10 May 2021. Regenerative Agriculture vs. Agroecology: nomenclature hype or principle divergence?
(a) A decade of CSA: what are the achievements, the challenges and the bottlenecks? (b) What practical implications for smallholder farmers, agriculture and the environment?
Presentation by Bruce Campbell - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Presentation by Jemimah Njuki at the FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011.
Agroecology: Applying Ecological Principles to Agriculturecwrobel
The presentation begins with a history of agriculture and then outlines conventional practices and the associated emergent challenges. The value of applying ecological principles to conventional agriculture is discussed with supporting evidence from various studies. The application of ecological principles is explored in the context of agricultural sustainability.
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Nutrition-sensitive food systems: from concepts to practice: Resources for de...Francois Stepman
15 May 2017. Brussels. Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: presentation by Cristina Amaral, Director, FAO liaison office with the European Union and Belgium
Charlotte Dufour, FAO Nutrition policy and programme officer
Domitille Kauffmann, FAO Nutrition and resilience and capacity development advisor
Agriculture has been and continues to be the most important sector in Indian economy. Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing the world today. The impact of climate change is a reality and it cuts across all climates sensitive sectors including the Agriculture sector. In this situation this seminar focuses on the climate smart agriculture. CSA brings together practices, policies and institutions that are not necessarily new but are used in the context of climatic changes which is prime requirement in arena of climate change. Farmers possessed low level of knowledge regarding climate change, and they adopted traditional methods to mitigate the impact of climate change. Small land holdings, poor extension services and non availability of stress tolerant verities were the major problems faced by the farmers in adoption to climate change. Extension functionaries were having medium level awareness about impact of climate change on agriculture. They used electronic media, training and conferences and seminars as major sources of information for climate change. They need training on climate smart agriculture aspects. Based on the above facts this presentation focuses on analyzing the opportunities and challenges of climate smart agriculture.
A holistic approach to crop production, which encompasses conservation tillage (CT), and also seeks to preserve biodiversity in terms of both flora and fauna. Activities such as Integrated Crop (ICM), Integrated Weed (IWM) and Integrated Pest (IPM) Management form part of Conservation Agriculture (CA)
Presentations from the 1st Kenya Food Systems Conference held last April 5, 2023.
Included are presentations:
- Maize Productivity Growth: Addressing uncertainties and potential for further growth. (Charles Bett, Deputy Institute Director, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research – Kiboko)
- Agricultural Inputs: Affordability, Availability, and Adoption. (John Olwande, Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy, and Development)
- Improving Postharvest Management systems: The Social, Economic, and Environmental Gains. (Prof. Jane Ambuko, University of Nairobi)
- Knowledge Transfer: Building capacity through extension and digital services. (Michael Keenan, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- De-risking agriculture through crop insurance? Insights from an impact evaluation of novel insurance solutions. (Berber Kamer, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- Options for addressing high food prices and for making food more affordable. (Lilian Kirimi, Senior Research Fellow, Tegemeo)
- Improving food safety. (Prof. Erastus Kang’ethe, Food Safety Consultant)
- Last mile retail: A Look at Mama Mboga and supermarkets. (Christiane Chege, International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT)
- Promoting healthier diets and influencing consumer preferences. (Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- Developments and forecasts for global food, fertilizer, and fuel markets. (David Laborde, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO)
- Climate-proofing agricultural production and the food system. (Michael Ndegwa, Associate Sceintist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center – CIMMYT)
- Managing migration and urbanization. ( Dr. Moses Muthinja, Director, Integrated Development, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis – KIPPRA)
- Demographic shifts: Leveraging women and youth for food system transformation. ( Prof. Salome Bukachi, Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi)
- Recommendations and actions to support the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Plan - Summary of Day 1 - (Joseph Maina, MoALD and Joseph Karugia, ILRI/CGIAR)
Horizon Scan: ICT and the Future of Food and AgricultureEricsson
Research report from Ericsson and Imperial College London outlines some of the large-scale ICT interventions that will play a role in transforming global food and agriculture sector supply chains to ensure delivery of safe, sustainable and secure food supplies in a rapidly changing world.
Food Sovereignty for All: Overhauling the Food System with Faith-Based Initiatives - Handbook
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
10 May 2021. Regenerative Agriculture vs. Agroecology: nomenclature hype or principle divergence?
(a) A decade of CSA: what are the achievements, the challenges and the bottlenecks? (b) What practical implications for smallholder farmers, agriculture and the environment?
Presentation by Bruce Campbell - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Presentation by Jemimah Njuki at the FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011.
Agroecology: Applying Ecological Principles to Agriculturecwrobel
The presentation begins with a history of agriculture and then outlines conventional practices and the associated emergent challenges. The value of applying ecological principles to conventional agriculture is discussed with supporting evidence from various studies. The application of ecological principles is explored in the context of agricultural sustainability.
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Nutrition-sensitive food systems: from concepts to practice: Resources for de...Francois Stepman
15 May 2017. Brussels. Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: presentation by Cristina Amaral, Director, FAO liaison office with the European Union and Belgium
Charlotte Dufour, FAO Nutrition policy and programme officer
Domitille Kauffmann, FAO Nutrition and resilience and capacity development advisor
Agriculture has been and continues to be the most important sector in Indian economy. Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing the world today. The impact of climate change is a reality and it cuts across all climates sensitive sectors including the Agriculture sector. In this situation this seminar focuses on the climate smart agriculture. CSA brings together practices, policies and institutions that are not necessarily new but are used in the context of climatic changes which is prime requirement in arena of climate change. Farmers possessed low level of knowledge regarding climate change, and they adopted traditional methods to mitigate the impact of climate change. Small land holdings, poor extension services and non availability of stress tolerant verities were the major problems faced by the farmers in adoption to climate change. Extension functionaries were having medium level awareness about impact of climate change on agriculture. They used electronic media, training and conferences and seminars as major sources of information for climate change. They need training on climate smart agriculture aspects. Based on the above facts this presentation focuses on analyzing the opportunities and challenges of climate smart agriculture.
A holistic approach to crop production, which encompasses conservation tillage (CT), and also seeks to preserve biodiversity in terms of both flora and fauna. Activities such as Integrated Crop (ICM), Integrated Weed (IWM) and Integrated Pest (IPM) Management form part of Conservation Agriculture (CA)
Presentations from the 1st Kenya Food Systems Conference held last April 5, 2023.
Included are presentations:
- Maize Productivity Growth: Addressing uncertainties and potential for further growth. (Charles Bett, Deputy Institute Director, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research – Kiboko)
- Agricultural Inputs: Affordability, Availability, and Adoption. (John Olwande, Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy, and Development)
- Improving Postharvest Management systems: The Social, Economic, and Environmental Gains. (Prof. Jane Ambuko, University of Nairobi)
- Knowledge Transfer: Building capacity through extension and digital services. (Michael Keenan, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- De-risking agriculture through crop insurance? Insights from an impact evaluation of novel insurance solutions. (Berber Kamer, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- Options for addressing high food prices and for making food more affordable. (Lilian Kirimi, Senior Research Fellow, Tegemeo)
- Improving food safety. (Prof. Erastus Kang’ethe, Food Safety Consultant)
- Last mile retail: A Look at Mama Mboga and supermarkets. (Christiane Chege, International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT)
- Promoting healthier diets and influencing consumer preferences. (Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)
- Developments and forecasts for global food, fertilizer, and fuel markets. (David Laborde, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO)
- Climate-proofing agricultural production and the food system. (Michael Ndegwa, Associate Sceintist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center – CIMMYT)
- Managing migration and urbanization. ( Dr. Moses Muthinja, Director, Integrated Development, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis – KIPPRA)
- Demographic shifts: Leveraging women and youth for food system transformation. ( Prof. Salome Bukachi, Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi)
- Recommendations and actions to support the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Plan - Summary of Day 1 - (Joseph Maina, MoALD and Joseph Karugia, ILRI/CGIAR)
Horizon Scan: ICT and the Future of Food and AgricultureEricsson
Research report from Ericsson and Imperial College London outlines some of the large-scale ICT interventions that will play a role in transforming global food and agriculture sector supply chains to ensure delivery of safe, sustainable and secure food supplies in a rapidly changing world.
Food Sovereignty for All: Overhauling the Food System with Faith-Based Initiatives - Handbook
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
This lecture explores food sovereignty and the right to food. It also looks at country foods and regulation by Health Canada of country foods. The impact of climate change on subsistence hunting and fishing and gathering for indigenous people in Canada.
Food sovereignty for food security: how protecting traditional knowledge and ...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given on 8 September 2012 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, South Korea, during a session co-hosted by CIFOR titled ‘Managing wild species and systems for 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.
To return the control of food to each local community is something essential to creating sustainable societies. Only installing this practice as habitual would change other systems a lot, amongst them the economy, soil regeneration & ecosystem & human health.
We explore the importance of food sovereignty & how it works in practice. Included in this class is an exploration in some detail in the various organic food-growing styles that can be used, in small & large scale, with examples of good practice in different areas of the planet.
Food sovereignty: Initiatives and lessons from IndiaAshish Kothari
In the wake of the chemicalisation and commercialisation of agriculture in India, there is a severe farmer and food crisis. Several farmer and civil society organisations, and some government initiatives, are trying new paradigms of sustainable, small-farmer agriculture that provide glimpses of food sovereignty and community self-sufficiency.
http://www.fao.org/save-food/info-resources/presentations/en/
Save Food presentation for primary school children: the purpose of this presentation is to educate the young students on the topic of food waste since this seems to be an issue in the school canteens. This approach also seems to be a cost-effective way of raising awareness.
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security ...FAO
Reducing Food Losses and Waste in Asian Countries for Improved Food Security and Agri-food Chain Efficiency
Save Food Asia-Pacific Campaign
A Regional Campaign that seeks to:
–Raise awareness and draw attention to the high levels of food losses and the growing problem of food waste across Asia and the Pacific Region.
–Promote partnerships, and advocate for strategic approaches and actions to reduce food losses and waste and increase sustainable consumption in the region.
–Launched on 28 August 2013 during a High Level Multi-stakeholder Consultation, convened in Bangkok.
@FAO/Rosa S. Rolle
Food is confusing: One day milk “does a body good”, the next day it causes cancer. One day we hear that eating meat will help us lose weight, the next day it’s the cause of obesity. How in the world can anyone make sense all the conflicting ideas, theories and studies? (You’d need a PhD in Biochemistry just to eat dinner!)
Over the past few years I’ve been pouring over nutritional science research from the top diets: Paleo, Atkins, Vegan, Forks Over Knives (Plant-Based), the Mediterranean Diet, etc. Where did these diets come from? How do they differ? And which is best for long-lasting health?
I was surprised to find that – amidst all chaos – there seems to be a common set of principles that all of these diets agree upon. And that’s what I’d like to share with you at Alive Berlin.
If you’re the kind of person that doesn’t necessarily like to follow a strict diet, but you want to feel confident in your eating choices, then this workshop is for you. In addition, we’ll talk about how to integrate these principles in a holistic, and positive way. This is a judgment-free zone: so if you’re brand-new, love pizza, or have your own beliefs about food, don’t fear! We welcome all opinions and eating styles in the quest for understanding.
I guarantee that when you leave you’ll feel a sense of clarity, and will have the ability to talk more intelligently about food and nutrition.
In the post horsegate era as professor Chris Elliott's final report is about to be published HACCP Now's Jim Flynn gives a thought provoking and challenging presentation at the REHIS (Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland) annual conference 2014. With key industry figures such as Charles Milne from the Food Standards Agency Scotland both presenting and in the room it was an ideal opportunity to float some concepts that industry experts are not talking about.
Handout used by Molly Anderson in the workshop titled "Is the US Ready for the Right to Food?" during the 2009 Community Food Security Conference held in Des Moines, Iowa.
BY Lakendra singh maurya
Student of SHIATS,ALLAHABAD
Course= B.Sc.(hons.) Food Technology (Batch-2012)
this presentation include,
Importance of world food day and explaination of latest themes of world food day. it include all the objective of world food day.
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).
Cultivating Schools for Rural Development : Labor, Learning, and the Challenge of Food Sovereignty
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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13. 5
Despite the importance of General Comment 12, it is not mandatory and has not been endorsed by all governments.
14. 6
Since the decade of 1980, Brazil has developed a social movement around food security, employing it as concept closer to
food sovereignty than to FAO’s food security. As Renato Maluf, a Brazilian expert on these issues, said in a private conversation
on September 2012: "Brazil is closer to the vision of "the right to decide" (production, marketing, consumption) of both its
states and their people and communities." For more information on this interesting way to address issues of food security and
sovereignty see the 2012-2015 National Food and Nutrition Security Plan.
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As a senior Latin American diplomat said to colleague Fernando Soto in a private interview conducted in September 2012:
"The concept of food sovereignty (SA) is not defined. There are multiple interpretations, with strong ideological tendencies that
respond to specific situations in various countries… There isn’t a unique concept that can be discussed and therefore there is no
consensus. Thus, it is not a concept recognized by the CELAC. In fact, although presented, it was not included in the statements
of the last CELAC Summit of Presidents and Heads of State, or in the reports of the last meeting of CELAC National Coordinators
held in Chile from July 5 to 7. Neither was it included in the final declaration of the OAS General Assembly held in Cochabamba,
which refers to sovereignty in general, but not food."
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Agroecology incorporates an approach to agriculture closer to the environment and more socially sensitive, focused on
ecological sustainability of the production system. Regarding classical agronomy, agroecology introduces three key elements:
environmental concerns, the ecological approach and social concern. One of its main exponents is Miguel Altieri, a professor at
the University of Berkeley. His classic text is Agroecology, The scientific basis for sustainable agriculture, 1997, Nordan
community.
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This term is used by Gordillo and Jiménez, 2006. Also used by WDR 2008.
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This approach is closer to the idea of Brazilian colleagues like Renato Maluf, who underline, regarding his country's
experience of joint food security and food sovereignty, the right to food by way of the general "right to decide" for countries,
which is based on the broader concept of national sovereignty.
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Several articles refer to this: The State will prevent and control the introduction and occurrence of animal and plant
diseases…(Art. 25); Ecuador is declared free of transgenic crops and seeds…(Art. 26); The state will encourage the consumption
of nutritious food, preferably organic or agroecological…(Art. 27) The sale of low nutritional value food in educational
institutions is prohibited…(Art. 28).
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It is a logistics platform specializing in food products, in which the wholesale marketing of fruits and vegetables forms the
main concern; it includes other activities and various production processes and processed foods. It is aimed at building and
strengthening a common area in which the activities are mutually benefited from advantages, opportunities and synergies
offered by a shared space; and a environmentally, socially and economically sustainable production unit,
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Law 144 seeks to increase food production from communitarian economy and small family farms, to diversify the diet and
fight extreme poverty. It prioritizes domestic food production; transfers public resources to small rural producers; abandons the
idea of the state as a direct food producer; articulates the different levels of government (national, provincial and local);
promotes the strengthening of ancestral practices in the management of lands, natural resources, economic activities and
productive and sustainable use of biodiversity; incorporates universal agricultural insurance; provides technical support to
organizations; creates two new sources of funds transfers (Concurrent Departmental Funds and Community Fund Credit); and
uses the already existing rural financial infrastructure. However, it does not incorporate productive efficiency criteria, creates
new bureaucracy, does not transfer resources directly to rural producers and, above all, gives way (legalization) to transgenic
crops and genetically modified seeds (Articles 15 and 19). The Agricultural Productive Communitarian Revolution, although
guarantees by the state the recovery, conservation, improvement, production and distribution of native seeds from native
indigenous peoples, intercultural communities, smallholders and Afrobolivians, it also facilitates access to genetic resources
with productive and research purposes to strengthen the country’s food security and sovereignty, provided they do not involve
genetically-modified seeds of species in which Bolivia is the center of origin or diversity, or those that threaten the genetic
heritage, biodiversity, the health of life systems and human health.
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Native Indigenous Peasant Land Management is the process by which peasant indigenous peoples, intercultural and AfroBolivian communities shall exercise the ownership of their territory, managed in a participatory way and with consensus among
the various communities that make up the territory, executing their decisions in order to improve their quality of life and
contribute to food security and sovereignty according to their knowledge, technologies and cultural values.
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The Law ensures food security and sovereignty, establishes he activities and assets used in food production as of public and
social interest, includes popular power, ensures efficient distribution, validates barter as a form of exchange, guarantees the
safety and quality food, supports and encourages research and education in the agricultural sector and develops a system of
penalties to ensure the welfare of the majority of the population.
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Food Sovereignty: is the inalienable right of a nation to define and develop agricultural and food policies appropriate to their
specific circumstances, from local and national production, respecting the preservation of cultural and production biodiversity,
and prioritized self-supply capacity, ensuring timely and adequate food access for the entire population (Art. 4). Food security is
the effective capacity of the State, in co-responsibility with the food industry…to ensure the population a stable availability,
access, exchange and distribution of food, to ensure physical and emotional conditions suitable for integral and sustainable
human development, considering the exchange, complementarily and economic integration between peoples and nations as an
essential guarantee for the right to food (Art. 5).
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Strategic Market Reserves are those authorized by the Ministry with responsibility for food and feeding to dampen erratic
market fluctuations, capturing excess and alleviating any deficiencies. Special Strategic Reserves: those authorized by the
National Executive that form a group of stored products with sufficient, stable and full national supply to respond to shortages
caused by unforeseen difficulties, states of emergency or alarm.
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Food and Nutrition Security is the realization of the right of all to sustained and permanent access to quality food in sufficient
quantity, without compromising access to other essential needs, based on health promoting food practices, respectful of
cultural diversity and that are environmentally, culturally, economically and socially sustainable (Art. 3).
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According to Nicaragua’s Law 693, Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own policies and strategies for
sustainable food production, distribution and consumption, which guarantee the right to food for all people, based on small
and medium production, respecting their own cultures and the diversity of peasant, fishing and indigenous agricultural
production, marketing and management of rural areas, where women play a key role (Art. 2). It also includes the state's right to
define its own policies and strategies for sustainable food production, processing, distribution and consumption to ensure the
right to food for the entire population, with preference towards appreciation and consumption of domestic products, without
affecting the exercise of the right to free enterprise and trade (Art. 9a).
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Food and Nutrition Security means the availability and stability of culturally acceptable food supply, so that all people may
have the same in quantity and quality, free of contaminants, as well as access to other services such as sanitation, health and
35. education, to ensure the nutritional well-being and enable them to make a good biological use of food to achieve their
development, without implying a deterioration of the ecosystem.
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Right to Food: a fundamental human right, inherent to human dignity, of public order and social interest, aimed at ensuring
sovereignty and food and nutrition security with gender equity, which implies the right to go to administrative or judicial
mechanisms for the protection of this right and its repair where necessary.
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In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 171 paragraph a) and 176 of the Constitution of the Republic.
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DOF, October 13, available at: http://www.scjn.gob.mx/normativa/analisis_reformas/Analisis%20Reformas/00130217.pdf
This draft bill comes from the organized civil society, placing sovereignty and food and nutrition security in the public debate.
All persons involved in the design process of the draft bill, as the communities of native peoples, the Executive, social
organizations, and cooperating entities, are all authors of the draft. Source: President’s Office, Ministry of Planning
http://www.stp.gov.py/?mid=Noticia&category=887&document_srl=16251
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The human right to adequate food is a fundamental right of the population, which is realized when every person, without
discrimination, has physical and economic access at all times to food or means for its procurement, and involves: the existence
of safe and nutritious food; respect for food preferences according to culture and tradition of the society; production capacity
and sufficient food availability, enhancing diversified domestic food production; environmentally sustainable food production;
accessible costs of basic food; and modes of access commensurate with human dignity.
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Food security: exists when people have, at all times, physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods that
meets their daily energy needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
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Food Sovereignty: Right of peoples to define their own policies and strategies for the sustainable production, distribution and
consumption of food, guaranteeing the right to food for all people, giving priority to small and medium producers, respecting
their own cultures and diversity of peasant, indigenous fisheries and agricultural production, marketing and management of
rural areas, where women play a key role.