Local and Global Implications of Food Security: An Issue of Sustainability By Catalina Zafra

Food Security “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”  Territorial policies  Mass-production of food  Monocrops

Food Pricing Agrofuels  30% of food price increases Diet changes  Consumers choose (mass-produced) cheaper and less nutritious products

Modern Food Production  Agrochemicals  GMOs  GHGs  Food Miles

Food Insecurity & Society  Food and Human Development  Short term strategies affect availability in the long term  Societal disruptions

Food Security & Economy  Governments and Agribusinesses  Failure to address just global food systems  MDGs addresses hunger

Food Security & The Environment  Exhaustion of Resources  Rapid increases in cultivated land Disruption of:  biochemical cycles  Biodiversity and Climate change

Local Efforts Towards Sustainable Food FOOD SOVEREIGNTY “The right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspiration and needs to those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demand of markets and corporations”  Rural livelihood adaptation strategies  An alternative to food security

Food Sovereignty  Alternative views about territory, economy and power  Community Gardens & Food Co-ops  Solidarity economies

Food Sovereignty  Self-determination and democracy  Constitutional changes  “the rights of nature”

Conclusion  Need for higher level institutional approach and policy reforms  Dealing with social and ecological aspects of adaptive capacity  Integration and Collaboration Food Sovereignty Food Security

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