Agriculture development and food security A/RES/67/228 take advantage of the Year as a way of promoting the traditional knowledge of the Andean and other indigenous peoples, contributing to the achievement of food security, nutrition and poverty eradication and raising awareness of their contribution to social, economic and environmental development, and to share good practices on the implementation of activities during the Year, as indicated in the master plan of activities for the Year, entitled “A future sown thousands of years ago”, 19 and recalls paragraph 3 of the report of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on its 144th session; 20 7. Takes note of the report of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on its 144th session, which stresses the importance of the Organization’s support to globally important agriculture heritage systems; Welcomes the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, which encourages 8. increased political commitment and programmatic alignment to reduce global hunger and undernutrition, with emphasis on tackling undernutrition in women, especially pregnant and lactating women, and children under 2 years of age; Stresses the need to address the root causes of excessive food price 9. volatility, including its structural causes, at all levels, and the need to manage the risks linked to excessively volatile prices in agriculture commodities and their consequences for global food security and nutrition, as well as for smallholder farmers and poor urban-dwellers; 10. Also stresses the need to increase sustainable agricultural production and productivity globally, noting the diversity of agricultural conditions and systems, including through improving the functioning of markets and trading systems and strengthening international cooperation, particularly for developing countries, and by increasing public and private investment in sustainable agriculture, land management and rural development; 11. Encourages all stakeholders to take part in the inclusive consultation and negotiation processes within the Committee on World Food Security for the development and broader ownership of principles for responsible agricultural investment that enhances food security and nutrition, taking into account existing frameworks, such as the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Bank; 12. Recognizes the need to increase the resilience of food and agricultural production to climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climatesensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought- and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, including the resilience of vulnerable groups and food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation and mitigation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers; 13. Reaffirms the need to strive for a comprehensive twin-track approach to food security and nutrition security that consists of direct action to immediately _______________ 19 20 A/67/553, appendix. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document CL 144/REP. 5/8