scholarly journals Food Self-sufficiency Ratio Targets and Policies for Securing a Stable Food Supply

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (0) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Takayuki Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Self Sufficiency

Mechanisms of Green Development of Urban Agricultural Production in a Large Industrial City

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 823-829
Author(s):  
E. V. Malysh
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Green Development

A city’s potential for food self-sufficiency is expected to increase through the distribution of innovative, high-tech, green agricultural practices of producing food in an urban environment, which can improve the city’s food security due to increased food accessibility in terms of quantity and quality. Aim. Based on the systematization of theoretical approaches and analysis of institutional aspects, the study aims to propose ways to strengthen the city’s food security by improving food supply in urban areas, increasing the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of urban food systems, and changing the diet of urban residents.Tasks. The authors propose methods for the development of urban agricultural production in a large industrial city based on the principles of green economy and outline the range of strategic urban activities aimed at implementing green agricultural production technologies associated with the formation and development of the culture of modern urban agricultural production.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the specificity of objectives of strengthening a city’s food security by improving the quality of food supply to the population. Methods of comparison, systems analysis, systematization of information, and the monographic method are also applied.Results. A strategic project for the development of urban agricultural systems through the implementation and green development of advanced urban agricultural technologies is described. Green development mechanisms will create conditions for the city’s self-sufficiency in terms of organic and safe products, functioning of short supply chains, and green urban agriculture.Conclusions. Managing the growth of urban agriculture will promote the use of highly effective, easily controlled, resource-efficient, eco-friendly, weather- and season-independent, multi-format urban agricultural technologies. The study describes actions aimed at creating conditions for stabilizing a city’s high-quality food self-sufficiency with allowance for the growing differentiation of citizen needs.

"What a Thing, then, is this Cow...": Positioning Domestic Livestock Animals in the Texts and Practices of Small-Scale "Self-Sufficiency"

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Domestic Livestock ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Domestic Food

AbstractThis paper focuses on the positioning of animals other than human in the texts and practices of two versions of small-scale food "self-sufficiency" in Britain. The paper discusses the writings of Cobbett (1822/1926, 1830/1985) and Seymour (1960s/1970s) on self-sufficiency, suggesting that livestock animals are central, in a number of ways, to the constitution of these modes of self-sufficiency. First, animals are situated in both the texts and in the practicing of self-sufficiency regarded as essential parts of the economies and ecologies of small-scale food production. Second, animals' parts in these authors' criticisms of wider social, economic and political conditions supplement their role in small-scale domestic food supply. Animals become associated with a morality of human behavior and lifestyle and are part of the broader social critiques that the writing and practicing of these modes of self-sufficiency imply. These historically and geographically specific versions of self-sufficiency are valuable in defining and enacting possible alternative modes of human-animal relation in the context of food production.

scholarly journals Multi-objective optimization identifies trade-offs between self-sufficiency and environmental impacts of regional agriculture in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Christian Buschbeck ◽  
Larissa Bitterich ◽  
Christian Hauenstein ◽  
Stefan Pauliuk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Political Targets

Regional food supply, organic farming, and changing food consumption are three major strategies to reduce the environmental impacts of the agricultural sector. In the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (population: 11 million), multiple policy and economic incentives drive the uptake of these three strategies, but quantitative assessments of their overall impact abatement potential are lacking. Here, the question of how much food can be produced regionally while keeping environmental impacts within political targets is tackled by comparing a scenario of maximum productivity to an optimal solution obtained with a multi-objective optimization (MO) approach. The investigation covers almost the entirety of productive land in the state, two production practices (organic or conventional), four environmental impact categories, and three demand scenarios (base, vegetarian, and vegan). We present an area-based indicator to quantify the self-sufficiency of regional food supply, as well as the database required for its calculation. Environmental impacts are determined using life cycle assessment. Governmental goals for reducing environmental impacts from agriculture are used by the MO to determine and later rate the different Pareto-efficient solutions, resulting in an optimal solution for regional food supply under environmental constraints. In the scenario of maximal output, self-sufficiency of food supply ranged between 61% and 66% (depending on the diet), and most political targets could not be met. On the other hand, the optimal solution showed a higher share of organic production (ca. 40%–80% com¬pared to 0%) and lower self-sufficiency values (between 40% and 50%) but performs substantially better in meeting political targets for environmental impact reduction. At the county level, self-sufficiency varies between 2% for densely populated urban districts and 80% for rural counties. These results help policy-makers benchmark and refine their goalsetting regarding regional self-sufficiency and environmental impact reduction, thus ensuring effective policymaking for sustainable community development.

British Mercantilism and the Economic Development of the Thirteen Colonies

1952 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis P. Nettels
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
The State ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Early Modern Times ◽  
Navigation Acts ◽  
High Degree

Mercantilism is defined for this discussion as a policy of government that expressed in the economic sphere the spirit of nationalism that animated the growth of the national state in early modern times. The policy aimed to gain for the nation a high degree of security or self-sufficiency, especially as regards food supply, raw materials needed for essential industries, and the sinews of war. This end was to be achieved in large measure by means of an effective control over the external activities and resources upon which the nation was dependent. In turn, that urge impelled the mercantilists to prefer colonial dependencies to independent foreign countries in seeking sources of supply. If the state could not free itself completely from trade with foreign nations, it sought to control that trade in its own interest as much as possible. To realize such objectives, mercantilism embraced three subordinate and related policies. The Corn Laws fostered the nation's agriculture and aimed to realize the ideal of self-sufficiency as regards food supply. State aids to manufacturing industries, such as the protective tariff, sought to provide essential finished goods, including the sinews of war. The Navigation Acts were intended to assure that foreign trade would be carried on in such a way as to yield the maximum advantage to the state concerned.

scholarly journals Food Supply of Partisan Formations of Belarus During the Nazi Occupation (Based on the Materials of the Vitebsk Region)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 606-622
Author(s):  
E. E. Krasnozhenova ◽  
◽  
S. V. Kulinok ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Civilian Population ◽  
Nazi Occupation ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
Moral Qualities

During the Great Patriotic War, a massive and well-organized partisan movement developed on the territory of the BSSR. In the conditions of struggle behind enemy lines, the material and technical (including food) support for “forest soldiers” was of crucial importance for its quantitative and qualitative growth. The initial policy of the Soviet government to maximize the self-sufficiency of partisan detachments at the expense of trophies and food captured from the enemy was ineffective. With the creation of the Belarusian headquarters of the partisan movement, as well as with the organization of partisan airfields and sites, the supply of food (primarily salt and tobacco) became regular. The main source of food for the “forest soldiers” were products obtained during procurement and economic operations from the civilian population. Because of the “food issue.” the attitude of the local population to the partisans was not always positive. There were cases of abuses by the partisan leadership during procurement operations, as well as cases of looting. The leading partisan and party bodies actively fought against offenses among the partisans, but it was not possible to completely eradicate this phenomenon. At the same time, in some cases partisans themselves distributed food and livestock to the civilian population. In some detachments and brigades, small enterprises were organized that produced food products (creameries, small slaughterhouses, bakeries, etc.). In general, during the occupation, the partisans managed to solve the issue of food supply to one degree or another, which had a positive impact on the dynamics of growth in the number of “forest soldiers” and on the combat and moral qualities of the personnel.

scholarly journals Regional Self-Sufficiency in Food Production – The New England States

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry M. Bahn ◽  
Robert L. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Red Meat ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Self Sufficiency

New England's dependence upon other regions for much of its food supply has become a cause for concern for farmers, consumers, and public officials. As the debate on the region's need and ability to become more self-sufficient in food production continues, the need for an estimate of current levels of self-sufficiency becomes obvious.This paper estimates New England's level of self-sufficiency for 1975 using secondary data for population, retail expenditures and farm marketing receipts. The region was found to be about 38 percent self-sufficient in overall food production. It produces a high of 176 percent of its seafood requirements and a low of 3 percent of its red meat. Maine and Vermont are surplus food producers.

scholarly journals Egy hátrányos helyzetű település egyedi lehetőségei és törekvései a helyi gazdaságfejlesztés tekintetében

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
György Eskulics ◽  
Zsófia Gelencsér ◽  
Szilveszter Horváth ◽  
Rozália Siklósi ◽  
Orsolya Szuromi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Village

This study is about Rimóc, a Hungarian village with 1 800 residents, where the local economic development (LED) is a main ambition, because in the concept of demographic and employment relations Rimóc is considered an underprivileged settlement. The research was carried out by a 5 manned team, where using the method of deep interviews, short interviews and a focus group interview, made with the help of locals, revealed some difficulties. These are the lack of cooperation between the locals, ethnic problems, lack of assets and motivation, which are preventing the process of the LED. Overcoming these problems can become the key of the future and sustainable development of the settlements. Since Hungary has many villages which also try to reach the state of self-sufficiency, in the case of Rimóc the tendency is similar, where the municipality, mainly the mayor, of the village initiated the begining of such processes in food supply and power supply.

scholarly journals Utilization of Starch in Food and Allied Industries in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akeem Olayemi Raji
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
Good Agricultural Practices ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Material Information ◽  
Starch Production

The shortage of food supply has affected the food situation in most developing tropical countries, resulting into a high incidence of hunger and malnutrition. This has also affected the attainment of self sufficiency in starch production for food, pharmaceutical and industrial usage. The review critically appraised the challenges that food and allied industries are facing on the utilization of starch as their major raw material. Information on various conventional and non conventional starch sources were provided, starch forms, properties and recent advances in starch modification methods were discussed. Starch applications in food and allied industries were mentioned and various challenges facing common starch sources were stated. Possibly, utilization of unconventional lesser known crops as starch sources might broadening the present narrow commonly cultivated starch sources, while value addition and good agricultural practices might improve the productivity of conventional starch sources.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEMANDIRIAN PANGAN ASAL TERNAK DALAM RANGKA MEMANTAPKAN KETAHANAN PANGAN DI KABUPATEN LAMPUNG BARAT

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Hasnul Abrar ◽  
Ali Khomsan ◽  
Yayat Heryatno
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Prospective Design ◽  
Animal Food ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Balance Sheet ◽  
Protein Supply

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 14.2pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.25pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">The objectives of this research were to: (1) analyze animal food supply in West Lampung District; (2) analyze ideal animal food target and; (3) analyze animal food self sufficiency. This research was conducted by using retrospective and prospective design. The primary data was collected by conducting interview and giving questionnaire to the chosen sample. The secondary data was processed by using Food Balance Sheet (FBS) software to measure animal food supply including the number and the energy and protein content. Food self sufficiency was analyzed by production-supply and import-supply ratio. The average animal food supply in 2005, 2006, and 2007 is 21 g/capita/day or 7.66 kg/capita/year, still lower than ideal supply 60 g/capita/day or 21.90 kg/capita/year. Protein supply of animal food is 2.86 g/capita/day, lower than ideal supply 4.8 g/capita/day.</span></p>

scholarly journals Potential factors in determining cross-border price spillovers in the pork sector: Evidence from net pork-importing countries

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Guo ◽  
Tetsuji Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Primary Outcome ◽  
Price Volatility ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Trade Volume ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Potential Factors

AbstractAlthough food self-sufficiency is regarded as a potent strategy to secure food supply in the policy circle, the efficacy of policy measures, especially in terms of their quantitative effects, is still not fully understood. We analysed the relationships between international and local prices of pork between January 2001 and December 2018 for 10 net pork-importing countries. The primary outcome obtained in our research is that high self-sufficiency and a small trade volume of pig meat commodities could impair price volatility transmission from the global market. This result does not suggest that a protectionist regime should be established to stabilise the national food supply. It presents useful information to balance the benefit from highly efficient resource allocation and the market steadiness gained from higher self-sufficiency in food, considering the maximisation of the expected utility of economic agents.

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