Food security and sustainability: can one exist without the other?

Berry, Elliot M.; Dernini, S.; Burlingame, Barbara; Meybeck, A.; Conforti, Piero

doi:10.1017/s136898001500021x

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“…The Rome Declaration on World Food Security in 1996 defined its three basic dimensions as: availability, accessibility and utilization. In 2009, at the World Summit on Food Security, the dimension of stability/vulnerability was added (Berry et al, 2014). Therefore, food security is built on four pillars (CFS, 2012;UN-HLTF, 2011;Ericksen, 2011): food availability: sufficient quantities of food available on a consistent basis; food access: having sufficient resources to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious diet; food use: appropriate use based on knowledge of basic nutrition and care; and stability in food availability, access and utilization.…”

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“…The existence of food security in a nation necessitates that all four interrelated and interdependent dimensions are present (Berry et al, 2014). Food security is a complex sustainable development issue.…”

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“…More recently, intergovernmental processes have emphasized the importance of food security as part of sustainability and vice-versa (Berry et al, 2014). There are very strong linkages between food and nutrition security, and food sustainability.…”

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Relations Between Food and Nutrition Security, Diets and Food Systems

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2016

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SUMMARYThe food arena, which is at the interface of different economic sectors, is characterised by the presence of numerous actors with often different and even competing agendas. This is exacerbated by the lack of a deep and common understanding of the issues at play and their interdependencies. The review paper aims at highlighting the multifaceted and multidimensional relations and linkages between food and nutrition security, diets and food systems in the context of sustainability. The paper addresses also other issues, which are relevant in sustainable food systems context, such as sustainable consumption and production, typical and traditional foods, and food losses and waste. Food security is built on four pillars: availability, access, use, and stability. It is strongly linked to nutrition security. Sustainable diets are environmentallyfriendly and contribute to food security and healthy life. The Mediterranean diet, which encompasses a plethora of traditional and typical foods, is considered by many scholars as an example of sustainable diet. Food systems should deliver food security and nutrition for present and future generations that is why all components of food systems should be sustainable, resilient and efficient. Moving towards more sustainable food systems implies also reducing food losses and waste along the food chain. Sustainability should be considered as a dimension of long-term food security. From such a perspective the concept of sustainable diets can play a key role. To address food and nutrition challenges, food systems have to be considered in their entirety, acknowledging the interdependency of consumption and production. These linkages are shown in the global Zero Hunger Challenge initiative and should be highlighted and further operationalized in global food-related strategies (e.g. 10 Year Framework of Programs on Sustainable Food Systems) as well as regional strategies such as the Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan for the Mediterranean.

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2016

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“…The need to green food security is not a new idea (Berry et al, 2015;Daily et al, 1998;Richardson, 2010), and while the necessity of greening food security policy has been widely acknowledged, few efforts have been made to integrate environmental sustainability objectives into food security policies. Building on theories of reflexive governance for sustainability transition, I have shown how the CFS represents a governance arrangement with the potential to meaningfully green food security policy, however caution is also needed.…”

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GFG - "Greening" global food governance

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“…The projected world population of 9-10 billion by 2050, accelerating consumption, negative climate impacts on food production, global pollinator decline (Vanbergen and the Insect Pollinators Initiative 2013) and the failure to end hunger and malnutrition for the present population (Ehrlich and Harte 2015) mean that food security is a pressing challenge. Key dimensions of global food security are availability, accessibility, and utilisation, with a focus on nutritional well-being, stability, and sustainability (Berry et al 2015;FAO 1996). Global food security, also reliant on several other factors such as weather, political stability, and a non-corrupt infrastructure, is critically dependent on pollinator services (Vanbergen and the Insect Pollinators Initiative 2013; Van der Sluijs et al 2013a;Chagnon et al 2015;Bailes et al 2015) and this also is the case for nutritional wellbeing (Nicole 2015;Ellis et al 2015).…”

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Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship

2016

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Over the past decades, both wild and domesticated insect pollinators are in dramatic decline, which puts at stake the existence of species, ecosystem resilience and global food security. Globally, 87 of major food crops depend on animal pollination. Together these account for 35 % of the world food production volume. Pollinator mediated crops are indispensable for essential micronutrients in the human diet. Many ornamental plants as well as crops for fibre, fodder, biofuels, timber and phytopharmaceuticals also depend on insect pollinators. This article aims to map the current situation of pollinators worldwide, with a focus on the critical role of pollinators in the human food chain and ecosystem sustainability, their intrinsic and extrinsic value, as well as the causes of their declines and the interventions needed to conserve them, in order to develop an argument for the importance of conserving and restoring pollinator populations and diversity. The present pollinator crisis threatens global and local food security, can worsen the problems of hidden hunger, erodes ecosystem resilience, and can destabilise ecosystems that form our life support system. An integrated approach that simultaneously addresses the key drivers is needed. This includes creation and restoration of floral and nesting resources, a global phase out of prophylactic use of neonicotinoids and fipronil, improvement of test protocols in authorisation of agrochemicals, and restoration and maintenance of independence in regulatory science. The authors argue that an international treaty for global pollinator stewardship and pollinator ecosystem restoration should be initiated in order to systemically counteract the current crisis. Food ethics (2016) 1:75-91

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Food security and sustainability: can one exist without the other?

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Relations Between Food and Nutrition Security, Diets and Food Systems

Relations Between Food and Nutrition Security, Diets and Food Systems

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Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship

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