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Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems

In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises

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Crop Insurance program, which covers over 80% of crops planted across the U.S. The following

table provides a summary of the various adaptation and mitigation strategies used by best

practice countries.

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Table 12: Adaptation &Mitigation - Best Practices

Country

Adaptation &Mitigation

Ireland

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Contingency Planning:

The developmentof the “Strategic Emergency

Management (SEM): National Structures and Framework” lists

responsibilities and guidance for 50 emergency incident types and

specifies the responsibilities of the key government departments in

terms of response type and coordination

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Risk and Vulnerability Reduction Measures:

Development of a

national adaptation and national mitigation plan and adoption of

various measures aiming to reduce GHG emissions in the agriculture

sector and to increase productive efficiency, including the Green Low-

Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme, the Targeted Agricultural

Modernization Schemes, the National Afforestation Program,the Farm

Carbon Navigator, the Smart Farming Initiative, and Origin Green

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Social Protection:

Safety nets for farmers and low-income groups,

including subsidies and additional income to farmers, and support to

improve low-income groups access to food

U.S.

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Contingency Planning:

The FDA routinely carries out risk

assessments through its CFSCAN unit. Examples of this include

QPRAM, a virtual laboratory that uses past contaminations to predict

the likelihood and risk of new contaminations arising.

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Risk and Vulnerability Reduction Measures:

Establishes several

regional hubs to support farmers in managing the effects of climate

change and developing COMET-farm, a whole farm and ranch

greenhouse gas accounting system to help farmers improve their

management practices

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Social Protection:

Funds 15 domestic food and nutrition programs

targeting the most vulnerable households, including the

Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, National School

Lunch Program and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for

Women, Infants, and Children; provides extensive insurance

programs to support farmers

2.6.

Resilience – Best Practices

To account for the role of research and innovation in boosting food security, best practice

countries have created various platforms and initiatives in support of this. In Ireland, the

Agriculture and Food Development Authority and the University College Cork have established

the StrategicAlliance in Food Research, which establishes a single portal for food companies to

provide them with easier access to the latest research and innovation expertise.

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Ireland has

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Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Christian A. Gregory, and Anita Singh. (2018). Household Food Security in the

United States in 2017, ERR-256. USDA. Economic Research Service. Retrieved from

https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/90023/err-256.pdf?v=0

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The Agriculture and Food Development Authority website.

https://www.teagasc.ie/