This presentation analyses how do people value food, comparing two samples, one of food-related professionals working in different countries and one of members of food-buting groups in Belgium. In Belgium, the non-political transformers are compared to the political transformers to understand whether their political stance is related to their valuation of food as a commons or commodity.
Powerpoint of one of my PhD studies on how food-related professionals working in the food system in multiple institutions value food (as a commons or a commodity) and how this valuation shapes preferred food policies.
Presented at International Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE), Stockholm, 20-23 of March 2016
http://www.ces.uc.pt/undisciplined-environments/index.php?id=12410&id_lingua=1&pag=12507
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.
Second 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 presentation includes a critical assessment of a recent foresight report on the future of Global and European Food Security in 2030, an analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy (past and future) and the rising numbers of food insecure european households.
Concete policy proposals that could be included in a yet-to-be Common Food Policy (replacing the current CAP in 2020) are discussed at the end.
Comments are more than welcomed.
Wake up before it´s too late! Agriculture at the crossroads: Assuring food se...SIANI
Presented by Ulrich Hoffmann during the seminar How to Feed Nine Billion within the Planet’s Boundaries - Agroecology for Food Security & Nutrition organised by the SIANI Expert group on Agriculture Transformation on March 10, 2015. Read more here: http://www.siani.se/expert-groups/agriculture-transformation-low-income-countries-under-environmental-change
ICN2-Food Value Chain Transformations in Developing Countries: Nutritional Im...FAO
Food Value Chain Transformations in Developing Countries: Nutritional Implications
Miguel I. Gómez and Katie Ricketts
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Joint FAO/WHO Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
Creating a sustainable food future - World Resources InstituteHNF IZZ
This document presents a menu of 22 solutions across 5 courses of action to close the food, land, and greenhouse gas emission gaps projected for 2050. The food gap is estimated at 7,400 trillion calories, the land gap at 593 million hectares, and the GHG mitigation gap at 11 gigatons of CO2 equivalent. The menu includes options to reduce food demand growth, increase food production without expanding agricultural land, protect ecosystems while limiting land-shifting, increase fish supply, and reduce agricultural GHG emissions. Ambitious coordinated action across all areas, including technological innovation, will be needed to achieve a sustainable food future.
Powerpoint of one of my PhD studies on how food-related professionals working in the food system in multiple institutions value food (as a commons or a commodity) and how this valuation shapes preferred food policies.
Presented at International Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE), Stockholm, 20-23 of March 2016
http://www.ces.uc.pt/undisciplined-environments/index.php?id=12410&id_lingua=1&pag=12507
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.
Second 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 presentation includes a critical assessment of a recent foresight report on the future of Global and European Food Security in 2030, an analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy (past and future) and the rising numbers of food insecure european households.
Concete policy proposals that could be included in a yet-to-be Common Food Policy (replacing the current CAP in 2020) are discussed at the end.
Comments are more than welcomed.
Wake up before it´s too late! Agriculture at the crossroads: Assuring food se...SIANI
Presented by Ulrich Hoffmann during the seminar How to Feed Nine Billion within the Planet’s Boundaries - Agroecology for Food Security & Nutrition organised by the SIANI Expert group on Agriculture Transformation on March 10, 2015. Read more here: http://www.siani.se/expert-groups/agriculture-transformation-low-income-countries-under-environmental-change
ICN2-Food Value Chain Transformations in Developing Countries: Nutritional Im...FAO
Food Value Chain Transformations in Developing Countries: Nutritional Implications
Miguel I. Gómez and Katie Ricketts
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Joint FAO/WHO Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
Creating a sustainable food future - World Resources InstituteHNF IZZ
This document presents a menu of 22 solutions across 5 courses of action to close the food, land, and greenhouse gas emission gaps projected for 2050. The food gap is estimated at 7,400 trillion calories, the land gap at 593 million hectares, and the GHG mitigation gap at 11 gigatons of CO2 equivalent. The menu includes options to reduce food demand growth, increase food production without expanding agricultural land, protect ecosystems while limiting land-shifting, increase fish supply, and reduce agricultural GHG emissions. Ambitious coordinated action across all areas, including technological innovation, will be needed to achieve a sustainable food future.
National Sustainable Food Summit Conference Report 3 Pillars Network
This report provides a record for Summit delegates, as well as a reference for those that could not attend. It is hoped it
will be used as a catalyst for further discussion and may also be a useful input into the Federal Government’s National
Food Plan or other policy discussions.
This document outlines a program on managing trade-offs between food security and climate change through future scenarios. It discusses:
1) The interlinkages and trade-offs between achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly between food security/hunger reduction and climate change mitigation.
2) The complexity of food systems and how they are impacted by drivers of change like production practices, diets, and the food/climate environment.
3) How strategies to reduce hunger can impact climate change through effects on emissions and vice versa, presenting difficult policy trade-offs to consider.
4) The document proposes developing future scenarios out to 2050 to imagine alternative futures and pathways to help navigate these challenges
The document summarizes the strategy of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) for 2014-2020. The strategy aims to promote eco-efficient agriculture through developing high-yielding and resilient crop varieties, improving soil and landscape management, enhancing food and nutrition security, and fostering climate-smart and sustainable agricultural practices. CIAT will pursue these goals through research on priority crops like bean, cassava, forages and rice, as well as cross-cutting initiatives on livestock, food systems, and ecosystem health. The strategy seeks to enhance the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in tropical regions facing challenges like population growth, climate change, and land degradation.
Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture 2014 01-23 ACIAR
Dr Achim Dobermann, outgoing Deputy Director General (Research) International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) presented a seminar at ACIAR on “Accelerating Agricultural Innovations for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda” on 23 January 2014
This looks at the likely economic challenges for sustainable agriculture in Europe and the UK over the next decade or so, and makes suggestions for business approaches and policy which could help the sector to respond positively
Food waste global crisis, global opportunity - steven m. finn - feb 2015Steven M. Finn
Presentation at Cabrini College's conference on the Convergence of Childhood Obesity and Hunger in Philadelphia (February, 2015). This session demonstrated the related problems of hunger, obesity, and food waste and the significant opportunity in capturing and redirecting high-quality calories to improve child nutrition.
CIAT’s Partnership with Germany: Reducing hunger and poverty while lessening ...CIAT
CIAT works through partnerships to mobilize high-quality scientific expertise for global efforts to reduce hunger and poverty, while also curbing environmental degradation and addressing climate change. In keeping with Germany’s strategy to achieve this end by promoting sustainable agriculture, CIAT works with a wide range of partners, including Germany’s government and institutions, to develop technologies, methods, and knowledge that offer more for people while taking less from the land.
Food Security Measurement in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals...FAO
FIRST Webinar #3 - Food Security Measurement in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring Framework
This presentation was prepared for a webinar is organized jointly with the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, in the framework of the FAO-EU Partnership Programme: Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST).
SPEAKER:
Mr Carlo Cafiero, Senior Statistician and Economist, FAO Statistics Division
MODERATOR:
Ms Terri Ballard, Food and Nutrition Security Measurement Specialist, FAO Statistics Division
Find out more about FIRST, FAO-EU Partnership Programme: http://www.fao.org/europeanunion/eu-projects/first/en/
The Economist Intelligence Unit gives their view about the future of food supply in the world. Food must be enough in quantity and quality to feed the future population.
The contribution of smallholder farmers to the Agenda 2030ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presentaed during the seminar Soils & Pulses: symbiosis for life that took place at FAO HQ on 19 Apr 2016. it was made by Wafaa El Khoury and it presents The contribution of smallholder farmers to the Agenda 2030.
The document discusses sustainable practices in the global food system. It begins by outlining the key components of the food system, including production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management. It then discusses some issues with the current broken food system and outlines strategies for improving sustainability, including sustainable agriculture practices, new technologies, urban farming, and the role of small family farms. The document provides several case studies of best practices around the world as examples.
Systems Approach to Modelling Food Sustainability: From Concepts to PracticeBioversity International
Systems Approach to Modelling Food Sustainability: From Concepts to Practice - Presentation by Ariella Helfgott. This presentation was given as part of the 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems Symposium, co-organized by Bioversity International and CIHEAM-IAMM, November 4th -5th 2014, Agropolis International, Montpellier
Visit 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems' Symposium webpage.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/metrics-sustainable-diets-symposium/
Approaching sustainable urban development in China through a food system pla...Steffanie Scott
After more than two decades of rapid urbanization, Chinese cities now face severe sustainability challenges in terms of balancing economic viability, social justice, and environmental protection goals. While various types of planning have long been adopted to cope with these challenges, food as a centerpiece of daily life and of social and economic activity in cities has rarely been considered as a focus of urban planning in China, despite a lot of recent attention to food waste and food safety concerns. In contrast, over the past decade or more, cities in the west have seen food system planning emerge as a holistic lens to promote multifaceted urban development strategies. Community gardens and neighbourhood farmers’ markets are two common examples. In these strategies, food has been recognized as a powerful element that links closely with multiple economic, social, health, and environmental issues.
This paper thus calls for an integration of food issues into urban planning in Chinese cities. Our paper reviews some successful cases of food system assessments and planning in the west and provides a preliminary framework for food system planning in China. The framework brings together various priorities: connecting people to the food system, community economic development, access to healthy food, ecological health, and integrated food policy. By applying this framework to examine urban food systems in China, our paper identifies strengths and challenges for achieving sustainability goals. This analysis also sets the stage for future research in urban food system planning in China.
Diversity has several benefits. Four approaches were discussed for modeling future scenarios around food and agriculture: Agrimonde Terra, Foodsecure, SIMPLE, and analyzing economic growth convergence. Agrimonde Terra found that with sustainable intensification and agroecology, global food needs could be met while stabilizing climate change and increasing ecosystem services. However, an insecure access to land could lead to a dual system, runaway climate change, and poor health outcomes. Foodsecure developed four scenarios around changing food prices. SIMPLE used Monte Carlo analysis to show a likely decline in food prices but potential for increases with certain productivity or demographic changes. Analyzing economic growth convergence matters, as faster growth in developing countries could significantly increase
Thughts on sustainable develop & cultureKoyu Furusawa
- Prof. Koyu Furusawa discusses environmental protection and sustainable development from a socio-cultural perspective based on Japanese values and practices.
- The concept of "Mottainai" emphasizes reducing waste and respecting resources. Traditional Japanese practices also incorporated recycling and respect for nature.
- Sustainable development requires balancing economic, environmental, and social concerns. While modern practices often focus on growth and consumption, alternative models emphasize multi-functionality and gradual strengthening of relationships.
- Community-supported agriculture, farmers markets, and fair trade aim to connect consumers directly with producers in a cooperative model. Traditional Japanese and indigenous practices also demonstrate how human activities can harmonize with natural systems.
Food systems transformation: what is the role of pulses in the sustainability...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presentaed during the seminar Soils & Pulses: symbiosis for life that took place at FAO HQ on 19 Apr 2016. it was made by Massimo Iannetta & Milena Stefanova and it presents the Food systems transformation.
Our body compulsory demands food, water and air to keep its vital functions and yet their economic nature is rather diverse with food mostly considered a private good, water suffering an accelerated privatization process and air so far considered a global common good. Food has evolved from a common good and local resource to a national asset and then to a transnational commodity as the commodification process is rather completed nowadays. Cultivated food is fully privatized and this consideration means that human beings can eat food as long as they have money to but it or means to produce it. With the dominant no money-no food rationality, hunger still prevails in a world of abundance. In order to provide a sound foundation for the transition towards sustainable food systems, the very nature of food as a pure private good is contested and subsequently reversed in this paper, proposing a re-conceptualisation of food as a common good, a necessary narrative for the redesign of the dominating agro-industrial food system that merely sees food as a tradable commodity. This aspirational transition shall lead us to a more sustainable, fairer and farmer-centred food system. The idea of the commons is applied to food, deconstructing food as a pure private good and reconstructing it as an impure commons that can be better produced and distributed by a hybrid tri-centric governance system compounded by market rules, public regulations and collective actions. Several food-related elements are already considered as common goods (i.e. fish stocks, wild fruits, cuisine recipes, agricultural knowledge, food safety regulations and unpatented genetic resources) as well as food’s implications (hunger eradication) and benefits (public health and good nutrition). Should food and be consider as a commons, the implications for the governance of the global food system would be enormous, with examples ranging from placing food outside the framework agreements dealing with pure private goods, banning financial speculation on food commodities or preparing international binding agreements to govern the production, distribution and access of food to every human being.
The document contains discussion questions from Chapter 5 about obesity, weight loss, diets, and eating disorders. It asks questions about the leading causes of preventable death in the US, health risks of obesity, defining yo-yo dieting and various eating disorders, calculating daily calorie needs and targets for weight loss. Specific questions calculate the reader's estimated energy requirement, target calorie intake for weight loss, and calorie expenditure for various physical activities.
National Sustainable Food Summit Conference Report 3 Pillars Network
This report provides a record for Summit delegates, as well as a reference for those that could not attend. It is hoped it
will be used as a catalyst for further discussion and may also be a useful input into the Federal Government’s National
Food Plan or other policy discussions.
This document outlines a program on managing trade-offs between food security and climate change through future scenarios. It discusses:
1) The interlinkages and trade-offs between achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly between food security/hunger reduction and climate change mitigation.
2) The complexity of food systems and how they are impacted by drivers of change like production practices, diets, and the food/climate environment.
3) How strategies to reduce hunger can impact climate change through effects on emissions and vice versa, presenting difficult policy trade-offs to consider.
4) The document proposes developing future scenarios out to 2050 to imagine alternative futures and pathways to help navigate these challenges
The document summarizes the strategy of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) for 2014-2020. The strategy aims to promote eco-efficient agriculture through developing high-yielding and resilient crop varieties, improving soil and landscape management, enhancing food and nutrition security, and fostering climate-smart and sustainable agricultural practices. CIAT will pursue these goals through research on priority crops like bean, cassava, forages and rice, as well as cross-cutting initiatives on livestock, food systems, and ecosystem health. The strategy seeks to enhance the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in tropical regions facing challenges like population growth, climate change, and land degradation.
Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture 2014 01-23 ACIAR
Dr Achim Dobermann, outgoing Deputy Director General (Research) International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) presented a seminar at ACIAR on “Accelerating Agricultural Innovations for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda” on 23 January 2014
This looks at the likely economic challenges for sustainable agriculture in Europe and the UK over the next decade or so, and makes suggestions for business approaches and policy which could help the sector to respond positively
Food waste global crisis, global opportunity - steven m. finn - feb 2015Steven M. Finn
Presentation at Cabrini College's conference on the Convergence of Childhood Obesity and Hunger in Philadelphia (February, 2015). This session demonstrated the related problems of hunger, obesity, and food waste and the significant opportunity in capturing and redirecting high-quality calories to improve child nutrition.
CIAT’s Partnership with Germany: Reducing hunger and poverty while lessening ...CIAT
CIAT works through partnerships to mobilize high-quality scientific expertise for global efforts to reduce hunger and poverty, while also curbing environmental degradation and addressing climate change. In keeping with Germany’s strategy to achieve this end by promoting sustainable agriculture, CIAT works with a wide range of partners, including Germany’s government and institutions, to develop technologies, methods, and knowledge that offer more for people while taking less from the land.
Food Security Measurement in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals...FAO
FIRST Webinar #3 - Food Security Measurement in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring Framework
This presentation was prepared for a webinar is organized jointly with the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, in the framework of the FAO-EU Partnership Programme: Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST).
SPEAKER:
Mr Carlo Cafiero, Senior Statistician and Economist, FAO Statistics Division
MODERATOR:
Ms Terri Ballard, Food and Nutrition Security Measurement Specialist, FAO Statistics Division
Find out more about FIRST, FAO-EU Partnership Programme: http://www.fao.org/europeanunion/eu-projects/first/en/
The Economist Intelligence Unit gives their view about the future of food supply in the world. Food must be enough in quantity and quality to feed the future population.
The contribution of smallholder farmers to the Agenda 2030ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presentaed during the seminar Soils & Pulses: symbiosis for life that took place at FAO HQ on 19 Apr 2016. it was made by Wafaa El Khoury and it presents The contribution of smallholder farmers to the Agenda 2030.
The document discusses sustainable practices in the global food system. It begins by outlining the key components of the food system, including production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste management. It then discusses some issues with the current broken food system and outlines strategies for improving sustainability, including sustainable agriculture practices, new technologies, urban farming, and the role of small family farms. The document provides several case studies of best practices around the world as examples.
Systems Approach to Modelling Food Sustainability: From Concepts to PracticeBioversity International
Systems Approach to Modelling Food Sustainability: From Concepts to Practice - Presentation by Ariella Helfgott. This presentation was given as part of the 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems Symposium, co-organized by Bioversity International and CIHEAM-IAMM, November 4th -5th 2014, Agropolis International, Montpellier
Visit 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems' Symposium webpage.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/metrics-sustainable-diets-symposium/
Approaching sustainable urban development in China through a food system pla...Steffanie Scott
After more than two decades of rapid urbanization, Chinese cities now face severe sustainability challenges in terms of balancing economic viability, social justice, and environmental protection goals. While various types of planning have long been adopted to cope with these challenges, food as a centerpiece of daily life and of social and economic activity in cities has rarely been considered as a focus of urban planning in China, despite a lot of recent attention to food waste and food safety concerns. In contrast, over the past decade or more, cities in the west have seen food system planning emerge as a holistic lens to promote multifaceted urban development strategies. Community gardens and neighbourhood farmers’ markets are two common examples. In these strategies, food has been recognized as a powerful element that links closely with multiple economic, social, health, and environmental issues.
This paper thus calls for an integration of food issues into urban planning in Chinese cities. Our paper reviews some successful cases of food system assessments and planning in the west and provides a preliminary framework for food system planning in China. The framework brings together various priorities: connecting people to the food system, community economic development, access to healthy food, ecological health, and integrated food policy. By applying this framework to examine urban food systems in China, our paper identifies strengths and challenges for achieving sustainability goals. This analysis also sets the stage for future research in urban food system planning in China.
Diversity has several benefits. Four approaches were discussed for modeling future scenarios around food and agriculture: Agrimonde Terra, Foodsecure, SIMPLE, and analyzing economic growth convergence. Agrimonde Terra found that with sustainable intensification and agroecology, global food needs could be met while stabilizing climate change and increasing ecosystem services. However, an insecure access to land could lead to a dual system, runaway climate change, and poor health outcomes. Foodsecure developed four scenarios around changing food prices. SIMPLE used Monte Carlo analysis to show a likely decline in food prices but potential for increases with certain productivity or demographic changes. Analyzing economic growth convergence matters, as faster growth in developing countries could significantly increase
Thughts on sustainable develop & cultureKoyu Furusawa
- Prof. Koyu Furusawa discusses environmental protection and sustainable development from a socio-cultural perspective based on Japanese values and practices.
- The concept of "Mottainai" emphasizes reducing waste and respecting resources. Traditional Japanese practices also incorporated recycling and respect for nature.
- Sustainable development requires balancing economic, environmental, and social concerns. While modern practices often focus on growth and consumption, alternative models emphasize multi-functionality and gradual strengthening of relationships.
- Community-supported agriculture, farmers markets, and fair trade aim to connect consumers directly with producers in a cooperative model. Traditional Japanese and indigenous practices also demonstrate how human activities can harmonize with natural systems.
Food systems transformation: what is the role of pulses in the sustainability...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/
This presentation was presentaed during the seminar Soils & Pulses: symbiosis for life that took place at FAO HQ on 19 Apr 2016. it was made by Massimo Iannetta & Milena Stefanova and it presents the Food systems transformation.
Our body compulsory demands food, water and air to keep its vital functions and yet their economic nature is rather diverse with food mostly considered a private good, water suffering an accelerated privatization process and air so far considered a global common good. Food has evolved from a common good and local resource to a national asset and then to a transnational commodity as the commodification process is rather completed nowadays. Cultivated food is fully privatized and this consideration means that human beings can eat food as long as they have money to but it or means to produce it. With the dominant no money-no food rationality, hunger still prevails in a world of abundance. In order to provide a sound foundation for the transition towards sustainable food systems, the very nature of food as a pure private good is contested and subsequently reversed in this paper, proposing a re-conceptualisation of food as a common good, a necessary narrative for the redesign of the dominating agro-industrial food system that merely sees food as a tradable commodity. This aspirational transition shall lead us to a more sustainable, fairer and farmer-centred food system. The idea of the commons is applied to food, deconstructing food as a pure private good and reconstructing it as an impure commons that can be better produced and distributed by a hybrid tri-centric governance system compounded by market rules, public regulations and collective actions. Several food-related elements are already considered as common goods (i.e. fish stocks, wild fruits, cuisine recipes, agricultural knowledge, food safety regulations and unpatented genetic resources) as well as food’s implications (hunger eradication) and benefits (public health and good nutrition). Should food and be consider as a commons, the implications for the governance of the global food system would be enormous, with examples ranging from placing food outside the framework agreements dealing with pure private goods, banning financial speculation on food commodities or preparing international binding agreements to govern the production, distribution and access of food to every human being.
The document contains discussion questions from Chapter 5 about obesity, weight loss, diets, and eating disorders. It asks questions about the leading causes of preventable death in the US, health risks of obesity, defining yo-yo dieting and various eating disorders, calculating daily calorie needs and targets for weight loss. Specific questions calculate the reader's estimated energy requirement, target calorie intake for weight loss, and calorie expenditure for various physical activities.
Ferrán Adriá, al deconstruir una tortilla española, la elevó al Olimpo culinario. Eso me dió una idea para hacer algo semejante (no me puedo comparar al genio de Adriá) con la Soberanía Alimentaria: examinar sus partes para recomponerla más fuerte. La Soberanía necesita más análisis desde la Universidad, y espero aportar un poco en ese sentido. Es, pues, una deconstrucción para fortalecer, pues creo que es la única alternativa para producir alimentos en el siglo XXI
This document discusses theoretical approaches for understanding social food movements. It defines social food movements as civic collective actions focused on food and analyzes their different constituencies. It also presents typologies for categorizing these movements based on their structure, goals, and degree of transformation sought. Reformist movements seek incremental change within the existing system, while transformative movements more fundamentally question existing power balances and can be alter-hegemonic or counter-hegemonic in nature. The document draws on literature discussing these approaches and debates regarding social movements' potential to reform or transform current food systems.
Art is a creative expression that stimulates the senses or imagination according to Felicity Hampel. Picasso believed that every child is an artist but growing up can stop that creativity. Aristotle defined art as anything requiring a maker and not being able to create itself.
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).
9 February 2017, the first Food for All Talk (#FFATalks) under the WBG-Netherlands Partnership took place on the subject: Food Systems for Healthier Diets.
The brief looks at the challenge of providing healthy diets in urban environments, presenting eight policy recommendations which integrate actions from food, agriculture and nutrition into urban planning, education, health, sanitation, water and infrastructure development.
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.
Towards Precepts of Food System Sustainability - Presentation by Hallie Eakin. This presentation was given as part of the 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems Symposiumco-organized by Bioversity International and CIHEAM-IAMM, November 4th -5th 2014, Agropolis International, Montpellier
Visit 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems' Symposium webpage.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/metrics-sustainable-diets-symposium/
1) The document discusses strategies for transforming food systems to achieve sustainability and nutrition goals.
2) It emphasizes using a systems approach and understanding dynamics of change to identify game-changing interventions that can trigger transformations through tipping points and synergies.
3) The document provides examples of potential game-changers including reducing post-harvest losses, promoting dietary diversity, school meal programs, food labeling, and supporting traditional foods.
Johan Swinnen, Rob Vos, John McDermott, and Laura Zseleczky
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
VIRTUAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2020 Global Food Policy Report: Building Inclusive Food Systems
APR 7, 2020 - 12:15 PM TO 01:15 PM EDT
This document discusses the need to measure food environments to better understand the relationship between agriculture, income, and nutrition outcomes. It defines food environment as the availability, affordability, convenience and desirability of various foods. While some tools exist to measure aspects of food environments, few can be applied internationally and none capture the affordability of a diverse, nutritious diet. Developing standardized, low-cost methods to objectively or subjectively measure the prices of different food groups would help agriculture-nutrition programs track impacts, design interventions, and evaluate outcomes by providing insights into how income affects diets through food environments.
This document summarizes Derek Headey's presentation on recent research at the micro, meso, and macro levels on food prices, diet costs, and diet affordability through a nutrition lens. At the micro level, the research finds that using a healthy diet as the poverty line doubles estimated poverty rates. Social protection interventions need to be larger to close nutrition gaps. At the meso level, research is growing on how weak food environments impact demand and malnutrition. At the macro level, methods to measure healthy diet affordability need refinement, and multisectoral solutions are needed to help the billions unable to afford healthy diets.
Agricultural biotechnology and the economics of food security and climate cha...ExternalEvents
Agricultural biotechnology and the economics of food security and climate change mitigation presentation by "Daniel Sumner, University of California Davis, Davis, United States of America
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"Maintaining and Improving Nutritional Value and Food Safety along the Value ...ExternalEvents
Marie T. Ruel discusses value chains for improving nutrition and food safety. Value chains can help address problems along the production, storage, processing, distribution and consumption of foods. They allow for coordination across different actors to identify opportunities to enhance nutrient content and prevent losses. While progress has been made in certain areas, more research is still needed on implementing nutrition-sensitive value chains at scale and measuring their impact and cost-effectiveness.
"Overview: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
Food and Diet: How Can Economics Contribute to Better Outcomes?lunnevehr
Seminar to Goettingen Global Food RTG, September 19, 2013. An overview of U.S. anti-obesity policies and the lessons for countries now going through the dietary transition.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
A well designed ppt for people to understand the Demand and supply topic. This has proper bibliography for you to go through the information yourself and has many important things. Best for the Holiday Homework for children.
John Ulimwengu_2023 AGRODEP Annual Conference - Plenary Session IIIAKADEMIYA2063
The document discusses the need to transform food systems in Africa to address ongoing issues like hunger, malnutrition, and environmental degradation. It makes the following key points:
1) Africa is not on track to meet UN sustainable development goals on hunger and nutrition, with over 280 million facing hunger and millions suffering from micronutrient deficiencies.
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Food values and policy beliefs in collective actions in Belgium
1. JOSE LUIS VIVERO POL
PhD Research Fellow in Food Governance
Centre for Philosophy of Law/Earth & Life Institute
Food values & policy beliefs
in collective actions for food in Belgium
Jose Luis Vivero Pol, Philippe Baret, Tom Dedeurwaerdere & Olivier de Schutter
EUROPEAN AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES
Action-research for a transformative role
24-25 May 2016, Brussels
2. What do we want to know?
Is the consideration of
food (normative value)
correlated to food policy
beliefs and political
attitudes in the transition
food landscape?
Comparing a global sample
with Belgian case
4. Food valuations to be explored
• MONO-DIMENSIONAL: economic dimensions
prevail over non-economic ones.
• Value-in-exchange over value-in-use
• This food concept can be regarded as a commodity.
• MULTI-DIMENSIONAL: the economic
dimension, however important it may be, is
not dominant over the non-economic ones.
• This food concept can be considered as a commons
5. Multi-level Perspective on socio-technological transitions Geels (2002)
Exploring narratives in the landscape
Food-related professionals as agents of change (N=95)
6. Global food system: crisis & transition
• Rising Obesity / Steady Hunger (2.3 billion): We eat badly
• Inefficient (wasting one third, yields stagnated, few crops)
• The way we produce/eat food is main driver of climate
change & moving beyond planetary boundaries
• Population as a threat but world produces enough food for all
• Diet transition towards more meat (less efficient, less healthy)
Food kills people
OBESITY: 3.4 million deaths annually, 1120 million people by
2030 (Ng et al. 2014; Kelly et al. 2008)
HUNGER: largest contributor to maternal-child mortality
worldwide, 3.1 million children (Black et al. 2013).
7. Commodification (C) of food as major driver
• (C) dominant force since XIX (Polanyi, 1944; Sandel, 2013; Sraffa, 1960)
• (C): development of traits that fit with mechanized processes
• Human-induced social construct that denies non-economic
attributes of food in favour of its tradable features (durability,
external beauty, standardisation, cheap calories, food miles)
• (C) crowds out non-market values and the idea of food as
something worth caring about (Sandel, 2012).
• (C) root cause of crisis (Magdoff, 2010; Zerbe, 2009; Kloppenburg, 2004).
• Food speculation as ultimate alienation of food from its
primary value-in-use (feeding people)
• Metabolic rift between consumers and distant producers
• Food agency restricted “sovereign act of consuming”
8. Describing the Global Sample
• 725 questionnaires (104 responses, July 2014-
January 2015)
• Questionnaire sent via Twitter
• VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (Dubé et al. 2005):
Food-related professionals active in Twitter
(21 countries, 85 different institutions, aware
food consumers, committed food activists)
• Public sector (33.7%), Not-for profit third sector
(48.4%).
• Main weakness: low representation of for-profit
Sector (only 17.9%). No agri-food companies
9. THREE variables of “individual agency in food system
transitions”
(a) Position in the food system transition landscape (REGIME – NICHES)
(b) Political stance vis a vis the (existing) food system
(REFORMERS – TRANSFORMERS)
(c) Valuation of different food dimensions (MONO- & MULTI-DIMENSIONAL)
Reformers gradually improve imbalances without questioning structural causes.
Transformers seek profound-disruptive change in the way we produce, process and
consume food. Two attitudinal stances (Holt-Gimenez & Shattuck, 2011; Akram-Lodhi, 2013).
a) Counter-hegemonic (radical): struggling against dominant food regime, denouncing
the flaws and trying to change radically the way it works.
b) Alter-hegemonic (progressive): being aware of major faultlines but recognising the
impossibility to change the dominant regime. Therefore, detached attitude to confront
and building a different food system instead that satisfies aspirational goals.
10. Table 2. Composite variable to analyse mono- and multi-dimensionality of food valuation
# Economic Dimension % Non-economic dimension %
Strongly mono-dimensional
At least 2 out of 4 economic dimensions are
preferred
Mildly mono-dimensional
Only one out of 4 economic
dimensions is preferred
Multi-dimensional
None of the four economic
dimensions is preferred
14 14a. Food, as a scarce resource,
has to be distributed according to
market rules
11.6% 14b. The State has the obligation
to guarantee the right to food to
every citizen
88.4%
17 17a. Food is a natural resource
that it is better exploited by the
private sector
12.6% 17b. Food is a natural resource
that it is better exploited by
citizens
87.4%
18 18a. Food is a commodity whose
access is exclusively determined
by the purchasing power of any
given customer
28.4% 18b. Free food for all is good 71.6%
19 19a. The best use of any food
commodity is where it can get
the best price, either fuel,
feeding livestock or exporting
market
16.8% 19b. A bread loaf (or a culturally-
appropriated equivalent) should
be guaranteed to every citizen
every day
83.2%
Mono-dimensional respondents that opted for market-minded or for-profit sentences
when forced to choose (economic dimensions of food are dominant over non-economic).
Multi-dimensional respondents preferred public-minded or not-for-profit sentences and
hence we assume that non-economic dimensions of food are dominant.
11. Regime/niches not significantly correlated to political stance or valuation food
Table 6: Correlations amongst the agency variables
SMD MMD MTD RE SNI ANI RNI
Strongly mono-dimensional (SMD) 1
Mildly mono-dimensional (MMD) 1
Multi-dimensional (MTD) 1
Regime (RE) -0.024 0.087 -0.050 1
Small Niche (SNI) 0.001 -0.128 0.102 1
Alternative Niche (ANI) -0.010 0.116 -0.085 1
Revolutionary Niche (RNI) 0.040 -0.096 0.045 1
Gradual Reformer (GR) 0.321* 0.016 -0.272* 0.152 -0.145 0.068 -0.105
Alter-hegemonic (AHT) -0.065 0.043 0.017 -0.116 -0.072 -0.040 0.263*
Counter-hegemonic (CHT) -0.230* -0.060 0.235* -0.021 0.210* -0.021 -0.174
* Correlations significant at 95% level
12. • Valuation of food is significantly correlated with
the political stance vis a vis the food system.
• Gradual reformers are positively correlated to the
mono-dimensional valuation of food
• Transformers are significantly correlated to the
multi-dimensional valuation of food
• Strongly mono-dimensionals (not mildly) are
significantly correlated to gradual reformers
• Multi-dimensionals are positively correlated to
counter-hegemonic transformers but not to alter-
hegemonic
NO CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP
13. Preferred Food Policy Beliefs Total
sample
P
value
Strongly
Mono-
dimensional
N=18
Mildly mono-
dimensional
N=18
Multi-
dimensional
N=59
#
Relative preference: Simply describing agreement-disagreement, not confronting different beliefs
6.- Living organisms, such as seeds, animal breeds or genes
shall not be patented by individuals or corporations
77 0,082 10
a
14
ab
53
b
9f
Absolute preference: selecting and ranking different and contrasting beliefs
7.- Food can be at the same time a private good and an
essential resource for our survival and identity
26 0,011 11
a
6
ab
9
b
20a
11.- If food is distributed according to the market rules, we
will never achieve food security for all
45 0,325 4a
7ab
34b
20g
Note: N=95. Differences have been measured using Fisher’s exact test and p-values are corrected by Holm’s correction.
Differences in preferred food policy beliefs (17) are significant (different levels) in JUST:
Two beliefs among the three groups that value food dimensions differently
SO…no significant differences in food policy beliefs between different
normative food valuations
14. REGRESSION
Food valuation +
sector of activity +
few policy beliefs
explain political
attitude
Age, gender, food-related
experience or personal
involvement in food activities
have
NO explanatory power to
determine political attitude
vis a vis the existing food
system and the valuation of
food dimensions
Dependent variable: Political stance via a vis the
food system
Gradual Reformers
N=25 (against 70)
Counter-hegemonic
transformers
N=32 (against 63)
Independent agency variables Signif Signif.
Valuation of food (confronting economic & non-
economic dimensions)
Strongly Mono-
dimensional
(+)*** Multi-dimensional (+)**
Food Policy Beliefs Current food system
capable of producing
sustainable food
(+)*** Living organisms (seeds
or genes) shall not be
patented by individuals
or corporations
(+)***
Food Dimensions Food has to be
beautiful and cheap
(+)*** Freedom from hunger is
a human right as
important as the right
not to be tortured
(+)**
Control variables
Country Hunger stricken
country
(+) Hunger stricken country (+)***
Age Age between 31-50 (+)** Age above 50 (-)
Gender Male (+) Male (+)
Food related experience
Between 3-10 yrs
experience
(-)** More than 10 yrs (+)
Self-described sector of food activities
Public sector (+)** Self-regulated collective
action Informal
arrangement)
(+)***
Personal involvement in food activities
Being part of a group
to increase public
awareness
(-)** Sensitizing close
relatives
(+)
Prob > F = 0.0007 Obs N=95 Prob > F = 0.0008 Obs N=95
Note 1: *** = statistically significant at the 1%, ** =5% level. Note that the table shows associations, not necessarily causal
relationships.
15. Valuation of food is correlated to
political attitudes in food transitions
• The way food activists value food is related to
the political attitude with regard to the
existing food system and its transition
trajectories (gradual reformers or
transformers) regardless the position in the
transition landscape of the global food system
(regime or niches).
• The sector (public, for-profit, not-for-profit)
plays also a role but further research needs to
be undertaken
16. Multiples “loci of resistance” with
shared food valuations
• The institutional diversity of this research shows
there is a multiplicity of “loci of resistance” with
counter-hegemonic attitudes to challenge the
existing food system, and they have a convergent
regard of food as a multi-dimensional resource
(life-sustaining element, human right, natural
resource, cultural determinant and tradable good),
a multi-dimensionality that prevails over the
mono-dimensionality of gradual reformers
17. Describing the Belgian sample
• Members of food buying groups (N=58) in 6 urban areas of
Belgium: Antwerpen (11), Leuven (15), Limbourg (2), Bruxelles (8),
Ottignies-LLN (10) and Liege (12).
Mostly considered as a Social Movement (by default)
• AMAP (Associations to support Peasants’ Agriculture). They are a
sort of Community-Supported Agriculture
• GASAP (Solidarity Purchasing Groups with Peasants’ Agriculture).
local name used for Community-Supported Agriculture in the
Brussels region.
• GAS (Solidarity Purchasing Group). This specific named is only used
within the Grez in Transition Network, an initiative that may be a
hybrid between GASAPs and GACs.
Mostly considered as a social enterprise (by default)
• GAC (Joint Purchasing Groups) in Walloon region
• Voedselteams (Joint Purchasing Groups) in Flandre region.
18. THREE variables of “individual agency in food system
transitions”
(A) Prevailing socio-economic orientation
(FBG as a social movement – as a social enterprise by self-description)
(B) Political stance vis a vis the (existing) food system
(REFORMERS – NON POLITICAL TRANSFORMERS – RELATIONAL POLITICAL –
ISOLATIONIST POLITICAL TRANSFORMERS)
(C) Valuation of different food dimensions (MONO- & MULTI-DIMENSIONAL)
NON POLITICAL TRANSFORMERS (N=16): Aimed at transforming the existing food
system by doing things with no political dimension
RELATIONAL POLITICAL TRANSFORMERS (N=20): Aimed at transforming the existing
food system by interacting with existing policies and governmental authorities, either
implementing better existing policies or showing innovative practices to policy makers.
ISOLATIONIST POLITICAL TRANSFORMERS (N=19): Aimed at building a different food
system by creating a new agri-food system independently of any political evolution (no
contacts with authorities).
19. N=60 Strongly Mono-
dimensional
At least 2 out of 4
economic
dimensions
7
Mildly Mono-
dimensional
Only 1 out of 4
economic
dimensions
15
Multi-
dimensional
None of 4
38
REFORMERS
Aimed at improving the existing food system
with no or soft political dimension undertaken
either by implementing existing policies or
showing innovative practices
5
0
(0%)
1
(20%)
4
(80%)
NON POLITICAL
TRANSFORMERS
Aimed at transforming the existing food system
by doing things with no political dimension
16
3
(18.8%)
5
(31.2%)
8
(50%)
RELATIONAL
POLITICAL
TRANSFORMERS
Aimed at transforming the existing food system
by implementing better existing policies or
showing innovative practices to policy makers 20
3
(15%)
5
(25%)
12
(60%)
ISOLATIONISTS
POLITICAL
TRANSFORMERS
Aimed at building a different food system by
creating a new agri-food system independently
of any political evolution
19
1
(5.3%)
4
(21%)
14
(73.7%)
20. Non Political Transformer Political Transformer
Mono-dimensional 0.1558 -0.1558
Strongly mono-dimensional (SMD) 0.1157 -0.1157
Mildly mono-dimensional (MMD) 0.0852 -0.0852
Multi-dimensional (MTD) -0.1558 0.1558
Implementing existing policies (IEP) -0.1538 0.1538
Show innovative practices (SIP) -0.4284* 0.4284*
Create new food system(CNF) -0.4653* 0.4653*
Counter-hegemonic (CHT)
0.1801 -0.1801
Alter-hegemonic (AHT)
-0.1801 0.1801
FBG as Social Movement (by self-priority) (SM)
-0.2631* 0.2631*
FBG as Social Enterprise(by self-priority) (SE)
0.3087* -0.3087*
FBG social movement by default (AMAP+GASAP+GAS)
-0.0986 0.0986
FBG social enterprise by default (Voedselteams+GAC)
0.0986 -0.0986
Correlations amongst the split agency variables BELGIAN FOOD BUYING GROUP (N=55, the five reformers out)
* Correlations significant at 95% level
21. Food dimensions not so significative
• The way members of food buying groups
(alternative niches in food transitions) value
food is not strongly correlated to the
prevailing socio-economic orientation or
political attitude vis a vis the existing food
system.
• And yet, Non-political transformers (NonPT)
are more likely to value food as a commodity
than Isolationist Political Transformers (IsoPT)
22. Transformative VS Political FBG
• The political stance is however strongly correlated
to the prevailing socio-economic orientation:
• FBGs working as social enteprises (by self-
definition) have non-political attitudes to
transform the existing food regime. That is not
extrapolated to FBG-Social Enterprises by default
• FBGs as Social Movement (self-defined) have a
political goal in their food-related activities,
although it cannot be extrapolated to all FBG-
Social Enterprises by default
23. Next steps
• What kind of Food Policy Beliefs are
associated to political and non-political
attitudes of transformative FBGs working in
niches?
• Factors to explain the different correlations
between the Gloobal and Belgian case study