In addition, the economic capacity of these small scale producers should not compromise food security and should be consistent with emissions responsibility and protection of the environment.
The content of the report will be presented at thePolicy Roundtable Discussion on Food Security and Climate Change is Scheduled during the 39th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to be held in FAO, Rome, 15-20 October 2012.
Link to the report: http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/en/