Chapter 11 Obesity Prevention and National Food Security: A Food Systems Approach

This paper is concerned with the conception of a solution to food insecurity in Canada. I will begin by reviewing the two dominant approaches to food security, the antipoverty approach and the sustainable food systems approach. I will argue that in order to establish a food secure Canada, community action to increase food access and address concerns about production, distribution and consumption needs to happen in conjunction with policy action that seeks to reduce inequality and to promote a more just and sustainable food system. To examine this premise, I will discuss two Canadian Community Food Assessments, which will provide insight into how the food system is playing out in two communities, and what is being done to create a more balanced food system for local residents. I will also provide a discussion of the assessments' recommendations and how they see change coming about in the food system. What needs to happen in order to create food security in Canada? And with who and where are these changes to take place?

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Prioritizing Achievable Goals for Food Security in the Developing World

Global Journal of Medical Research ◽

10.34257/gjmrlvol21is1pg11 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 11-25

Author(s):

Sanjaya Rajaram ◽

Maarten van Ginkel

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Rapid Responses ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

New Research ◽

The Impact

Many solutions have been proposed to address food security. We present here a prioritized set of actions achievable within the next 2–10 years. By taking a systems approach we follow the impact pathway backwards starting from the needs and desires of the end-users to eventually define the research agenda that will exactly address those targeted solutions with positive impacts. The following actions emerge as high-priority and achievable in the near future: new research tools to study food systems; dis-aggregated intra-household surveys to reveal within-family inequalities in food access; increased scientific consensus on climate change impacts in sub-Saharan Africa; rapid response measures to address sudden emergencies, such as capturing excess rainfall water; financial tools to enable rapid responses with recovery measures afterwards; consideration of restrictions that excess heat and humidity impose on human productivity; secure land ownership and tenure rights to encourage long-term agricultural investment; mechanization at all stages along the food system.

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Obesity Prevention and National Food Security: A Food Systems Approach

ISRN Public Health ◽

10.5402/2012/539764 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lila Finney Rutten ◽

Amy Lazarus Yaroch ◽

Heather Patrick ◽

Mary Story

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Security ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Obesity Prevention ◽

Food Systems ◽

Common Ground ◽

The United States ◽

Sustainable Food Systems ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Improve Food Security

Interventions that cultivate sustainable food systems to promote health, prevent obesity, and improve food security have the potential for many large-scale and long-lasting benefits including improvements in social, environmental, health, and economic outcomes. We briefly summarize findings from previous research examining associations between obesity and food insecurity and discuss the need for greater synergy between food insecurity initiatives and national obesity prevention public health goals in the United States. The common ground between these two nutrition-related public health issues is explored, and the transformation needed in research and advocacy communities around the shared goal of improving population health through individual, environmental, and policy level changes to promote healthy sustainable food systems is discussed. We propose an ecological framework to simultaneously consider food insecurity and obesity that identifies levers for change to promote sustainable food systems to improve food security and prevent obesity.

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The Need for a Food Systems Approach in Smallholder Food and Nutrition Security Initiatives: Lessons from Inclusive Agribusiness in Smallholder Communities

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10081785 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 1785

Author(s):

James Wangu

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Business Models ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Food And Nutrition Security ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

Inclusive Business ◽

To Come

Inclusive business models dominate current development policy and practices aimed at addressing food and nutrition insecurity among smallholder farmers. Through inclusive agribusiness, smallholder food security is presumed to come from increased farm productivity (food availability) and income (food access). Based on recent research, the focus of impact assessments of inclusive business models has been limited to instrumental aspects, such as the number of farmers supported, the training provided, and immediate farm outcomes, namely revenue. Furthermore, the assessments limit their scope to participating smallholders, while overlooking other community members. With respect to food and nutrition security, there is no acknowledgement of the diverse household needs that compete with the food requirements with regard to the multi-dimensional nature of poverty. Focusing on recent studies and reviews on the contribution of inclusive business initiatives to smallholders’ livelihoods and food security, the present review adopts a food systems approach for broader knowledge and insight analysis. It re-emphasizes that a food systems approach that provides a systemic and broader way of thinking about and working on food issues is critical for development initiatives aimed at ensuring that every person can meet their food and nutrition needs.

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A Food Systems Approach to Understanding Food Security

10.1051/iufost:20061389 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. Ericksen

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Systems Approach

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Community food assessments: combining community action and policy for a more just and sustainable food system

10.32920/ryerson.14663523 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Erin Charter

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Community Action ◽

Policy Action ◽

Sustainable Food Systems ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Local Residents ◽

Sustainable Food System

This paper is concerned with the conception of a solution to food insecurity in Canada. I will begin by reviewing the two dominant approaches to food security, the antipoverty approach and the sustainable food systems approach. I will argue that in order to establish a food secure Canada, community action to increase food access and address concerns about production, distribution and consumption needs to happen in conjunction with policy action that seeks to reduce inequality and to promote a more just and sustainable food system. To examine this premise, I will discuss two Canadian Community Food Assessments, which will provide insight into how the food system is playing out in two communities, and what is being done to create a more balanced food system for local residents. I will also provide a discussion of the assessments' recommendations and how they see change coming about in the food system. What needs to happen in order to create food security in Canada? And with who and where are these changes to take place?

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The role of graining in ensuring food security

Agrarian science ◽

10.32634/0869-8155-2020-335-2-75-79 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 75-79

Author(s):

R. M. Gambarova

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Point Of View ◽

Government Support ◽

Grain Production ◽

The Government ◽

Favorable Conditions ◽

Grain Farms

Relevance. Grain is the key to strategic products to ensure food security. From this point of view, the creation of large grain farms is a matter for the country's selfsufficiency and it leading to a decrease in financial expense for import. Creation of such farms creates an abundance of productivity from the area and leads to obtaining increased reproductive seeds. The main policy of the government is to minimize dependency from import, create abundance of food and create favorable conditions for export potential.The purpose of the study: the development of grain production in order to ensure food security of the country and strengthen government support for this industry.Methods: comparative analysis, systems approach.Results. As shown in the research, if we pay attention to the activities of private entrepreneurship in the country, we can see result of the implementation of agrarian reforms after which various types of farms have been created in republic.The role of privateentrepreneurshipinthedevelopmentofproduction is great. Тhe article outlines the sowing area, production, productivity, import, export of grain and the level of selfsufficiency in this country from 2015 till 2017.

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