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MeetingMeeting documentLa situation de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture dans la région Asie et Pacifique, y compris sous l'angle des perspectives et des nouveaux enjeux 2018Dans l’ensemble, la région Asie et Pacifique a accompli de remarquables progrès en matière de réduction de l’insécurité alimentaire et de la malnutrition, par rapport aux niveaux qui prévalaient au milieu des années 1960. Le développement de l’agriculture, notamment la culture, l’élevage, la pêche (croissance bleue) et les forêts, a joué un rôle important pour rendre ces progrès possibles. Le document propose une description analytique du processus qui a permis à la région de parvenir à la situation actuelle. Il présente une analyse des différentes approches adoptées par les gouvernements dans la région pour favoriser le développement agricole, la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition, afin d’expliquer les différences constatées entre les pays en matière de sécurité alimentaire et de nutrition. Les enseignements tirés de ces expériences permettent, d’une part, d’évaluer les perspectives concernant la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD), en particulier l’ODD 2, et, d’autre part, de s’attaquer aux nouveaux défis que sont le changement climatique, les maladies et ravageurs endémiques et émergents ou leurs vecteurs, l’urbanisation et, enfin, le vieillissement de la population. Les délégués sont invités à échanger leurs points de vue, à faire part de leurs expériences dans leurs pays, à mettre en commun des informations sur la situation de la région en matière de sécurité alimentaire et à présenter des idées et des suggestions pour atteindre les ODD.
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No results found.The dominance of insular, supply-side technocratic thinking has posed a major challenge to improving water governance in the face of mounting resource scarcity, which has itself been accentuated by climate change. During the 1990s, global discourse moved from supply-driven sectoral interventions to more holistic approaches to water governance as part of larger socioeconomic and environmental processes. Integrated water resources management (IWRM) emphasized demand-side water management and used prices, participation, entitlements, laws and regulations to strengthen water governance at hydrological rather than territorial units. More recently, there have been pleas for more integrative approaches that link land, water, energy, food, livelihoods, the environment and other spheres – each with its own, often insular, governance structure. The evolution in global thinking reflects the need to meet growing human needs by innovating approaches that enhance resilience and the sustainability of landscapes, the biosphere and the Earth as a whole. To this end, the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus advocates that society is better off seeking system-level balance rather than maximizing sectoral objectives. The nexus approach has produced prolific analytical literature over the past decade but integrating it into policy and governance faces many challenges. This review paper explores these challenges by focusing on the WEF nexus in action. We compare the nexus in several water-stressed areas of the world including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, China, Bangladesh and Gujarat (India), with additional evidence drawn from other places such as Morocco and Punjab-Haryana. We synthesize these case studies to examine the actual state of play in different locations and tease out practical lessons for mainstreaming nexus thinking in water policy and governance. The key conclusion is that specific contexts, contingencies and constituencies drive national and sub-national policies. Directing the outcomes towards the optimal nexus depends on the nature of the state, investment in institution building and, above all, ingenuity in policy design and implementation to overcome resistance to change and strengthen political capital for the leaders who back such policies.