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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-233/annex-II/division-A/division-IV",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/233",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020",
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  "path": "annex/II/division/A/division/IV",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "Food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture",
  "text": "Cooperation in this area shall strengthen cooperation, exchange of knowledge and experience and partner countries' capacities on the four pillars of food security with a gender sensitive approach: food availability (production), access (including land, infrastructure for food transport from surplus to deficit areas, markets, establishing domestic food reserves, safety nets), utilisation (nutrition interventions in socially aware ways) and stability, while also addressing fair trade and prioritising five dimensions: smallholder agriculture and livestock-keeping, food processing to create added value, governance, regional integration and assistance mechanisms for vulnerable populations, by:\n(a) promoting the development of sustainable smallholder agriculture and livestock-keeping through ecosystem-based, low carbon and climate-resilient secure access to technology (including information and communication technologies), through the recognition, promotion and reinforcement of local and autonomous adaptation strategies with regard to climate change, and through extension and technical services, rural development schemes, productive and responsible investment measures, in accordance with international guidelines, sustainable land and natural resource management, protection of land rights of the population in its various form and access to land for local populations, protection of genetic diversity, in an enabling economic environment;\n(b) supporting environmentally and socially responsible policy making and governance of the relevant sectors, the role of the public and non-public actors in its regulation and the use of public goods, its organisational capacity, professional organisations and institutions;\n(c) strengthening food and nutrition security through adequate policies, including the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate adaptation policies, information systems, crisis prevention and management, and nutrition strategies directed to vulnerable populations which mobilise the necessary resources to deliver basic interventions that could prevent the vast majority of cases of malnutrition;\n(d) fostering safe and sustainable practices throughout the food and feed supply chain.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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