scholarly journals Achieving Global Food Security through Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Food Systems with Regard to Nutrients, Soil, Land, and Waste Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos G. H. Diaz-Ambrona ◽  
Emiliano Maletta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Global Food

Food for thought: food systems, livestock futures and animal health

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Angela Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Futures Research ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Fundamental Misunderstanding ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Food

AbstractGlobal food security, livestock production and animal health are inextricably bound. However, our focus on the future tends to disaggregate food and health into largely separate domains. Indeed, much foresight work is either food systems or health-based with little overlap in terms of predictions or narratives. Work on animal health is no exception. Part of the problem is the fundamental misunderstanding of the role, nature and impact of the modern futures tool kit. Here, I outline three key issues in futures research ranging from methodological confusion over the application of scenarios to the failure to effectively integrate multiple methodologies to the gap between the need for more evidence and power and control over futures processes. At its core, however, a better understanding of the narrative and worldview framing much of the futures work in animal health is required to enhance the value and impact of such exercises.

scholarly journals The Current State of the Agricultural Sector in the Context of Food Security in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-118
Author(s):  
Karina Utenkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Global Food

Introduction. The article is devoted to the problems of agricultural development as a basis for ensuring food security in Ukraine. Food security is one of the important components of economic security, which creates a basis for further progress and development of the state. Achieving food security is one of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by 2030, set by the UN to member countries at the Summit on Sustainable Development. The purpose of the article is to reveal the problems and prospects for the development of the agricultural sector in the context of ensuring food security in Ukraine. Results. It has been determined that the contribution of agricultural production to the GDP in Ukraine is quite significant. According to the results of 2018, 89% of agricultural enterprises have received a profit. The consumption of main types of food products by the population of Ukraine is less than the scientifically substantiated norms, namely: the actual consumption of meat is 64% of the norm; milk and dairy products – 52%; eggs – 94.8%; fish – 59%; fruits, berries and grapes – 53%. At the same time, there is a steady increase in the share of agricultural products in the structure of exports (in 2019 – 44.2%). According to the Global Food Security Index, Ukraine does not have the best positions and yields not only to all European countries, but also to those countries to which it exports food. Conclusions. Ukraine occupies the 76th out of 112 positions in the 2019 Global Food Security Index. Problems that pose potential threats to food security are acute, particularly, the lack of balance in the diet of Ukrainians. Due to the products of animal origin, the caloric value of the diet is provided only by 28% at the optimal level of 55%. The share of the population’s expenditures on food products is unacceptably high: more than half of the total aggregate expenditures, which is higher than the similar indicators of the EU countries by 3-5 times. The increase in agricultural production should take place in compliance with environmental norms and international food quality standards.

scholarly journals Iniciativas de datos abiertos frente a los desafíos de la seguridad alimentaria global

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Sánchez-Padial
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Repository ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Datos Abiertos

In Spanish.This preprint is a summary for the communication sent to the II Jornadas de Investigación Agraria para el Desarrollo (II Workshop of Agriculture Research for Development).The work shows the relevance of open data in order to face the challenge of global food security presenting the GODAN (Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition) initiative. Then, it shows how INIA (the Spanish National Institute for Research and Technology in Agriculture and Food) is partnering GODAN, and it introduces briefly INIA's project for developing a agriculture research data repository. It ends with a call for participation in the GODAN initiative.

scholarly journals Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacia Stetkiewicz ◽  
Rachel A. Norman ◽  
Edward Hugh Allison ◽  
Neil L. Andrew ◽  
Gulshan Ara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Global Food

The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses the extent to which seafood is represented in the recent food security literature, both individually and from a food systems perspective, in combination with terrestrially-based production systems. The results demonstrate that seafood remains under-researched compared to the role of terrestrial animal and plant production in food security. Furthermore, seafood and terrestrial production remain siloed, with very few papers addressing the combined contribution or relations between terrestrial and aquatic systems. We conclude that far more attention is needed to the specific and relative role of seafood in global food security and call for the integration of seafood in a wider interdisciplinary approach to global food system research.

scholarly journals Predictive Insights for Improving the Resilience of Global Food Security Using Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6272
Author(s):  
Meng-Leong How ◽  
Yong Jiet Chan ◽  
Sin-Mei Cheah
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Probabilistic Reasoning ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Global Food

Unabated pressures on food systems affect food security on a global scale. A human-centric artificial intelligence-based probabilistic approach is used in this paper to perform a unified analysis of data from the Global Food Security Index (GFSI). The significance of this intuitive probabilistic reasoning approach for predictive forecasting lies in its simplicity and user-friendliness to people who may not be trained in classical computer science or in software programming. In this approach, predictive modeling using a counterfactual probabilistic reasoning analysis of the GFSI dataset can be utilized to reveal the interplay and tensions between the variables that underlie food affordability, food availability, food quality and safety, and the resilience of natural resources. Exemplars are provided in this paper to illustrate how computational simulations can be used to produce forecasts of good and bad conditions in food security using multi-variant optimizations. The forecast of these future scenarios is useful for informing policy makers and stakeholders across domain verticals, so they can make decisions that are favorable to global food security.

scholarly journals Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Devaux ◽  
Jean-Pierre Goffart ◽  
Athanasios Petsakos ◽  
Peter Kromann ◽  
Marcel Gatto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Global Food Security Index’s Reflections to Balkan Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-211
Author(s):  
Özlem Turan ◽  
Serkan Gurluk ◽  
Edibe Issi
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Global Food

Abstract Policies for ensuring food security have gained considerable importance in recent years. The policy success of the countries at this lower level is very important in ensuring food safety. It is also important to determine where the countries take place in food security. In determining the success of countries The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) takes on an important role. In order to prepare the index different subsections of food security such as food availability, food accessibility, food quality and safety are calculated using different weights. This index is re-prepared every year and allows the user to make changes using different weights and calculating rankings again. It will also include recommendations on agriculture and food policy that can be taken to improve their places in the food security index. In this study, an analysis of GFSI for 2017 will be made for Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. It also includes recommendations on agriculture and food policy of countries for these countries to increase their rankings on the GFSI.

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

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 2293-2302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliot M Berry ◽  
Sandro Dernini ◽  
Barbara Burlingame ◽  
Alexandre Meybeck ◽  
Piero Conforti
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Fifth Dimension ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition ◽  
World Food Security ◽  
Global Food

AbstractObjectiveTo position the concept of sustainability within the context of food security.DesignAn overview of the interrelationships between food security and sustainability based on a non-systematic literature review and informed discussions based principally on a quasi-historical approach from meetings and reports.SettingInternational and global food security and nutrition.ResultsThe Rome Declaration on World Food Security in 1996 defined its three basic dimensions as: availability, accessibility and utilization, with a focus on nutritional well-being. It also stressed the importance of sustainable management of natural resources and the elimination of unsustainable patterns of food consumption and production. In 2009, at the World Summit on Food Security, the concept of stability/vulnerability was added as the short-term time indicator of the ability of food systems to withstand shocks, whether natural or man-made, as part of the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security. More recently, intergovernmental processes have emphasized the importance of sustainability to preserve the environment, natural resources and agro-ecosystems (and thus the overlying social system), as well as the importance of food security as part of sustainability and vice versa.ConclusionsSustainability should be considered as part of the long-term time dimension in the assessment of food security. From such a perspective the concept of sustainable diets can play a key role as a goal and a way of maintaining nutritional well-being and health, while ensuring the sustainability for future food security. Without integrating sustainability as an explicit (fifth?) dimension of food security, today’s policies and programmes could become the very cause of increased food insecurity in the future.

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