CIFOR-IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food, Forests, and Landscapes - Solutions for Sustainable Development" with Shenggen Fan, IFPRI, Peter Holmgren, CIFOR, and Geeta Sethi, The World Bank.
Confronting the Food Security Threats from Climate Change -- Grand JunctionConservationColorado
From our climate panel in Grand Junction on August 4:
Our Forest, Our Water, Our Land: Local Impacts on Climate Change. Sponsored by Conservation Colorado, Mesa County Library, Math & Science Center
This document discusses the challenges of biofuel production related to food security and energy demands. It notes that while biofuels are a renewable source of energy, the increased demand for biofuels is putting pressure on global agricultural markets and food prices. Models are being used to analyze the effects of biofuel production on food availability, trade, and food security. Large-scale production of biomass, algae, and seaweed for biofuels could help meet energy needs but also impact water, nutrient cycles and social factors.
This document summarizes scenarios for global food security, farming, and climate change between now and 2050. It finds that population growth and income growth will increase global food demand, while climate change may reduce crop yields and threaten food security. Under a "business as usual" scenario, climate change is projected to decrease calorie consumption in developing countries by 12% on average and increase childhood malnutrition by 11% on average. However, increasing agricultural productivity, especially in developing countries, could help reduce the negative impacts of climate change on food security and malnutrition. Overall, sustainable economic growth, agricultural research, open trade, and climate change mitigation are necessary to adapt to the food security challenges posed by climate and demographic changes through 2050.
Farm-level impacts of FISP, by Rodney Lunduka (CIMMYT)IFPRIMaSSP
- The document summarizes research on the household-level impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP).
- FISP aims to increase maize production, rural incomes, and food security. Research finds it increases maize yields but also increases maize prices.
- Around 1 million households, or 42% of rural population, experienced food insecurity in 2010/11 according to government surveys.
- FISP crowds out some commercial fertilizer use but has minimal impact on organic manure use. It provides more benefit to households when maize and fertilizer prices are higher.
- While overall poverty declined from 2003-2010, ultra poverty rose. FISP
11.[21 29]the implications of climate change on food security and rural livel...Alexander Decker
This document discusses the implications of climate change on food security and rural livelihoods in northern Ghana based on interviews and observations. The key findings are:
1) Communities in northern Ghana that never previously experienced floods and droughts are now facing these natural phenomena, negatively impacting food security and livelihoods.
2) Climate change affects all dimensions of food security - availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. It impacts livelihood activities like farming and livestock rearing.
3) The impacts of climate change will vary by location but it threatens food security and livelihoods in both temperate and tropical regions. Government action is needed to mitigate these threats.
The document discusses the major challenges related to achieving both food security and environmental security given current and projected global population growth and climate change. It outlines issues like increasing demand for resources due to more people and stronger economies, the need to feed billions more people by 2050, threats from extreme weather and erosion to food production, groundwater depletion stressing aquifers, and the importance of conservation practices and policies for mitigating climate change impacts while adapting to ensure future food security. Good policies and conservation can help achieve food security with healthy soils and water, while bad policies and lack of conservation threaten these goals.
CIFOR-IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food, Forests, and Landscapes - Solutions for Sustainable Development" with Shenggen Fan, IFPRI, Peter Holmgren, CIFOR, and Geeta Sethi, The World Bank.
Confronting the Food Security Threats from Climate Change -- Grand JunctionConservationColorado
From our climate panel in Grand Junction on August 4:
Our Forest, Our Water, Our Land: Local Impacts on Climate Change. Sponsored by Conservation Colorado, Mesa County Library, Math & Science Center
This document discusses the challenges of biofuel production related to food security and energy demands. It notes that while biofuels are a renewable source of energy, the increased demand for biofuels is putting pressure on global agricultural markets and food prices. Models are being used to analyze the effects of biofuel production on food availability, trade, and food security. Large-scale production of biomass, algae, and seaweed for biofuels could help meet energy needs but also impact water, nutrient cycles and social factors.
This document summarizes scenarios for global food security, farming, and climate change between now and 2050. It finds that population growth and income growth will increase global food demand, while climate change may reduce crop yields and threaten food security. Under a "business as usual" scenario, climate change is projected to decrease calorie consumption in developing countries by 12% on average and increase childhood malnutrition by 11% on average. However, increasing agricultural productivity, especially in developing countries, could help reduce the negative impacts of climate change on food security and malnutrition. Overall, sustainable economic growth, agricultural research, open trade, and climate change mitigation are necessary to adapt to the food security challenges posed by climate and demographic changes through 2050.
Farm-level impacts of FISP, by Rodney Lunduka (CIMMYT)IFPRIMaSSP
- The document summarizes research on the household-level impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP).
- FISP aims to increase maize production, rural incomes, and food security. Research finds it increases maize yields but also increases maize prices.
- Around 1 million households, or 42% of rural population, experienced food insecurity in 2010/11 according to government surveys.
- FISP crowds out some commercial fertilizer use but has minimal impact on organic manure use. It provides more benefit to households when maize and fertilizer prices are higher.
- While overall poverty declined from 2003-2010, ultra poverty rose. FISP
11.[21 29]the implications of climate change on food security and rural livel...Alexander Decker
This document discusses the implications of climate change on food security and rural livelihoods in northern Ghana based on interviews and observations. The key findings are:
1) Communities in northern Ghana that never previously experienced floods and droughts are now facing these natural phenomena, negatively impacting food security and livelihoods.
2) Climate change affects all dimensions of food security - availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. It impacts livelihood activities like farming and livestock rearing.
3) The impacts of climate change will vary by location but it threatens food security and livelihoods in both temperate and tropical regions. Government action is needed to mitigate these threats.
The document discusses the major challenges related to achieving both food security and environmental security given current and projected global population growth and climate change. It outlines issues like increasing demand for resources due to more people and stronger economies, the need to feed billions more people by 2050, threats from extreme weather and erosion to food production, groundwater depletion stressing aquifers, and the importance of conservation practices and policies for mitigating climate change impacts while adapting to ensure future food security. Good policies and conservation can help achieve food security with healthy soils and water, while bad policies and lack of conservation threaten these goals.
Impacts of climate change on nutrition security in Developing countriesMahouli Elvire Goubalan
Hunger and malnutrition are already burdens for children and women in most of developing countries. Climate change will likely increase these issues because it is affecting all the dimensions of nutrition security. It can lead to crisis, conflicts and destabilize our countries.
Johan Swinnen (IFPRI) • MENA Discussion “2021 Global Food Policy Report: Tran...Lina Abdelfattah
The MENA regional section examines the diverse experiences of countries in the region, highlighting how the pandemic has compounded other serious challenges — including low oil prices, ongoing conflicts, and political transitions, as well as natural disasters — and has tested the resilience of those national food systems that are heavily dependent on food imports. At the launch event, speakers share updates on the post-COVID-19 recovery plans and discuss the way forward for strengthening the food system’s resilience to shocks.
This document discusses the challenges of climate change and food security, and proposes climate-smart agriculture and diversity as keys to adaptation. It notes that climate change is likely to exceed 1.5°C by 2100, negatively impacting agriculture yields. To meet rising global food demand while reducing emissions will require innovative solutions. Climate-smart agriculture promotes greater climate risk management, technologies to cope with extremes, and integrated solutions at landscape and village levels. Diversity of crops, fields, and food systems can improve resilience to changing conditions. Conserving crop wild relatives and participatory testing of diverse varieties can help adapt to future climates.
The document discusses how where you live affects what you eat at the local, national, and global levels. At the local level, some areas lack access to healthy foods while others focus on local and organic options. Nationally, the US has high rates of obesity and diet-related diseases while spending more on junk food subsidies than school lunches. Globally, a third of food is wasted while millions starve despite overall food production being able to feed 10 billion people.
As part of the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 2oC, annual emissions reductions from agriculture must reach 1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e/yr) by 2030. Plausible options to do this only deliver 21–40% of this target. Agricultural systems are witnessing ambitious goals and require transformative actions. Across food systems actions include: application of next generation technologies, increasing investment flows and improving returns, change in pattern of landholdings, enhancing capacities through skill development and capacity building, and via changes in the distribution and dynamics of the population and labour force. This transformation would generate multitude of benefits such as education, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and empowerment of women and youth, and transforming rural livelihoods and indigenous communities.
Climate change threatens human health in the United States. This scientific assessment was developed to understand and inform decisions about this growing threat. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive estimate of observed and projected climate-related health impacts. Climate change is projected to increase heat-related deaths and illnesses while decreasing cold-related deaths. It will also exacerbate ozone pollution, increase health impacts from wildfires and extreme weather, and alter the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Presentation by Shenggen Fan, IFPRI Director General, at "Berlin Launch of IFPRI’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report" event. June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Event details at: http://www.ifpri.org/event/berlin-launch-ifpri-s-2013-global-food-policy-report
This document summarizes a study conducted for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments on farmland and local food supply in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The study addressed how much farmland would be needed to meet nutritional needs, identified existing farmland and potential for expansion, and examined related issues like biodiversity and climate change impacts. It was prepared by students at The Conway School, which provides graduate education in sustainable landscape planning and design through hands-on learning projects.
The document proposes a framework for global sustainable and healthy eating called "Livewell" developed by the World Wildlife Fund and researchers at Aberdeen University. It recommends eating more seasonal produce like fruits and vegetables as well as cereals, eating less meat and processed foods, minimizing food waste, using only sustainable fish and palm oil. The framework aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system while maintaining nutritious diets. It presents opportunities for Scottish industries to develop more sustainable and innovative food products and processes.
Jessica Fanzo
POLICY SEMINAR
Climate resilience, sustainable food systems, and healthy diets: Can we have it all?
OCT 31, 2017 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
Climate Change, Disaster Risk and Hunger: Linking Availability, Access and Pr...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
This document discusses the links between climate change, disaster risk, and hunger. It argues that while increasing food availability is important, access to food and protection are also critical to ensure food security for vulnerable populations under climate change. The document presents evidence from Ethiopia of the MERET program, which integrates natural resource management, community development, and social protection to improve both availability and access to food while increasing resilience to climate-related shocks for over 600,000 people. It concludes that future climate adaptation strategies must take a twin-track approach of both enhancing production and expanding protection for vulnerable groups.
Shenggen Fan presented an outline for a book on agricultural development in a changing world. The outline discussed 3 main points: 1) Rapid transformation has occurred in agriculture over past decades across issues like globalization, regional differences, urbanization, and trade. 2) Agriculture now addresses broader goals like gender, nutrition, climate change, and finance. 3) Agricultural development must take an integrated food systems approach to identify intervention points and assess impacts across different actors and outcomes to address challenges like food security and the environment.
"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Sherman Robinson, IFPRI, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
This document discusses the potential impacts of climate change on Bhutan's food security. It notes that Bhutan has a mountainous ecosystem that is vulnerable to climate change. Its agriculture is important for food security and livelihoods but is threatened by climate change. Specific climate hazards discussed are melting glaciers, landslides, and rising temperatures. These hazards can damage crops and infrastructure, cause food insecurity and health issues. Adaptation measures discussed include early warning systems, lowering glacial lake levels, soil conservation, water harvesting, and incentives for low emission technologies. The conclusion states that climate change is already affecting food systems and vulnerability, and greater impacts are expected in the future.
E-poster prepared for Knowledge Fair side event at 2020 Conference on "Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health," Feb 10-12, 2011, New Delhi, India
Credit: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
This document discusses gender, social change, and climate resilience from the perspective of the International Development Research Centre's work. It presents a framework for a gender transformative and climate resilient food system that addresses the underlying causes of gender inequality to lead to more sustainable social change, food security, and climate resilience. Key approaches discussed include integrating gender in agricultural curriculum, engaging men and boys for gender equality, and supporting women's leadership and access to land. The document also describes a pathways to resilience project in semi-arid economies that brought together national, district, and village institutions to disseminate climate adaptation information and reduce crop losses.
This document discusses the relationship between the human right to adequate food, climate change, and gender. It outlines the legal structures that recognize the right to food and examines challenges like poverty, inequalities, and environmental degradation. Women are especially vulnerable as climate change impacts food security. The effects of climate change on food systems, like reduced crop yields and more extreme weather, disproportionately impact the poor, including many women farmers. Gender-sensitive climate and development policies are needed to ensure women's participation and access to resources to build resilience.
Keynote presentation by Philip Thornton, CCAFS Flagship Leader on Priorities and Policies for CSA, at the 3rd Conference on Agriculture and Climate Change in Budapest on 25 March 2019.
Food is life and the global food sustainability is essential to human being survival. The global food system is highly
complex and is driven by various factors including environment, cultural, social and economic drive. It is vital to understand
these drivers and their interaction in order to help to improve the public food sustainability policies. Global polices and projects
desperately required in order improving the global food sustainability. Food sustainability is one of the unsolved global issues
and great commitment is required starting from global policy makers, national governments, and every individual home. This
research paper includes analysis and study of various elements such as global change science, policy, food crisis, factor affecting
and challenging food security, data on status and future projection and potential ways of solving problems. The goal of food
sustainability is to enable all people throughout the world to satisfy their basic needs and have a reasonable quality of life without
compromising the quality of life of future generations. Agriculture sustainability is the best solution which can feed the world
without compromising the environment or threatening human health. Scientific evidence that global environment has changed
is overwhelming and indisputable. These phenomena have a direct impact on agriculture which in turn affects food
sustainability. The food price is always toward upward trend which is validated by the periodic average global food price
monitoring report released by the Food and agricultural organizations. The factors affecting and challenging the food security
are many including increased food consumption due to population increase, uneven distribution, changes in living styles, limited
resources, environmental problems, economic problems and others. The potential ways to solve food sustainability need to be
established and implemented effectively across the world.
Impacts of climate change on nutrition security in Developing countriesMahouli Elvire Goubalan
Hunger and malnutrition are already burdens for children and women in most of developing countries. Climate change will likely increase these issues because it is affecting all the dimensions of nutrition security. It can lead to crisis, conflicts and destabilize our countries.
Johan Swinnen (IFPRI) • MENA Discussion “2021 Global Food Policy Report: Tran...Lina Abdelfattah
The MENA regional section examines the diverse experiences of countries in the region, highlighting how the pandemic has compounded other serious challenges — including low oil prices, ongoing conflicts, and political transitions, as well as natural disasters — and has tested the resilience of those national food systems that are heavily dependent on food imports. At the launch event, speakers share updates on the post-COVID-19 recovery plans and discuss the way forward for strengthening the food system’s resilience to shocks.
This document discusses the challenges of climate change and food security, and proposes climate-smart agriculture and diversity as keys to adaptation. It notes that climate change is likely to exceed 1.5°C by 2100, negatively impacting agriculture yields. To meet rising global food demand while reducing emissions will require innovative solutions. Climate-smart agriculture promotes greater climate risk management, technologies to cope with extremes, and integrated solutions at landscape and village levels. Diversity of crops, fields, and food systems can improve resilience to changing conditions. Conserving crop wild relatives and participatory testing of diverse varieties can help adapt to future climates.
The document discusses how where you live affects what you eat at the local, national, and global levels. At the local level, some areas lack access to healthy foods while others focus on local and organic options. Nationally, the US has high rates of obesity and diet-related diseases while spending more on junk food subsidies than school lunches. Globally, a third of food is wasted while millions starve despite overall food production being able to feed 10 billion people.
As part of the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 2oC, annual emissions reductions from agriculture must reach 1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e/yr) by 2030. Plausible options to do this only deliver 21–40% of this target. Agricultural systems are witnessing ambitious goals and require transformative actions. Across food systems actions include: application of next generation technologies, increasing investment flows and improving returns, change in pattern of landholdings, enhancing capacities through skill development and capacity building, and via changes in the distribution and dynamics of the population and labour force. This transformation would generate multitude of benefits such as education, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and empowerment of women and youth, and transforming rural livelihoods and indigenous communities.
Climate change threatens human health in the United States. This scientific assessment was developed to understand and inform decisions about this growing threat. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive estimate of observed and projected climate-related health impacts. Climate change is projected to increase heat-related deaths and illnesses while decreasing cold-related deaths. It will also exacerbate ozone pollution, increase health impacts from wildfires and extreme weather, and alter the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Presentation by Shenggen Fan, IFPRI Director General, at "Berlin Launch of IFPRI’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report" event. June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Event details at: http://www.ifpri.org/event/berlin-launch-ifpri-s-2013-global-food-policy-report
This document summarizes a study conducted for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments on farmland and local food supply in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The study addressed how much farmland would be needed to meet nutritional needs, identified existing farmland and potential for expansion, and examined related issues like biodiversity and climate change impacts. It was prepared by students at The Conway School, which provides graduate education in sustainable landscape planning and design through hands-on learning projects.
The document proposes a framework for global sustainable and healthy eating called "Livewell" developed by the World Wildlife Fund and researchers at Aberdeen University. It recommends eating more seasonal produce like fruits and vegetables as well as cereals, eating less meat and processed foods, minimizing food waste, using only sustainable fish and palm oil. The framework aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system while maintaining nutritious diets. It presents opportunities for Scottish industries to develop more sustainable and innovative food products and processes.
Jessica Fanzo
POLICY SEMINAR
Climate resilience, sustainable food systems, and healthy diets: Can we have it all?
OCT 31, 2017 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
Climate Change, Disaster Risk and Hunger: Linking Availability, Access and Pr...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
This document discusses the links between climate change, disaster risk, and hunger. It argues that while increasing food availability is important, access to food and protection are also critical to ensure food security for vulnerable populations under climate change. The document presents evidence from Ethiopia of the MERET program, which integrates natural resource management, community development, and social protection to improve both availability and access to food while increasing resilience to climate-related shocks for over 600,000 people. It concludes that future climate adaptation strategies must take a twin-track approach of both enhancing production and expanding protection for vulnerable groups.
Shenggen Fan presented an outline for a book on agricultural development in a changing world. The outline discussed 3 main points: 1) Rapid transformation has occurred in agriculture over past decades across issues like globalization, regional differences, urbanization, and trade. 2) Agriculture now addresses broader goals like gender, nutrition, climate change, and finance. 3) Agricultural development must take an integrated food systems approach to identify intervention points and assess impacts across different actors and outcomes to address challenges like food security and the environment.
"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Sherman Robinson, IFPRI, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
This document discusses the potential impacts of climate change on Bhutan's food security. It notes that Bhutan has a mountainous ecosystem that is vulnerable to climate change. Its agriculture is important for food security and livelihoods but is threatened by climate change. Specific climate hazards discussed are melting glaciers, landslides, and rising temperatures. These hazards can damage crops and infrastructure, cause food insecurity and health issues. Adaptation measures discussed include early warning systems, lowering glacial lake levels, soil conservation, water harvesting, and incentives for low emission technologies. The conclusion states that climate change is already affecting food systems and vulnerability, and greater impacts are expected in the future.
E-poster prepared for Knowledge Fair side event at 2020 Conference on "Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health," Feb 10-12, 2011, New Delhi, India
Credit: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
This document discusses gender, social change, and climate resilience from the perspective of the International Development Research Centre's work. It presents a framework for a gender transformative and climate resilient food system that addresses the underlying causes of gender inequality to lead to more sustainable social change, food security, and climate resilience. Key approaches discussed include integrating gender in agricultural curriculum, engaging men and boys for gender equality, and supporting women's leadership and access to land. The document also describes a pathways to resilience project in semi-arid economies that brought together national, district, and village institutions to disseminate climate adaptation information and reduce crop losses.
This document discusses the relationship between the human right to adequate food, climate change, and gender. It outlines the legal structures that recognize the right to food and examines challenges like poverty, inequalities, and environmental degradation. Women are especially vulnerable as climate change impacts food security. The effects of climate change on food systems, like reduced crop yields and more extreme weather, disproportionately impact the poor, including many women farmers. Gender-sensitive climate and development policies are needed to ensure women's participation and access to resources to build resilience.
Keynote presentation by Philip Thornton, CCAFS Flagship Leader on Priorities and Policies for CSA, at the 3rd Conference on Agriculture and Climate Change in Budapest on 25 March 2019.
Food is life and the global food sustainability is essential to human being survival. The global food system is highly
complex and is driven by various factors including environment, cultural, social and economic drive. It is vital to understand
these drivers and their interaction in order to help to improve the public food sustainability policies. Global polices and projects
desperately required in order improving the global food sustainability. Food sustainability is one of the unsolved global issues
and great commitment is required starting from global policy makers, national governments, and every individual home. This
research paper includes analysis and study of various elements such as global change science, policy, food crisis, factor affecting
and challenging food security, data on status and future projection and potential ways of solving problems. The goal of food
sustainability is to enable all people throughout the world to satisfy their basic needs and have a reasonable quality of life without
compromising the quality of life of future generations. Agriculture sustainability is the best solution which can feed the world
without compromising the environment or threatening human health. Scientific evidence that global environment has changed
is overwhelming and indisputable. These phenomena have a direct impact on agriculture which in turn affects food
sustainability. The food price is always toward upward trend which is validated by the periodic average global food price
monitoring report released by the Food and agricultural organizations. The factors affecting and challenging the food security
are many including increased food consumption due to population increase, uneven distribution, changes in living styles, limited
resources, environmental problems, economic problems and others. The potential ways to solve food sustainability need to be
established and implemented effectively across the world.
The document presents the Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) framework. The framework was created to help countries understand climate impacts and integrate gender and nutrition into climate-smart agriculture programming. It provides tools to analyze relationships between climate trends, gender differences, and nutrition outcomes. The framework guides engagement with countries to identify research gaps and opportunities to enhance investments. It considers how climate responses could minimize nutrition losses and maximize gains across the food value chain. The framework also examines how climate conditions and responses may differently impact men and women's pathways and outcomes related to production, income, assets, and labor.
Food planet health Fabrice DeClerck CLUES 2020Alain Vidal
The document discusses a report from the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. It outlines the commission's goal of achieving healthy diets for nearly 10 billion people by 2050 through 1 goal, 2 targets, and 5 strategies. The targets are defined as healthy reference diets and planetary boundaries for environmental systems. Modeling was used to analyze measures to stay within boundaries while delivering healthy diets.
Climate change is projected to slow progress on improving food security and meeting nutrition targets in Africa by 2030 according to projections. While population growth and rising incomes are expected to increase food demand, climate change impacts like changes in rainfall and increasing temperatures could reduce yields of crops like maize in some areas. Models estimate that climate change may increase the number of people at risk of hunger in Africa by 20-50 million without investments to improve agricultural resilience and productivity. However, increased investments in technologies, infrastructure, and R&D could help offset climate change impacts on food security through at least mid-century. The extent of impacts from climate change remains uncertain and will vary by location.
Johan Swinnen and Channing Arndt
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Africa Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report Climate Change & Food Systems
IFPRI Africa Regional Office
The document discusses the threats that climate change poses to global food systems and sustainability. It notes that climate change is reducing agricultural productivity by increasing temperatures and altering precipitation patterns. Food systems contribute over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, with agriculture, forestry and land use accounting for about 20% of emissions. However, these sectors also have potential to mitigate emissions by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. The document calls for transformation of food systems to increase their resilience, sustainability and ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change through policies, innovations and investments.
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Impacts of Food Systems.
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Introduction
Sustainability in food systems entails the provision of the food security and nutrition which are essential to maintain and promote the living condition of the people under the earth (Ericksen, Ingram, & Liverman, 2009). The food system is according to the four pillar that defines its implication in any society. These four pillars are stability, availability, utilization and access. According to Food and Agriculture Organization, food security refers to “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”(Source, FAO SOFI 2011).
When four pillars are conjoined together with the sustainability and nutrition, a desirable food system foundation is therefore achieved. With such food programs, they will mainly lead in making a multiple SDS (Sustainable Development Goals). Because of these to monitor and provide a desirable food system in any country, a Global Food System Index is crucial in tracking and monitoring progress. In the ultimate of the global food system, we address the six important dimensions by the GFSI which traces their progression. These critical dimensions are social sustainability, health and nutrition consumptions, environmental productivity, climate and ecological sustainability and market dynamics (Shown in Figure 1).
Therefore the ideal goal of a food system tries to effectively dialogue challenges to ecological and human welfare transversely in all of its phases. The dimension arrives from the theories and concepts involving food systems which will inform and guide the relevant managerial personnel in their decisions after the consideration of the report on the available data’s provided in concern of the behaviors portrayed by the target group like tourists in any environment when food is involved for life sustenance.
Global economic growth in investments, trade, food and Market Dynamic
Food system synthesis propels the global financial increase in investment, trade and food prices — they makeup all that happens and is the boundaries of the market dynamic as stated to be one of the critical dimensions guiding the food systems and its synthesis. To have a desirable food system, we require to have: an interaction in food supply chains which functions with all fundamental priors in the whole food system and also a well-operating trade and market dynamics (McCarthy, Lipper, & Branca, 2011). Using good trade and market strategies we can regulate and reduce the adverse effects caused by the market astonishment and hence drastically.
Sewell z5052418 final research report linking health and sustainable food pro...Christopher Sewell
This document summarizes research on the environmental impacts of the global food supply chain and human diets. It discusses how agricultural practices since the Neolithic Revolution have limited dietary variation and led to adverse health and environmental consequences. The document reviews studies measuring various environmental footprint indicators, such as carbon, water, nitrogen and land, to understand diet impacts. While greenhouse gas emissions are commonly addressed, other impacts like eutrophication and water depletion are also important. Life cycle assessments are identified as the best method to measure impacts across food production and consumption. Linking diets to environmental sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals remains a challenge, as nutrient guidelines do not always align with climate targets. The document advocates considering multiple environmental impacts together
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security. It notes that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change, which can reduce crop yields through higher temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns. This threatens global food security, particularly for vulnerable populations in developing countries. The document also examines how climate change may exacerbate issues like increased food prices, reductions in calorie availability and child malnutrition, changes in water availability, and more frequent extreme weather events. It provides examples of how land use and cover changes can impact and be impacted by climate change on local to global scales.
GFPR 2022 Nigeria June 23 _Report Overview and Policy Messages.pptxOmobolanle3
The document discusses the threats that climate change poses to global food systems and sustainability. It notes that climate change is exacerbating malnutrition and food insecurity through higher temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather. These impacts include reduced agricultural productivity, disrupted food supply chains, and displaced communities. The document calls for transformations to make food systems more resilient and adaptive to climate change through innovations, supportive policies, stakeholder collaboration, and other measures. It provides policy recommendations focused on areas like R&D, social protection programs, sustainable production and diets, and redirecting financial flows to support climate-smart food systems.
A WFP and ODI joint report showing food security risks in the Middle East and North Africa from climate change, as well as other vulnerability interactions, e.g. with population growth, urbanisation, and conflict.
Climate change poses a threat to food and nutrition security in Kenya. Over 10 million Kenyans currently suffer from chronic food insecurity and malnutrition. Climate change is projected to reduce agricultural production through increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events. This would worsen food insecurity in Kenya by reducing food availability, access, and stability. The government has policies aimed at food security, the environment, and agriculture, but challenges remain in integrating and implementing these policies holistically.
K. Srinath Reddy - Health in the Era of Sustainable DevelopmentGlo_PAN
Prof. K Srinath Reddy presented on health in the era of sustainable development. He discussed how health is impacted by social determinants, the physical environment, and political and economic systems. Key themes included urban design and transport, air pollution, agriculture and food systems, and climate change. Reddy emphasized the need for multisectoral approaches and highlighted several challenges, including the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, air pollution's impact on health, and the effects of climate change on health, nutrition, and food systems.
Climate Change and Its Impact on Agricultural Production: An Empirical Review...Premier Publishers
Agriculture, which is the mainstay of the economies of many developing countries, is highly depends on climatic conditions. This paper aimed at reviewing the climate change and its impacts on agricultural production with the specific objectives of reviewing the farmer’s adaptation strategies and barriers to the climate change and the impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security in sub Saharan Africa countries. Empirical evidence shows that most of the smallholder famers in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced the adaptation strategy of switching from planting high water-requirement to low water-requirement crops, planting diversified crops, changed planting dates to correspond to the change in the precipitation pattern and mixed cropping. The farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change has faced by access to information, extension services and access to credit. The effect of long-term mean climate change has significance impacts on global food production and affects all dimensions of food security in several ways ranging from direct effects on crop production to changes in markets, food prices and supply chain infrastructure which may require ongoing adaptation. Finally, effective institutions on climate change at the global level help to facilitate the policy implementations and to combat the impact of climate change.
A presentation on planetary health concerns for the Gloucestershire branch of the British Medical Association, 7th February 2019. 190207 middletonj planetary health or plexit?
Managing the Health Effects of Global Warming
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The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture.
AICCRA does this by enhancing access to climate information services and climate-smart agricultural technology to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa.
With better access to climate technology and advisory services—linked to information about effective response measures—farmers can better anticipate climate-related events and take preventative action that help communities better safeguard their livelihoods and the environment.
AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, which is used to enhance research and capacity-building activities by the CGIAR centers and initiatives as well as their partners in Africa.
About IDA: IDA helps the world’s poorest countries by providing grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Annual IDA commitments have averaged about $21 billion over circa 2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent going to Africa.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Mengpin Ge, Global Climate Program Associate at WRI, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
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This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
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This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Krystal Crumpler, Climate Change and Agricultural Specialist at FAO, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
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This presentation was meant to be included in the 2021 CLIFF-GRADS Welcome Webinar and presented by Ciniro Costa Jr. (CCAFS).
The webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/UoX6aoC4fhQ
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
The document discusses plant-based proteins as a potential substitute for animal-based proteins. It notes that plant-based proteins are growing in popularity due to environmental and ethical concerns with animal agriculture. However, plant-based meats also present some health and nutritional challenges compared to animal proteins. The document analyzes opportunities and impacts related to plant-based proteins across Asia, including leveraging the region's soy and pea production and tailoring products to Asian diets and cultural preferences.
Presented by Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Marion de Vries, Wageningen Livestock Research at Wageningen University, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
This document assesses the environmental sustainability of plant-based meats and pork in China. It finds that doubling food production while reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 73% by 2050 will be a major challenge. It compares the life cycle impacts of plant-based meats made from soy, pea, and wheat proteins and oils, as well as pork and beef. The results show that the crop type and source country of the core protein ingredient drives the environmental performance of plant-based meats. The document provides sustainability guidelines for sourcing ingredients from regions with low deforestation risk and irrigation needs, using renewable energy in production, and avoiding coal power.
This document summarizes a case study on the dairy value chain in China. It finds that milk production and consumption have significantly increased in China from 1978 to 2018. Large-scale dairy farms now dominate production. The study evaluates greenhouse gas emissions from different stages and finds feed production is a major contributor. It models options to reduce the carbon footprint, finding improving feed practices and yield have high potential. Land use is also assessed, with soybean meal requiring significant land. Recommendations include changing feeds to lower land and carbon impacts.
This document summarizes information on the impacts of livestock production globally and in Asia. It finds that livestock occupies one third of global cropland and one quarter of ice-free land for pastures. Asia accounts for 32% of global enteric greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, with most emissions coming from India, China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Rapid growth of livestock production in Asia is contributing to water and air pollution through nutrient runoff and emissions. The document discusses opportunities for public and private investment in more sustainable and climate-friendly livestock systems through technologies, monitoring, plant-based alternatives, and policies to guide intensification.
Presentation by Han Soethoudt, Jan Broeze, and Heike Axmann of Wageningen University & Resaearch (WUR).
WUR and Olam Rice Nigeria conducted a controlled experiment in Nigeria in which mechanized rice harvesting and threshing were introduced on smallholder farms. The result of the study shows that mechanization considerably reduces losses, has a positive impact on farmers’ income, and the climate.
Learn more: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show-day/Mechanization-helps-Nigerian-farms-reduce-food-loss-and-increase-income.htm
Presentation on the rapid evidence review findings and key take away messages.
Current evidence for biodiversity and agriculture to achieve and bridging gaps in research and investment to reach multiple global goals.
The document evaluates how climate services provided to farmers in Rwanda through programs like Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Radio Listeners’ Clubs (RLC) have impacted women and men differently, finding that the programs have increased women's climate knowledge and participation in agricultural decision making, leading to perceived benefits like higher incomes, food security, and ability to cope with climate risks for both women and men farmers.
This document provides an introduction to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Busia County, Kenya. It defines CSA and its three objectives of sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses CSA at the farm and landscape scales and provides examples of CSA practices and projects in Kenya. It also outlines Kenya's response to CSA through policies and programs. The document describes prioritizing CSA options through identifying the local context, available options, relevant outcomes, evaluating evidence on options' impacts, and choosing best-bet options based on the analysis.
1) The document outlines an action plan to scale research outputs from the EC LEDS project in Vietnam. It identifies key activities to update livestock feed databases and software, improve feeding management practices, develop policies around carbon tracking and subsidies, and raise awareness of stakeholders.
2) The plan's main goals are to strengthen national feed resources, update the PC Dairy software, build greenhouse gas inventory systems, and adopt standards to reduce emissions in agriculture and the livestock industry.
3) Key stakeholders involved in implementing the plan include the Department of Livestock Production, universities, and ministries focused on agriculture and the environment.
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
The use of Nauplii and metanauplii artemia in aquaculture (brine shrimp).pptxMAGOTI ERNEST
Although Artemia has been known to man for centuries, its use as a food for the culture of larval organisms apparently began only in the 1930s, when several investigators found that it made an excellent food for newly hatched fish larvae (Litvinenko et al., 2023). As aquaculture developed in the 1960s and ‘70s, the use of Artemia also became more widespread, due both to its convenience and to its nutritional value for larval organisms (Arenas-Pardo et al., 2024). The fact that Artemia dormant cysts can be stored for long periods in cans, and then used as an off-the-shelf food requiring only 24 h of incubation makes them the most convenient, least labor-intensive, live food available for aquaculture (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021). The nutritional value of Artemia, especially for marine organisms, is not constant, but varies both geographically and temporally. During the last decade, however, both the causes of Artemia nutritional variability and methods to improve poorquality Artemia have been identified (Loufi et al., 2024).
Brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) are used in marine aquaculture worldwide. Annually, more than 2,000 metric tons of dry cysts are used for cultivation of fish, crustacean, and shellfish larva. Brine shrimp are important to aquaculture because newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii (larvae) provide a food source for many fish fry (Mozanzadeh et al., 2021). Culture and harvesting of brine shrimp eggs represents another aspect of the aquaculture industry. Nauplii and metanauplii of Artemia, commonly known as brine shrimp, play a crucial role in aquaculture due to their nutritional value and suitability as live feed for many aquatic species, particularly in larval stages (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021).
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
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Unlocking the mysteries of reproduction: Exploring fecundity and gonadosomati...AbdullaAlAsif1
The pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys colletei, is known for its viviparous nature, this presents an intriguing case of relatively low fecundity, raising questions about potential compensatory reproductive strategies employed by this species. Our study delves into the examination of fecundity and the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) in the Pygmy Halfbeak, D. colletei (Meisner, 2001), an intriguing viviparous fish indigenous to Sarawak, Borneo. We hypothesize that the Pygmy halfbeak, D. colletei, may exhibit unique reproductive adaptations to offset its low fecundity, thus enhancing its survival and fitness. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive study utilizing 28 mature female specimens of D. colletei, carefully measuring fecundity and GSI to shed light on the reproductive adaptations of this species. Our findings reveal that D. colletei indeed exhibits low fecundity, with a mean of 16.76 ± 2.01, and a mean GSI of 12.83 ± 1.27, providing crucial insights into the reproductive mechanisms at play in this species. These results underscore the existence of unique reproductive strategies in D. colletei, enabling its adaptation and persistence in Borneo's diverse aquatic ecosystems, and call for further ecological research to elucidate these mechanisms. This study lends to a better understanding of viviparous fish in Borneo and contributes to the broader field of aquatic ecology, enhancing our knowledge of species adaptations to unique ecological challenges.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
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Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
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1. What is the future
of diets?
How will they affect climate change?
How will they be affected by climate change?
Keith Wiebe
International Food Policy Research Institute
with Nicola Cenacchi, Shahnila Islam, Adam Komarek, and Tim
Sulser (IFPRI), and Daniel Mason-D’Croz (CSIRO)
4. The share of expenditures on food
declines as incomes rise
High in poor
countries today
Will decline in poor
countries in the future
Source: Mason-D’Croz, Cenacchi, Dunston, Sulser, Wiebe et al. (IFPRI, in progress)
5. The share of calories from staple foods
declines as incomes rise
High in poor
countries today
Will decline in poor
countries in the future
Source: Mason-D’Croz, Cenacchi, Dunston, Sulser, Wiebe et al. (IFPRI, in progress)
6. Climate change
impacts
vary widely
Percent change in key
output indicators under
climate change relative to
the NoCC reference in 2050,
across all major crop groups
and all world regions
Source: Mason-D’Croz, Cenacchi, Dunston, Sulser, Wiebe et al. (IFPRI, in progress)
7. Source: Mason-D’Croz, Cenacchi, Dunston, Sulser, Wiebe et al. (IFPRI, in progress)
Socioeconomic drivers outweigh
climate change impacts on diets to 2050
Calories per capita
per day
8. Many other important links between
climate change and diets
• Health (EAT-Lancet Commission 2018, Guyatt et al. 2019)
• Planetary boundaries (Springmann et al. 2018)
• CC mitigation and food security (Hasegawa et al. 2018)
• CC and nutrients (Nelson et al. 2018, Beach et al. 2019)
• Drivers of diet change (Eker et al. 2019)
• Alternative proteins (?)
9. Conclusions
• Climate change affects diets through multiple pathways
• crop yields and food availability
• temperature and precipitation effects (generally negative)
• CO2 effects (generally positive)
• nutrient quality (generally negative)
• food prices and access (generally adverse)
• Diet change to mid-century will be driven more by
socioeconomic factors than by climate change
• Impacts will vary by commodity, region, and income level
• Policy and investment choices today can offset the impacts
of climate change, but care is needed to minimize trade-offs