This document summarizes Maria Fonte's presentation on food security from the perspective of civic food networks. It discusses how the context around food security has become more complex since 2008 due to interconnected crises. While dominant policy thinking still focuses on sustainable intensification, an emerging view calls for a radical reconfiguration of the food system based on new social and ecological relations. Civic food networks and local food markets can contribute by addressing omissions around issues in the global North like food deserts, considering issues of scale and place rather than just large numbers, and envisioning a spatially localized food system built on civic values and proximity through their strategies of transition.
Food security is defined as all people having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Revolutions in agricultural technology, including mechanization, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and high-yielding crop varieties, have fulfilled the needs of growing populations by boosting food production. Advances in food preservation through techniques like canning have further revolutionized food security by allowing food to be safely stored and distributed over long periods and distances.
The document presents findings from the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) and discusses threats to global food security. It finds that after several years of improvement, global food security declined over the past year due to factors like rising food prices and migration. Climate change and natural resource depletion further threaten food security by increasing exposure, sensitivity and reducing resilience. International collaboration is needed to address these challenges and work towards the UN's goal of ending hunger by 2030.
Food security is defined as reliable access to adequate food and depends on food supply and an individual's ability to access it. Concerns over food security date back throughout history as evidenced by ancient civilizations storing food in granaries during times of famine. While initially defined based on adequate worldwide food supply, modern definitions of food security also incorporate demand and individuals' access to food. Food security is measured using country-level household surveys to estimate caloric availability and capture components of availability, access, and adequacy of food.
Food security,Management of Food security science book
Climate refers to long term weather patterns measured over many years, including seasonal changes. Climate change is a slow, gradual change in weather that is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. These activities release greenhouse gases that change the atmosphere. Climate change affects global systems like food production by impacting temperature, precipitation, glacial melting, and extreme weather events. Changes in climate can decrease crop yields and threaten food security by reducing the overall quantity of food available.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of food security. It defines food security according to the FAO as all people having physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. It identifies the four pillars of food security as availability, access, stability, and utilization and their key determinants. It also outlines major challenges to achieving food security and strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies through food-based approaches.
Food security is measured by the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Historically, central authorities ensured food security during famines by releasing food from storage. The 1974 World Food Conference defined food security as adequate food supplies to sustain consumption. Later definitions added the importance of demand and access. The 1996 World Food Summit defined food security as physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Food security is assessed based on the availability, access, utilization, and stability of food sources. Changes in climate and extreme weather can disrupt stability and livelihoods, challenging food security.
Food systems, food security and environmental changeIIED
This is a presentation given by Dr John Ingram of Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute (ECI) to a Critical Theme organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development on 12 February 2015.
Dr Ingram leads the Environmental Change Institute's Food Systems Research and Training Programme, which aims to increase understanding of the interactions between food security and environmental change. The programme's research products have been adopted by national and international organisations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UK and Dutch governments.
In his presentation, Ingram looked at food system activities and 'planetary boundaries' – the safe operating space for humanity with respect to the earth's biophysical systems. If these planetary boundaries are crossed, then important subsystems, such as a monsoon system, could shift into a new state. Such shifts could have damaging consequences, including undermining the environmental conditions and the natural resource base on which our food security depends.
IIED hosts Critical Themes meetings to explore new ideas, introduce new research and broaden the knowledge of its staff.
More details: bit.ly/1CkRJ9K.
Food security has four main dimensions: physical availability of food, economic and physical access to food, adequate food utilization, and stability of the other three dimensions over time. There are differences in the duration of food insecurity, including chronic, transitory, and seasonal, and in the severity, ranging from acute food insecurity to famine.
Food security is defined as all people having access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Revolutions in agricultural technology, including mechanization, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and high-yielding crop varieties, have fulfilled the needs of growing populations by boosting food production. Advances in food preservation through techniques like canning have further revolutionized food security by allowing food to be safely stored and distributed over long periods and distances.
The document presents findings from the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) and discusses threats to global food security. It finds that after several years of improvement, global food security declined over the past year due to factors like rising food prices and migration. Climate change and natural resource depletion further threaten food security by increasing exposure, sensitivity and reducing resilience. International collaboration is needed to address these challenges and work towards the UN's goal of ending hunger by 2030.
Food security is defined as reliable access to adequate food and depends on food supply and an individual's ability to access it. Concerns over food security date back throughout history as evidenced by ancient civilizations storing food in granaries during times of famine. While initially defined based on adequate worldwide food supply, modern definitions of food security also incorporate demand and individuals' access to food. Food security is measured using country-level household surveys to estimate caloric availability and capture components of availability, access, and adequacy of food.
Food security,Management of Food security science book
Climate refers to long term weather patterns measured over many years, including seasonal changes. Climate change is a slow, gradual change in weather that is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. These activities release greenhouse gases that change the atmosphere. Climate change affects global systems like food production by impacting temperature, precipitation, glacial melting, and extreme weather events. Changes in climate can decrease crop yields and threaten food security by reducing the overall quantity of food available.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of food security. It defines food security according to the FAO as all people having physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. It identifies the four pillars of food security as availability, access, stability, and utilization and their key determinants. It also outlines major challenges to achieving food security and strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies through food-based approaches.
Food security is measured by the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Historically, central authorities ensured food security during famines by releasing food from storage. The 1974 World Food Conference defined food security as adequate food supplies to sustain consumption. Later definitions added the importance of demand and access. The 1996 World Food Summit defined food security as physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Food security is assessed based on the availability, access, utilization, and stability of food sources. Changes in climate and extreme weather can disrupt stability and livelihoods, challenging food security.
Food systems, food security and environmental changeIIED
This is a presentation given by Dr John Ingram of Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute (ECI) to a Critical Theme organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development on 12 February 2015.
Dr Ingram leads the Environmental Change Institute's Food Systems Research and Training Programme, which aims to increase understanding of the interactions between food security and environmental change. The programme's research products have been adopted by national and international organisations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UK and Dutch governments.
In his presentation, Ingram looked at food system activities and 'planetary boundaries' – the safe operating space for humanity with respect to the earth's biophysical systems. If these planetary boundaries are crossed, then important subsystems, such as a monsoon system, could shift into a new state. Such shifts could have damaging consequences, including undermining the environmental conditions and the natural resource base on which our food security depends.
IIED hosts Critical Themes meetings to explore new ideas, introduce new research and broaden the knowledge of its staff.
More details: bit.ly/1CkRJ9K.
Food security has four main dimensions: physical availability of food, economic and physical access to food, adequate food utilization, and stability of the other three dimensions over time. There are differences in the duration of food insecurity, including chronic, transitory, and seasonal, and in the severity, ranging from acute food insecurity to famine.
This document discusses the links between biodiversity and food security. It notes that a rapid decline in biodiversity threatens food security by reducing crop diversity and genetic resources. However, biodiversity can also support food security through practices like agroforestry and mixed crop-livestock systems. The challenges of population growth, climate change, and low agricultural investment are also examined in relation to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring sustainable food production.
The document discusses the challenges of achieving global food security. It notes that the number of undernourished people has risen to over 1 billion and food access issues should be addressed by ensuring availability of food and quality/safety of food. A multi-dimensional approach is needed that considers the economics, politics, environment, and societal aspects of food security. Key challenges include poverty reduction, population growth, unequal income distribution, effects of climate change such as reduced crop yields, and use of food crops for non-food purposes like biofuels. Coordinated political action is required to effectively address the complex, interconnected issues related to achieving worldwide food security.
This document discusses issues related to food security and the environment in India. It provides background on India's agricultural development since independence, including the Green Revolution that made India self-sufficient in food grains. However, it also notes agriculture's negative impacts on the environment such as greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. The document then focuses on specific issues like monocropping, genetically modified crops, and the problems faced by Indian farmers. Overall, it examines the need to balance food security with environmental sustainability in India's agricultural system.
The document discusses the issue of food security and defines it as irregular access to safe, nutritious food. It notes that food insecurity is a growing problem not just in developing countries but also in developed nations like Australia. It argues that individuals can help address this by growing their own food to become less reliant on external food sources. The document outlines actions people can take like growing some of their own vegetables and fruits, joining a community gardening group, financially supporting programs to establish more groups, and donating excess produce to charities. The overall message is that individuals have an important role to play in ensuring future food security.
Explains the concept of food security,describes the challenges it is facing at global level and comes up with a set of recommendations to respond to these challenges at country level and at the global level
34. Biodiversity and food security A Presentation By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Vi...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for food security. It notes that biodiversity is declining rapidly due to factors like habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. This loss of biodiversity threatens food security as the vast majority of food comes from a small number of plant and animal species. Maintaining genetic diversity through in situ and ex situ conservation is crucial for ensuring continued food supply. Biodiversity can be promoted through practices like polyculture farming and growing neglected crop varieties.
Traditional and Indigenous foods for Food systems transformationFrancois Stepman
Presentation by Anna Lartey Professor of Nutrition.
Anna Lartey (PhD UC Davis); Sc.D. (h.c.McGill University)
Professor of Nutrition, Past President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS 2013-2017)
at Webinar of 20 May 2021. Traditional and Indigenous Foods for Food Systems Transformation in Africa
The document discusses challenges to global food security, including rising populations, decreasing agricultural land, climate change, natural disasters, conflicts, and poverty. It notes that over 900 million people worldwide do not have enough food. Key factors exacerbating food insecurity are increases in food and fuel prices, biofuel production, and imbalanced international trade policies. The document also outlines Malaysia's national food security policy and initiatives to increase agricultural output and ensure adequate, safe food supplies.
Global Food Security Challenges and OpportunitiesShenggen Fan
Global food security faces many challenges including volatile food prices, population growth, land and water constraints, climate change, and the increasing demand for biofuels. To address these issues, the document calls for a development agenda with greater support for food security through investments in agriculture, safety nets, land and water productivity, and climate change adaptation. It also emphasizes the crucial role policy research can play in informing investments and policies to promote food security through impacts on areas like poverty reduction, resource allocation, and agricultural technology development and adoption.
Four pillars of food security a lecture by Mr Allah Dad Khan Mr.Allah Dad Khan
The document discusses the four dimensions of food security: physical availability of food, economic and physical access to food, food utilization, and stability of the other three dimensions over time. Physical availability addresses the supply of food through production, stock levels, and trade. Access looks at whether households can actually obtain food given incomes, expenditures, markets, and prices. Utilization examines how well nutrients from food are absorbed and the nutritional status of individuals. Stability considers whether the other dimensions remain adequate over time or are impacted by periodic issues like weather, economics, or disasters. The document also provides recommended indicators for measuring each dimension of food security.
Tackling food and nutrition security: the importance of gender specific activ...ACIAR
Dr Brigitte Bagnol is a researcher associated with the International Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC), KYEEMA Foundation, Australia and part of the AIFSC project 'Strengthening food security through family poultry and crop integration'. Her presentation looks at the gender dimensions of this work.
800 million people suffer from hunger each year despite global food production being enough to feed the world population. Food security has become a priority for global governance but issues around access to food remain due to several factors. Rising food prices are driven by increased demand, environmental changes, commodity speculation, and the shift towards biofuels and large-scale agriculture. This has concentrated food supply among a few multinational corporations and harmed small farmers, reducing local food security in developing countries who must now rely on imports or humanitarian aid. Strengthening family farming is presented as a way to improve food access, local economies, and sustainable development.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
Food security depends on availability, affordability, and quality/safety of food. The document analyzes threats to food security like weather events, economic and political instability, and population factors. It also discusses effects like hunger and policies by Nigerian governments to address food insecurity, including agricultural programs from the 1970s-2010s. Recommendations include collaborative planning, infrastructure, monitoring/evaluation, and credit access to promote food security.
Food insecurity remains a global challenge. Achieving food security requires accurately measuring the incidence, nature, and causes of food insecurity. This allows for prioritizing interventions and targeting assistance. Conceptual frameworks help analyze the complex underlying causes of food insecurity and guide appropriate responses. Understanding factors like availability, access, utilization, and stability is key to selecting interventions to address problems like inadequate food, care practices, or health environments.
A short presentation to accompany a lesson on global food and water security. Blog post with more information about the lesson can be found on eternalexploration.wordpress.com
Prof Kym Anderson's talk from the Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society's event "Reframing the Food Agenda: Setting the Scene for Australia" held August 19, 2011
Takaful insurance is an Islamic insurance model that operates based on mutual assistance and joint guarantee between members. Premiums paid by policyholders are considered donations into a pool that is used to safeguard members against losses. Any profits generated are shared among members rather than used to generate profits. Takaful aims to avoid elements like interest, gambling, and uncertainty that are prohibited in Islamic law. It provides various policy types like general accident, medical, and family coverage through cooperative and mutual assistance between members.
NAFIS is a comprehensive information service, intended to serve farmers’ needs throughout the country including the rural areas where internet access is limited. It enables farmers get critical extension information by either browsing through the internet or calling NAFIS 020-5100102 numbers. The service comprises of a detailed website (www.nafis.go.ke) that is easily updated by Extension Officers and a Voice-Based Service which contains summarized information which farmers’ access using mobile phones. The Voice-Service is available both in English (Kenyan Local dialect) and Kiswahili.
This document discusses the links between biodiversity and food security. It notes that a rapid decline in biodiversity threatens food security by reducing crop diversity and genetic resources. However, biodiversity can also support food security through practices like agroforestry and mixed crop-livestock systems. The challenges of population growth, climate change, and low agricultural investment are also examined in relation to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring sustainable food production.
The document discusses the challenges of achieving global food security. It notes that the number of undernourished people has risen to over 1 billion and food access issues should be addressed by ensuring availability of food and quality/safety of food. A multi-dimensional approach is needed that considers the economics, politics, environment, and societal aspects of food security. Key challenges include poverty reduction, population growth, unequal income distribution, effects of climate change such as reduced crop yields, and use of food crops for non-food purposes like biofuels. Coordinated political action is required to effectively address the complex, interconnected issues related to achieving worldwide food security.
This document discusses issues related to food security and the environment in India. It provides background on India's agricultural development since independence, including the Green Revolution that made India self-sufficient in food grains. However, it also notes agriculture's negative impacts on the environment such as greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. The document then focuses on specific issues like monocropping, genetically modified crops, and the problems faced by Indian farmers. Overall, it examines the need to balance food security with environmental sustainability in India's agricultural system.
The document discusses the issue of food security and defines it as irregular access to safe, nutritious food. It notes that food insecurity is a growing problem not just in developing countries but also in developed nations like Australia. It argues that individuals can help address this by growing their own food to become less reliant on external food sources. The document outlines actions people can take like growing some of their own vegetables and fruits, joining a community gardening group, financially supporting programs to establish more groups, and donating excess produce to charities. The overall message is that individuals have an important role to play in ensuring future food security.
Explains the concept of food security,describes the challenges it is facing at global level and comes up with a set of recommendations to respond to these challenges at country level and at the global level
34. Biodiversity and food security A Presentation By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Vi...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for food security. It notes that biodiversity is declining rapidly due to factors like habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. This loss of biodiversity threatens food security as the vast majority of food comes from a small number of plant and animal species. Maintaining genetic diversity through in situ and ex situ conservation is crucial for ensuring continued food supply. Biodiversity can be promoted through practices like polyculture farming and growing neglected crop varieties.
Traditional and Indigenous foods for Food systems transformationFrancois Stepman
Presentation by Anna Lartey Professor of Nutrition.
Anna Lartey (PhD UC Davis); Sc.D. (h.c.McGill University)
Professor of Nutrition, Past President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS 2013-2017)
at Webinar of 20 May 2021. Traditional and Indigenous Foods for Food Systems Transformation in Africa
The document discusses challenges to global food security, including rising populations, decreasing agricultural land, climate change, natural disasters, conflicts, and poverty. It notes that over 900 million people worldwide do not have enough food. Key factors exacerbating food insecurity are increases in food and fuel prices, biofuel production, and imbalanced international trade policies. The document also outlines Malaysia's national food security policy and initiatives to increase agricultural output and ensure adequate, safe food supplies.
Global Food Security Challenges and OpportunitiesShenggen Fan
Global food security faces many challenges including volatile food prices, population growth, land and water constraints, climate change, and the increasing demand for biofuels. To address these issues, the document calls for a development agenda with greater support for food security through investments in agriculture, safety nets, land and water productivity, and climate change adaptation. It also emphasizes the crucial role policy research can play in informing investments and policies to promote food security through impacts on areas like poverty reduction, resource allocation, and agricultural technology development and adoption.
Four pillars of food security a lecture by Mr Allah Dad Khan Mr.Allah Dad Khan
The document discusses the four dimensions of food security: physical availability of food, economic and physical access to food, food utilization, and stability of the other three dimensions over time. Physical availability addresses the supply of food through production, stock levels, and trade. Access looks at whether households can actually obtain food given incomes, expenditures, markets, and prices. Utilization examines how well nutrients from food are absorbed and the nutritional status of individuals. Stability considers whether the other dimensions remain adequate over time or are impacted by periodic issues like weather, economics, or disasters. The document also provides recommended indicators for measuring each dimension of food security.
Tackling food and nutrition security: the importance of gender specific activ...ACIAR
Dr Brigitte Bagnol is a researcher associated with the International Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC), KYEEMA Foundation, Australia and part of the AIFSC project 'Strengthening food security through family poultry and crop integration'. Her presentation looks at the gender dimensions of this work.
800 million people suffer from hunger each year despite global food production being enough to feed the world population. Food security has become a priority for global governance but issues around access to food remain due to several factors. Rising food prices are driven by increased demand, environmental changes, commodity speculation, and the shift towards biofuels and large-scale agriculture. This has concentrated food supply among a few multinational corporations and harmed small farmers, reducing local food security in developing countries who must now rely on imports or humanitarian aid. Strengthening family farming is presented as a way to improve food access, local economies, and sustainable development.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
Food security depends on availability, affordability, and quality/safety of food. The document analyzes threats to food security like weather events, economic and political instability, and population factors. It also discusses effects like hunger and policies by Nigerian governments to address food insecurity, including agricultural programs from the 1970s-2010s. Recommendations include collaborative planning, infrastructure, monitoring/evaluation, and credit access to promote food security.
Food insecurity remains a global challenge. Achieving food security requires accurately measuring the incidence, nature, and causes of food insecurity. This allows for prioritizing interventions and targeting assistance. Conceptual frameworks help analyze the complex underlying causes of food insecurity and guide appropriate responses. Understanding factors like availability, access, utilization, and stability is key to selecting interventions to address problems like inadequate food, care practices, or health environments.
A short presentation to accompany a lesson on global food and water security. Blog post with more information about the lesson can be found on eternalexploration.wordpress.com
Prof Kym Anderson's talk from the Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society's event "Reframing the Food Agenda: Setting the Scene for Australia" held August 19, 2011
Takaful insurance is an Islamic insurance model that operates based on mutual assistance and joint guarantee between members. Premiums paid by policyholders are considered donations into a pool that is used to safeguard members against losses. Any profits generated are shared among members rather than used to generate profits. Takaful aims to avoid elements like interest, gambling, and uncertainty that are prohibited in Islamic law. It provides various policy types like general accident, medical, and family coverage through cooperative and mutual assistance between members.
NAFIS is a comprehensive information service, intended to serve farmers’ needs throughout the country including the rural areas where internet access is limited. It enables farmers get critical extension information by either browsing through the internet or calling NAFIS 020-5100102 numbers. The service comprises of a detailed website (www.nafis.go.ke) that is easily updated by Extension Officers and a Voice-Based Service which contains summarized information which farmers’ access using mobile phones. The Voice-Service is available both in English (Kenyan Local dialect) and Kiswahili.
Joseph E. Trader II has over 40 years of experience in major energy and manufacturing projects valued between $20 million to $4 billion dollars. He has served as a cost engineer, project engineer, electrical and I&C planner, and instrumentation technician on various fossil, nuclear and manufacturing projects. His experience includes developing work breakdown structures, tracking project costs, reviewing change orders, and ensuring milestone completion. He is proficient in project management software like Primavera, Prolog, Prism, and Microsoft Project.
This document provides information about an income tax filing info session for first time and returning filers at Scarborough Campus. The session will cover what is involved in filing taxes in Canada, upcoming tax clinic dates and locations to get help filing, responsibilities after filing, and common questions. Topics that will be discussed include the self-assessment system, tax return deadlines, credits and benefits available, and documentation needed for the free tax filing clinic run by the Scarborough Campus Students' Union.
This CV is for Khaled Seddek Abd-Elsattar, seeking the position of Branch Manager. He has over 15 years of experience in sales and maintenance for automotive and construction equipment. Currently he is the Branch Manager and oversees maintenance workshops for Renault and KIA vehicles at Egyptian International Motors Co. in Assuit, Egypt, where he has increased sales values significantly over the past 7 years. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and various professional training certifications.
This document provides information for international students about filing Canadian income taxes. It discusses what is involved in the tax filing process, the benefits of filing taxes such as potential refunds and credits, what documents and information are required, how taxes can be filed either online or through an accountant, where to send the completed tax return, what happens after filing, and includes some online resources for additional information.
claim settlement ratio is the ratio of the claims settled by a health insurance company to the claims submitted to them during a particular time-period. If all the claims submitted to the company are not settled, it shows that they have rejected some claims
Instalacion de sistemas operativos windows y linuxsupernova2015
El documento proporciona instrucciones para instalar los sistemas operativos Windows 7 y Ubuntu 16.04 en una máquina virtual utilizando VirtualBox. Describe los pasos para crear la máquina virtual, asignar recursos de hardware, montar las imágenes ISO, e iniciar el proceso de instalación para ambos sistemas operativos de manera que puedan arrancar de forma dual.
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will complete the implementation of Dubai’s Mandatory Health Insurance Scheme ISAHD (Bringing Happiness), by the end of June, 2016. DHA is currently in the third and final phase of implementing the scheme on companies with less than 100 employees, including all spouses, dependents and domestic workers.
The document summarizes the origin and types of magazines. It notes that the first magazine was created in Germany in 1663 and initially focused on didactic topics. Over time, magazines began covering general interest topics like family and entertainment. There are several types of magazines, including pink magazines focused on celebrities' personal lives; scientific magazines promoting new research; professional magazines with industry jobs and ads; sports magazines covering various sports; decoration magazines providing home styling inspiration; teen magazines with celebrity gossip and quizzes; and kids magazines that are educational or interactive.
Towards the prevention and reduction of food losses and waste in the Caribbea...FAO
This document discusses food losses and waste (FLW) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It notes that 127 million tons of food are lost in the region each year from production to consumption, while 34 million people suffer from hunger. A key challenge is the lack of coordination to implement efficient FLW reduction measures. The document outlines FAO's work to establish a regional strategy and alliance to address FLW in a coordinated way through national committees, research, awareness campaigns, and policy guidelines. The long term goal is to establish FLW reduction scenarios and measurable targets.
Workshop 3: The Agriculture Nutrition Nexus and the Way Forward at The Caribbean-Pacific Agri-Food Forum 2015 (CPAF2015) taking place 2-6 November in Barbados with support from the Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy programme, organized in partnership with the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). http://www.cta.int/en/news/caribbean-pacific-agri-food-forum.html
The document discusses shifting from a quantitative paradigm focused on reducing hunger to a micronutrient paradigm focused on ensuring adequate micronutrient intake. It notes that over 2 billion people have micronutrient deficiencies and outlines a four-part program: 1) raising awareness, 2) taxing micronutrient-poor products, 3) encouraging small, self-sufficient agricultural units, and 4) developing knowledge databases. Food-based approaches like dietary diversification, enriching staple crops and soils, and promoting indigenous food systems can help incorporate micronutrients. Case studies from Peru and Nigeria show how assessing traditional foods and raising awareness can address micronutrient needs. Financing requires investment in education, research,
Third lecture (out of three) in the Master on European and Global Governance by the Institute for European Global Studies (University of Basel, Switzerland).
https://europa.unibas.ch/fr/weiterbildung/cas-europe-2050/
This lecture analyses the competing narratives of transition in the global and European food systems, within the theoretical framework of the Socio-technical Transition Theory and the Multi-Level Perspective.
The dominant productivist narrative of the regime and the alternative narratives of the innovative and challenging niches are presented (food sovereignty, agro-ecology, de-growth, commons, Transition Towns, Buen Vivir, Ubuntu).
This document discusses food as a commons and presents arguments for considering food through a multi-dimensional lens that values non-economic aspects in addition to economic ones. It notes that viewing food only through an economic commodity perspective fails to recognize important non-economic dimensions related to human needs and rights. The document advocates transitioning toward more sustainable and just food systems by recognizing food as a commons and valuing its multiple dimensions, including through innovative and customary commons-based food alternatives.
Cultivating Schools for Rural Development : Labor, Learning, and the Challenge of Food Sovereignty
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Concept note Regional symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy eatingFAO
This document provides information about an upcoming Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Eating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The symposium aims to address malnutrition challenges and determine opportunities to tackle them over the next decades through discussions on policies and initiatives related to food availability, access, and governance. National and subregional consultations will inform the regional dialogue. Experiences showcasing innovations in sustainable food systems will be presented. The symposium seeks to identify principles for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive food systems that promote healthy eating and end all forms of malnutrition.
The Brussels Policy Briefing n. 54 on ”Sustainable agriculture: where are we on SDGs implementation?” took place on 27th February 2019 (European Commission, Charlemagne Building, Alcide de Gasperi Room, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels).
Research needs for sustainable food systems – concepts and prioritiesFrancois Stepman
23-25 January 2024. Joint SCAR workshop: “Research needs and priorities for the transformation to Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) at European and global level”
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/01/research-needs-and-priorities-for.html
This document discusses food as a commodity, common good, public good, or human right. It argues that the dominant narrative views food as a commodity, justifying market mechanisms. However, food has multiple meanings and dimensions relevant to humans. Viewing food as a commons recognizes its economic and non-economic value. The narrative of food influences policy options and legal frameworks. Transitioning to view food as a commons may require decades to change norms and policies.
Camellia Bucatariu is an international policy development consultant for the Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division (AGS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This document discusses recovery and redistribution of safe and nutritious food for human consumption. It provides context on global food security and sustainable development goals. Large amounts of food are lost or wasted annually, impacting natural resources, poverty, and hunger. Recovery and redistribution models aim to prevent waste by receiving safe, nutritious food and redistributing it to those in need. Effective strategies are needed across supply chains in developed and developing countries.
Emerging Propositions for Science Actions for the UN Food System SummitFrancois Stepman
Presentation by: Joachim von Braun, Chair of the Scientific Group of the UNFSS Expectations of the Scientific Group for the Summit
25 June 2021. The Joint Programming Initiative for Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) organised a dedicated workshop for invited participants to contribute to the vision and objectives of the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS).
The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving
Rural Places".
These are the presentations from the Pre-conference session "Exploring the Opportunities for Rural Development when taking a FoodSystem view on Agricultural Policy".
For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.
HLPE-FSN note on Critical, emerging and enduring issues for food security and...Francois Stepman
30 September 2022 | online event | 14:30-16:30 CEST. Launch of the HLPE-FSN note on
Critical, emerging and enduring issues for food security and nutrition
The HLPE-FSN Critical, emerging and enduring issues note was prepared in the context of an emerging global food crisis of enormous proportions, greatly magnified by the war in Ukraine, further accentuated by closely following upon the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background, it is increasingly apparent that sound governance, a robust research agenda, a strong science-policy interface and appropriate financialresources are necessary to facilitate the much needed transformation of food systems in a manner that is equitable and sustainable.
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Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From...Francois Stepman
Presentation of Hélène David-Benz - Senior Researcher, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development on 10 June 2021. Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From Assessment to Policy and Investment
Since 2020, the EU, FAO and CIRAD have entered into a partnership with governments and stakeholders to initiate a large-scale assessment and consultation on food systems in more than 50 countries.
Intervention at the European Parliament (12 Dec 2019) to propose a narrative change in the valuation, governance and allocation of food: from considering food as a commodity to be exclusively distributed through market mechanisms (only through purchasing power anyone can get access to food) to food as a human right, commons and public good (where food could be accessed through universal entitlements and market mechanisms). This change of narrative is based on the multiple non-monetary values of food (specially its essentialness to every human). This narrative differs from the current one: food as a pure commodity, such as screws, cement or TVs. The alternative value-based consideration of food is a pre-requisite to unlock other food policies, to redirect public subsidies and to enact laws based on the consideration of food as a human right. The consideration of food as a commodity is hegemonic within the corporate world and many governments, but it is not commonsensical within human beings.
Let's restore common sense to our food system. Let's value and govern food differently.
The current industrial system of production, transformation and consumption of food is the major driver of planetary destruction. This system, sustained by the normative valuation of food as a commodity, is pursuing resource enclosures and unsustainable exploitation beyond planetary boundaries to satisfy the profit maximization ethos. Because food is only a commodity, for-profit initiatives are fully justified.
In this lecture, I propose a different value-based narrative, one based on the multiple dimensions of food relevant to human beings, dimensions that cannot be valued in market monetary terms. Food as a commodity just use the treadeable dimension of food. But what about the others (i.e. a human right, and essential resource, a cultural determinant). Therefore, food shall be valued differently, as a multi-dimensional commons with public good dimensions that require a different kind of governance and allocation mechanisms othern than the market.
If we need to change drastically the global food system in crisis, we need to start by having a different narrative and different food values. Here is a first approach to that.
Food commons. A disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
Food security
1. Food
security:
a
civic
food
networks’
perspec6ve
Maria
Fonte
Università
di
Napoli
Federico
II
Parallel
symposium:
Food
security:
for
whom?
August
19th
2015
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THE
CHANGED
CONTEXT
3. ARer
2008,
a
more
complex
framing
• Food
security
intersects
and
interlocks
with
the
unfolding
crises
of
the
early
21°
century,
which
determines
a
systemic
(social
and
ecological)
vulnerability
of
the
system:
– Climate
change
and
environmental
stresses
– Energy
crisis
– PopulaYon
increase
and
urbanizaYon
– New
technologies
– NutriYon
transiYon
– Safety
risks
(‘normal’
or
intenYonal
accidents)
(Lang&Barling
2012
/
Marsdem
2013/
MacDonald
2010
/Mooney
and
Hunt
2009
/)
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4. AlternaYves
prognosis
of
the
crisis
-‐
The
dominant
policy
thinking
sYll
retains
possible
adapYve
strategies
based
on
neo-‐producYvism
in
the
version
of
sustainable
intensificaYon
(produce
more
on
less)
-‐
An
emerging
discourse
points
to
the
need
for
a
radical
reconfiguraYon
of
the
system
grounded
on
new
social
and
ecological
relaYons
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5. LFMs’
and
CFNs’
contribuYon
• Omissions
in
the
analysis
of
what
is
wrong
– The
global
North,
food
deserts
and
the
unsustainable
diet
– Scale
and
place
• PrefiguraYon
of
where
to
go
– SpaYalised
food
system
– Civic
values
• TransiYon
analysis:
how
to
get
there
– Strategies
of
transiYon
– Agency:
a
new
social
alliance
– Governance
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6. 1.The
striking
omissions:
a)
the
global
North
• Also
in
the
most
convenYonal
meaning
of
under-‐
and
mal-‐nutriYon
FS
is
relevant
topic
for
the
wealthy
countries,
especially
aRer
the
2008
crisis
:
• According
to
USDA,
in
the
USA
in
2008
some
50
million
people
are
food
insecure
(North
et
al.
2010
in
Kneafsey
et
al.
2013)
• In
the
UK
only
51
%
of
low
income
income
households
regularly
‘had
enough
of
the
kinds
of
food
they
wanted
to
eat
(LIDNS
survey,
in
Kneafsey
et
al.
2013
)
• In
Italy
more
than
4
million
(about
6%
of
populaYon)
in
absolute
poverty
(ISTAT).
According
to
the
Caritas
2014
Report
that
percentage
is
8%
and
among
them
at
least
1/3
has
restricYons
on
food
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7. 1.The
striking
omissions:
a)
the
global
North
• World
hunger
and
malnutriYon
is
interlinked
to
over-‐nutriYon
(obesity)
and
waste,
both
in
the
global
North
and
South
• The
interlocking
of
sustainability
crisis
and
food
commodificaYon
leads
to
limited
access
and
affordability
of
sustainable,
healthy
food
both
in
the
global
North
and
Southà
Food
deserts
and
unsustainable
diet
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8. b)
Scale
and
place
• Big
numbers
dominate
the
discourse
of
food
security.
Feeding
9
billions,
doubling
producYvity,
increasing
food
producYon
by
70%.
Place
is
absent.
• LFMs
put
distance
at
the
core
of
systemic
vulnerabiliYes
of
the
dominant
food
regime
– Geographical
distance:
long
distances
travelled
by
food
in
GVCs
– Social
distance:
placeless
producYon
centred
around
commodificaYon
of
food
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9. 2.Where
to
go
• The
local
level
is
where
food
security
is
best
grounded
• The
transformaYve
power
of
localness
predicated
on
an
‘ethics
of
proximity’,
i.e.
the
re-‐connecYon
of
food
to
the
territory:
– Geographical
proximity
(environmental
sustainability)
– Social
proximity
(social
embeddedness)
– Cultural
and
ecological
proximity
(the
construcYon
of
‘place’,
place
embeddedness)
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10. Limited
heurisYc
value
of
localness
• Is
proximity
always
desirable?
(Hinrichs,
2015)
– The
‘local
trap’:
how
do
we
differenYate
progressive
vs.
defensive
localism?
– How
to
reconcile
localism
with
a
‘sense
of
the
planet’
(or
a
‘global
sense
of
place)?
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11. Local
food
+
civic
agriculture
=
Civic
food
networks
• Civic
food
networks
(RenYng,
Schermer,
Rossi
2012).
The
network
of
actors
adhering
to
the
vision
of
a
localized
food
system
and
endorsing
civic
values
like
:
à food
as
right
and
common
good
à democraYzaYon
of
food
systems
à civic
environmentalism
and
the
ecological
ciYzen
à agro-‐ecology
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12. 3.
How
to
get
there:
Strategies
of
transformaYon
• Changes
in
producYon
and
consumpYon
pracYces
through:
• IntersYYal
strategies
of
transformaYon
(ignore
the
State)
in
innovaYve
niches
that
aim
to
create
new,
enlarged
spaces
of
non-‐capitalist
economy
(AMAPs,
Solidarity
Purchasing
Groups,
CSA,
Farmers’
Markets,
etc.)
• SymbioYc
strategies
(work
with
the
State)
in
iniYaYves
of
food
planning
(Toronto
Council,
Pisa’s
Piano
del
Cibo,
….)
or
to
implement
local,
public
insYtuYon
procurement
systems
(school,
hospitals,
etc.)
to
best
consolidate
that
spaces
• Ruptural
strategies
(smash
the
state)à
???
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13. Booom-‐up
social
empowerment
• Aligning
of
actors
which
previously
had
liole
connecYons:
– Non
only
peasants
and
small
famers,
but
also
ciYzen-‐consumers
or
the
‘ecological
ciYzens’:
sustainable
diets
and
ci-zen-‐consumers
as
agents
of
change
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14. Co-‐ordinaYng
the
many
‘locals’:
a)
Foodshed
/
bioregion
• Regionalising
food
security:
combine
discursive
food
security
approaches
with
conceptualisaYons
of
the
region
and
regionalisaYon
(Hinrichs
2013)
and
reconnects
spaces
once
separated(
rural
–
urban
/
city
-‐countryside:
– Foodshed
– Food
hubs
– Horizontal
regional
/
naYonal
networks
of
networks
– District
of
solidarity
economy
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15. b)
A
new
system
of
mulY-‐level
food
governance
• A
new
system
of
mulY-‐level
governance
to
overcome
the
‘rigidity
trap’
that
locks
CFNs
into
separate
niches:
– reflexive
governance
(Marsden,
2013)
(sociology
of
science,
post-‐normal
science,
mode
2
knowledge
producYon)
– empowered
parYcipatory
governance
(Fung
&
Wright
2003)
(poliYcal
science
and
deliberaYve
democracy)
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16. Reflexive
governance
• Create
new
policy
spaces
for
a
new
model
of
reflexive
governance:
– CogniYve
procedures
are
designed
to
create
feedback
on
mulYple
regulatory
frameworks
in
order
to
influence
actors’
beliefs
and
norms….
CogniYve
beliefs
and
norms
complement
poliYcal
administraYve
hierarchy
and
economic
incenYves
as
mechanisms
of
coordinaYon
(Feindt
2010:
1
in
Marsden
2013)
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17. Reflexive
governance
• 1.
more
flexible
actor
arrangements
from
various
levels
and
various
epistemic
backgrounds
• 2.
who
reflect
on
a
wide
plurality
of
referenYal
contexts
(e.g.,
alternaYve
understandings
and
framing
of
the
problems
in
socio-‐technical
niches)
• 3.encourage
actors
to
scruYnize
and
reconsider
their
underlying
assumpYons,
insYtuYonal
arrangements
and
pracYces
(Hendricks
et
al.
2007),
favouring
second-‐order
learning
• 4.
promote
the
desired
integraYon
of
cogniYve
and
normaYve
beliefs
among
the
mulYple
approaches
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18. Empowered
parYcipatory
governance
• Relies
upon
the
commitment
and
capaciYes
of
ordinary
people
to
make
knowledgeable
decisions
through
reasoned
delibera-on
• Empowered
because
it
aoempts
to
Ye
acYon
to
discussion
and
deliberaYon
• Local
acYon
units
are
not
autonomous,
but
linked
to
each
other
and
to
different
levels
of
the
state
in
order
to
allocate
resources,
solve
common
and
cross-‐border
problems
and
diffuse
innovaYons
and
learning
(State
centred,
not
voluntarisYc).
• InsYtuYonal
mechanisms
are
set
that
reduce
and
neutralize
the
power
advantages
of
powerful
actors,
bringing
about
a
rough
equality
of
power
between
parYcipants
in
the
deliberaYve
process
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19. The
centrality
of
collaboraYve
countervailing
power
• CCP
may
arise
from:
a)
locally
organized
groups
(civic
environmentalism,
GAS,
CSA…);
b)
policies
that
implement
parYcipatory
forms
of
governance
(Food
Councils,
Piano
del
Cibo
Pisa,
etc.);
c)
local
branch
of
naYonal,
tradiYonal,
adversarial
organizaYons
(unions,
naYonal
environmental
associaYons,
etc.)
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20. Summarizing
CFNs’
perspecYve
on
FS
• An
epistemological
framework
applicable
to
the
global
North
and
South
and
taking
into
account
scale
and
place
• FS
based
on
local
/
regionalised
food
systems
and
civic
values
(food
as
right
and
a
common
good)
• ImplemenYng
intersYYal
/
symbioYc
strategies
of
co-‐
experimentaYon,
creaYon
and
consolidaYon
of
post-‐
capitalist
economies
• Overcoming
fragmentaYon
through
mechanisms
of
deepening
democracy:
de-‐centralized,
empowered,
mulY-‐
scalar,
reflexive
and
parYcipatory
forms
of
governance
based
on
the
countervailing
power
of
a
new
social
alliance:
the
peasants
+
ecological
ciYzens
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21.
A
new
co-‐experimentaYon
poliYcs
of
food
security
and
sustainability
Thanks!
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2012
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A.
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Wright
(eds.)
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