My first presentation (out of three) in the Master on European and Global Governance by the Institute for European Global Studies (University of Basel, Switzerland).
An analysis of the global food system (production, consumption and crisis) and the two different sub-systems that conform it: the industrial food systema and the peasant's food web.
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The Global Food System. Driver of Planetary Havoc, Vital for human flourishing
1. The Global
Food System
Driver of Planetary Havoc
Vital for human flourishing
JOSE LUIS VIVERO POL
Course on Advanced Studies “Europe 2050: Trends & Challenges”
Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel (05-04-16)
21. According to “The State fo
Food Insecurity in 2015”
(FAO-WFP-IFAD, 2015),
hunger affects 795 million
people now, 216 millon less
that in 1990 (from 23.3% a
12.9%)
Out of those, 155 millon
correspond to China (72%)
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EU Food Charity
Non universal
Non accountable
Non demandable
No right holders
and duty bearers
Money-restricted
3.8 Billion € in
7 years
US opposes to the
Right to Food
EU has a vague,
non-complying
attitude
Vivero & Schuftan (in
press)
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160 million chronically
malnourished
19 million severely
wasted children
HUNGER is largest
contributor (35%)
to child mortality
1.4 BILLION OVERWEIGHT
(300 MILLION OBESE)
2.3 BILLION MALNOURISHED PEOPLE – WE EAT BADLY
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Food System Paradoxes
FOOD PRODUCERS STAY HUNGRY
70% are food producers
FOOD KILLS PEOPLE
6.5 M deaths per year
FOOD IS (INCREASINGLY) NOT FOR
HUMANS
FOOD IS WASTED
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43. Global Food Trade:
not so relevant for humans
essential to corporate control
• Food crossing borders: 23% (15% 20 yrs ago)
• 13 food products make 80% of total trade
• Big Corporations control 80% of food exports
(D’Odorico et al., 2014)
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52. Food system is the greatest driver
of Earth transformation
• Food systems accounts for 48% of land use
• 70% of water use
• 33% of total GHG emissions
• 40% relies on agriculture for their livelihood
• Phosphorus & Nitrogen exceeded Planetary
Boundaries
(Ivanova et al., 2015, Clapp, 2012)
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The actual way of
producing & eating
(western diets &
industrial food system)
is unsustainable
It cannot be maintained
for the next 50 years
IAASTD (2008)
UNEP (2009)
UNCTAD (2013)UK Foresight (2011)
54. The way we produce
and eat food will
greatly determine
the likelihood of
human presence on
this planet
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