The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to balancing the importance of resource extraction and protecting the environment,
Recognizing that unsustainable agricultural practices often contribute to environmental degradation like desertification and may lead to regional food scarcity,
Asserting that it is the responsibility of the international community to adopt appropriate measures designed to decrease agriculture input, increase agricultural output, and expand access to safe and nutritious food to all people,
1. Mandates that member nations adopt sustainable agricultural policies whenever appropriate, including, but not limited to, regular crop rotation, polyculture techniques such as multicropping and intercropping, and responsible soil management techniques such as organic composting and cover crops;
2. Further mandates that member nations adopt measures designed to ensure a reliable supply of quality water for agricultural purposes whenever appropriate, including, but not limited to, reduced-volume irrigation systems, improved water storage, incentives for drought-resistant crops, incentives for salt-resistant crops, and tile drainage; farmland without access to a reliable source of water or without access to quality water (high salinity water, water contaminated by toxic substances, etc.) should be converted to other productive uses, including, but not limited to, wildlife habitats and drought resistant forages;
3. Requires that member nations adopt sustainable livestock management techniques to promote biological and economic diversity and complexity in farming systems whenever appropriate, including, but not limited to, holistic enterprise calendars of all agricultural operations, transhumance, land and herd production records, monitoring and recording feeding patterns to minimize feed costs; animals shall be carefully selected based on whether they are appropriate for a given farm's ecosystem and resources;
4. Establishes the World Assembly Committee for Sustainable Food Development (WACSFD) and charges it with the following:
- Assisting member nations, especially low-income food-deficit nations, upon their request, with adopting and implementing sustainable land and water management techniques,
- Assisting member member nations, especially low income food-deficit nations, upon their request, with allocating appropriate resources to establish infrastructures conducive to sustainable agricultural practices,
- Coordinating the transfer of relevant technology between member nations and helping member nations, especially low-income food-deficit nations in implementing such technologies if it is determined that they're locally suitable and effective in promoting sustainable agriculture,
- Conducting research into sustainable agricultural practices and technologies - the results of this research shall be made freely available to all nations and their inhabitants;
5. Authorizes the WACSFD to liaise with the International Meteorological Organization in order to provide member nations with adequate warning prior to weather conditions which may disrupt sustainable agricultural practices, such as droughts and intensive rainfall, so as to allow them to make appropriate preparations.
"We have split this off from our resolution on desertification. We believe multiple resolutions on the topic is more effective than one, omnibus one. Comments and questions are welcome.