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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.110
Table 12: Adaptation &Mitigation - Best Practices
Country Adaptation &Mitigation
Ireland - 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
- 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
- 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. - 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.
- 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
- 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.111 Ireland has
110 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
111 The Agriculture and Food Development Authority website.