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systems and efforts to eradicate and prevent the spread of animal diseases,
recognizing that the livelihoods of farmers, including pastoralists, and the health of
livestock are intertwined.
113. We also stress the crucial role of healthy marine ecosystems, sustainable
fisheries and sustainable aquaculture for food security and nutrition and in
providing for the livelihoods of millions of people.
114. We resolve to take action to enhance agricultural research, extension services,
training and education to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability
through the voluntary sharing of knowledge and good practices. We further resolve
to improve access to information, technical knowledge and know-how, including
through new information and communications technologies that empower farmers,
fisherfolk and foresters to choose among diverse methods of achieving sustainable
agricultural production. We call for the strengthening of international cooperation
on agricultural research for development.
115. We reaffirm the important work and inclusive nature of the Committee on
World Food Security, including through its role in facilitating country-initiated
assessments on sustainable food production and food security, and we encourage
countries to give due consideration to implementing the Committee on World Food
Security Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,
Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. We take note of the
ongoing discussions on responsible agricultural investment in the framework of the
Committee on World Food Security, as well as the principles for responsible
agricultural investment.
116. We stress the need to address the root causes of excessive food price volatility,
including its structural causes, at all levels, and the need to manage the risks linked
to high and excessively volatile prices in agricultural commodities and their
consequences for global food security and nutrition, as well as for smallholder
farmers and poor urban dwellers.
117. We underline the importance of timely, accurate and transparent information in
helping to address excessive food price volatility, and in this regard take note of the
Agricultural Market Information System hosted by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and urge the participating international
organizations, private sector actors and governments to ensure the public
dissemination of timely and quality food market information products.
118. We reaffirm that a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and
equitable multilateral trading system will promote agricultural and rural
development in developing countries and contribute to world food security. We urge
national, regional and international strategies to promote the participation of
farmers, especially smallholder farmers, including women, in community, domestic,
regional and international markets.
Water and sanitation
119. We recognize that water is at the core of sustainable development as it is
closely linked to a number of key global challenges. We therefore reiterate the
importance of integrating water into sustainable development, and underline the
critical importance of water and sanitation within the three dimensions of
sustainable development.
120. We reaffirm the commitments made in the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation and the Millennium Declaration regarding halving by 2015 the
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