Introduction

Agrobiodiversity (AB), diversity of traditional agricultural sorts and breedsof domestic animals,is base of agriculture and food production. AB has been developed during human historyas answer on historical climate changes and food providing necessary& certainty. Producers have permanently developed and selected models of sorts & breeds adopted for new climate and other circumstances& wishes. Today, under pressure of industrial agriculture, traditional AB is disappearing, but is also principally not recognised, even forbidden, by low in high regulated society as EU, USA, Japan and other.

Lack of traditional AB elements, same as lack of knowledge & possibility for food producing, combined with expected climate changes (CC), can consequently lead human civilisation firstly to important food prices growth, lead some parts of world to extreme hungry and, finally, to global high-tech biotechnology food producing, as process completely or highly separated from ecosystems. Thisscenario option,transfer us to global pseudo-food society (PFS),society leaded by few global corporations, with monopoly on food production, owned by new class leaders. Finally, PFS transfer us to neo-feudal society (NFS).

Therefore, one of important segment of working group for Food & Agriculture, beside other improving food production systems (melioration models, protection models ...), should be work on recognising and improving of regional, national and local agrobiodiversity. This work should include: strategy, research methodology, data bases creation, production & conservation models, legal basis improving, skills transferring, education, promotion and publishing.

 

Expected results on food providing according to CCon regional, national and local level are: 

• strategy:    definition and implementation
• expert groups:  forming and sustainablecooperating in future
• data bases:  on agrobiodiversity; traditional food products& producers
• operating models:  on production & conservation models
• workshops:   skills in food production
• lectures:  Agrobiodiversity against climate change
• public meetings: Agrobiodiversity against climate change
• publications:  Agrobiodiversity against climate change

 

a) Regional level

 

Target:  

SE European region: Croatia, B/H, Serbia, Monte Negro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. (? Greece)

 

Stake holders:           

Government and Ministryof Agriculture

Faculties of Agriculture

NGO-s

Independent experts and producers

 

Objective:      

Organisation of platform and assistance in developing a regional strategy which proclaims a unified and determined attitude towards the importance of climate change issue on agriculture and food production &determination to pursue clear mitigation and adaptation measures.

 

Problems:      

What are the predicted effects of CC on agriculture in region?

How vulnerable isregional agriculture to these predicted CC effects?

How can vulnerability of regional agriculture to CC be managed?

What are the possible regional agricultural mitigation &adaptationmeasures?

Which regional actions do we need to take and who should take them?

What resources do we need to regional actions?

Is agrobiodiversity one of most important resources for agricultural evolution?

How to recognise agrobiodiversity and use it for CC adaptation?

How to cooperate on regional level on problems?

How to improve low regulation in agrobiodiversity?

...

 

Solutions:      

Establishing of regional expert team

Organisation & communication models

Clarify possible problems and solutions

Developing on methods for recognition on CC influencein agriculture

Developing of all models to improve food production in CC

Developing of data base for regional agrobiodiversity

Developing of data base for regional traditional food products

Developing a models for using & improving agrobiodiversity against CC

Incorporation of directions and models into regional strategy & lows

Presentation of activities and results

 
 

b) National level

 

Target:          

Croatia

 

Stake holders:           

Government and Ministryof Agriculture in Croatia

Faculties of Agriculture in Croatia

NGO-s in Croatia

Independent experts and producers in Croatia

 

Objective:      

Organisation of platform and assistance in developing a national strategy which proclaims a unified and determined attitude towards the importance of climate change issue on agriculture and food production &determination to pursue clear mitigation and adaptation measures.

 

Problems:      

What are the predicted effects of CC on agriculture in region in Croatia?

How vulnerable isCroatian agriculture to these predicted CC effects?

How can vulnerability of Croatian agriculture to CC be managed?

What are the possible Croatian agricultural mitigation &adaptationmeasures?

Which national actions do we need to take and who should take them?

What resources do we need for national actions?

Is agrobiodiversity one of most important resources for agricultural evolution?

How to recognise agrobiodiversity and use it for CC adaptation in Croatia?

How to cooperate on Croatian level on problems?

How to improve low regulation in agrobiodiversity?

...

 

Solutions:      

Establishing of national expert team

Organisation & communication models

Clarify possible problems and solutions

Developing on methods for recognition on CC influence in agriculture

Developing of all models to improve food production in CC

Developing of data base for national agrobiodiversity

Developing of data base for nationaltraditional food products

Developing a models for using & improving agrobiodiversity against CC

Incorporation of directions and models into national strategy & lows

Presentation of activities and results

c) Local Level

 

Target:          

Croatian local regions: 21 Parish &124 cities and 426 municipalities

 

Stake holders:           

Parish & Municipality Governments

NGO-s in Croatian regions

Local independent experts and producers

 

Objective:      

Organisation of platform and assistance in developing a local strategy which proclaims a unified and determined attitude towards the importance of climate change issue on agriculture and food production &determination to pursue clear mitigation and adaptation measures.

 

Problems:      

What are the predicted effects of CC on agriculture in local region in Croatia?

How vulnerable islocal agriculture to these predicted CC effects?

How can vulnerability of local agriculture to CC be managed?

What are the possible local agricultural mitigation &adaptationmeasures?

Which local actions do we need to take and who should take them?

What resources do we need for local actions?

Is agrobiodiversity one of most important resources for agricultural evolution?

How to recognise agrobiodiversity and use it for CC adaptation locally?

How to cooperate on local level on problems?

How to define local necessarity and wishes?

How to recognise low regulation problems?

How to influence on national level?

...

 

Solutions:      

Establishing of local expert team

Organisation & communication models

Clarify possible problems and solutions

Developing on methods for recognition on CC influence in agriculture

Developing of data base for national agrobiodiversity

Developing a models for using agrobiodiversity against CC

Incorporation of directions and models into national strategy & lows

 
 

d) Public awareness

 

Target:           

National, Croatian & local population: target groups

 

Stake holders:           

Public: all & target groups

Academic population

High educated

Low educated

School children

 

Objective:      

Developing a CC raising awareness public campaign which highlights the importance of urgent mitigation measures (incl. everyday choices and actions which individual citizen can do) and the importance of healthy ecosystems’ climate change mitigation impacts

 

Problems:      

How to define target groups?

How to define key messages?

How to share data regarding CC?

How to influence on main population?

 

Solutions:      

meetings

lectures

publications

Newspapers

web

TV, radio & other public media

                       

e) Media campaign

 

Target:           

National, Croatian & local media: web, newspaper, radio, TV

 

Stake holders:           

owners & management of media

 

Objective:      

Ensure a high quality discussion on CC in the media - regular newspaper and web articles, radio and TV shows, interviewing reputable Croatian and foreign scientists from different sectors 

 

Problems:      

How to in participate in media space?

How to define key messages?

How to present data regarding CC?

                       

Solutions:      

make a list of a all media

make a list of adequate space in media

make a list of a media supported specialist for CC