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Governments and businesses joined farmers and local communities last week at COP26, securing new agreements to protect nature and accelerate the shift to sustainable smart agriculture and land use practices by making them more attractive, accessible and affordable.
Twenty-six nations set out new commitments to change their agricultural policies to become more sustainable and less polluting, and to invest in the science needed for sustainable agriculture and protecting food supplies against climate change. All continents were represented, with countries including India, Colombia, Vietnam, Germany, Zimbabwe, and Australia.
Examples of national commitments aligned with this agenda include:
Brazil’s plan to scale its ABC+ low carbon farming programme to 72 million hectares, saving 1 billion tonnes of emissions by 2030
Germany’s plans to lower emissions from land use by 25 million tonnes by 2030
The UK’s aim to engage 75 percent of farmers in low carbon practices by 2030
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This issue brings forth interesting articles varying from social, economic and political dimensions. This edition predominantly features articles on natural resource governance, child development, gender mainstreaming and integration, democracy and good governance amongst other critical development issues.
It is worth noting that this issue is coinciding with preparations for the Global Week to Action (17 – 28 September). The Global Week to Action aims to drive collective action, mobilizing communities, civil society and key stakeholders from all sectors to drive change and accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. This is a week of action, awareness, and accountability for the SDGs. It is therefore my plea to Civil society around Zimbabwe to join in solidarity, demonstrating our hope beyond the COVID19 pandemic.
The Global Week of Action seek to turn around action for a healthy, just and green recovery, keeping the promise of the SDGs in this decisive decade counting down to 2030. In this regard, NANGO will take the global week of action as an opportunity to reflect on the outcomes and recommendations from the 2021 High-Level Political Forum process. This is key in implementing the principles to Leave No One Behind and putting the Furthest Behind First as part of the Global Week of Action.
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Adolescent girls and young women are disproportionately affected by HIV and other sexual and reproductive health risks. Laws, policies, and practices that perpetuate gender inequality, harmful gender norms, and gender-based violence create barriers to access to sexual and reproductive health & rights.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are essential to the well-being of each individual and to support the fulfilment of national responses to health risks, such as HIV. However, for many adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), this right remains unfulfilled.
Enabling legal environments need to prioritise laws, policies, and programmes that address the human rights and gender-related factors that cause a heightened risk of HIV and other sexual and reproductive health risks amongst AGYW.
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As we already highlighted in our previous issue, Development Watch Volume 3, Issue 3, this issue incorporates an analysis of the midterm review statement of the performance of the 2021 National Budget for the period January to June 2021. The statement was presented before the Parliament of Zimbabwe by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday last week.
The 2021 Mid-Term Budget and Economic Review provides an assessment of the performance of the economy and the 2021 Budget during the first half of the year, together with macro and fiscal outlook to year end. This is in compliance with Section 7 (2) (a) of the Public Finance Management Act and Section 9 of the Public Finance Management (General) Regulations of 2019. Guided by first half developments, the Review also gives Government an opportunity to make necessary policy re-alignments to ensure that set economic and fiscal objectives and targets for the year are met.
To note, The Mid-Year Budget Review is one of the key budget documents used by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) in carrying out the Open Budget Survey (OBS). The Mid-Year Budget Review presents an opportunity for the treasury to comprehensively assess the government’s fiscal performance against the strategy established in the Enacted Budget. Thus, it should allow for an assessment of whether the budget is adequately coping with emerging macroeconomic developments, including changes in the prices, the state of implementation of the different elements of the budget, and revenue in the context of expected patterns.
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