Tangled Roots

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisnawati Suryanata ◽  
Kem Lowry
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Large Role ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Rural Gentrification ◽  
Political Economic

Many competing visions are imposed on rural Hawaii, visions that are shaped by history, culture, and political economic interests in this state. Efforts to improve food democracy and food production for local consumption must be viewed against this backdrop. Furthermore, they must be placed in the context of globalized agro-food systems as well as global capital mobility that has played a large role in the flow of investment to the state. This chapter presents an overview of the changing uses of agricultural and rural lands, and the different policy tools that have been developed by state and county officials in Hawai‘i. Through an analysis of Acts 183 and 233 on “important agricultural lands”, the chapter shows that protecting prime agricultural lands has become an end in itself rather than a means to the achievement of a vision for a new agricultural future for Hawaiʻi. It has had as little impact on the processes of rural gentrification as it has had on improving food security for the islands. The chapter provides a macro perspective to situate the case studies presented in the subsequent chapters.

Location Data Extraction and Retention

2019 ◽  
pp. 157-187
Author(s):  
Rowan Wilken
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Surveillance Program ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Locative Media ◽  
Location Data ◽  
The Us ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Corporate State ◽  
Geocoded Data

This chapter examines two separate case studies that pertain to the acquisition and retention of various forms of geocoded data extracted from locative media devices and associated infrastructure at scale, and where the political economic interests of governments and corporations are in tension. The first of these case studies examines the controversies that flowed from revelations that Google had been gathering Wi-Fi data as part of its international Street View operations. The second focuses on the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its far-reaching surveillance program, as revealed through the Edward Snowden papers. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the impacts of corporate and corporate-state data extraction and retention, and the legacies of the two specific cases under examination.

scholarly journals Nutrition in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i19-i23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Grosso ◽  
Alberto Mateo ◽  
Natalie Rangelov ◽  
Tatjana Buzeti ◽  
Christopher Birt
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract The 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents a common framework of international cooperation to promote sustainable development. Nutrition is the key point for the SDG 2 ‘End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture’ and is an essential component for achieving many of the other targets: overall, the nutritional aspects of the SDGs aim to promote healthy and sustainable diets and ensure food security globally. While undernutrition is of minimal concern in the European Union Member States, trends in childhood obesity are still alarming and far from any desirable target. European food production systems have improved over the last years, with immediate impact on several environmental aspects; however, a comprehensive regulatory framework to fulfil the environmental and climate targets is still lacking. Policy actions at multinational level are needed to achieve global nutrition targets designed to guide progress towards tackling all forms of malnutrition while preserving the environment through virtuous food production and food systems.

scholarly journals Food Security

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Aparna Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
World Population ◽  
Developing Regions

Global food security is one of the most unrelenting issues for humanity, and agricultural production is not sufficient in accomplishing this. However, earlier analyses of agricultural food production barely ever bring out the contrasts associated with economic development and different climatic zones. The world population is increasing day by day and climate change will be causing more extreme weather, higher temperatures and changed precipitation. The crop contributes about 20 % of the total dietary calories and proteins globally. There is 1% annual growth in food demand in the developing regions. The developing regions (including China and Central Asia) account for roughly 53 % of the total harvested area and 50 % of the production. Although, unmatched productivity growth from the Green Revolution since the 1960s dramatically transformed world food production, benefitting both producers and consumers through low production costs and low food prices. One of the key challenges today is to replace today’s food system with new ones for better sustainability. While the Green Revolution freed essential ecosystems from conversion to agriculture, it also created its own ecological problems. Moreover productivity increase is now slow or stagnant. Attaining the productivity gains needed to ensure food security will therefore require more than a repeat performance of the Green Revolution of the past. Future demand will need to be achieved through sustainable intensification that combines better crop resistance plants, adaptation to warmer climates, and less use of water, fuel, fertilizer, and labor. Meeting these challenges will require concerted efforts in research and innovation to develop and set up feasible solutions. Necessary investment will be required to realize sustainable productivity growth through better technologies and policy and institutional innovations that facilitate farmer adoption and adaptation. The persistent lessons from the Green Revolution and the recent efforts for sustainable escalation of food systems in South Asia and other developing nations will definitely providing useful insights for the future.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Global Food Systems: Potential Impacts on Food Security and Undernutrition

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel S. Myers ◽  
Matthew R. Smith ◽  
Sarah Guth ◽  
Christopher D. Golden ◽  
Bapu Vaitla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
The Face ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Made In

Great progress has been made in addressing global undernutrition over the past several decades, in part because of large increases in food production from agricultural expansion and intensification. Food systems, however, face continued increases in demand and growing environmental pressures. Most prominently, human-caused climate change will influence the quality and quantity of food we produce and our ability to distribute it equitably. Our capacity to ensure food security and nutritional adequacy in the face of rapidly changing biophysical conditions will be a major determinant of the next century's global burden of disease. In this article, we review the main pathways by which climate change may affect our food production systems—agriculture, fisheries, and livestock—as well as the socioeconomic forces that may influence equitable distribution.

scholarly journals Evaluating Indirect Impacts of Climate Change on Fishing and Farm Productivity Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey: An Example Exploring Natural Disasters and Migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 141-141
Author(s):  
Breanne Langlois ◽  
Ryan Simpson ◽  
Oyedolapo Anyanwu ◽  
Elizabeth Marsh ◽  
Salima Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Farm Business ◽  
Farming Households

Abstract Objectives Destruction of agricultural lands and fisheries due to climate-related disasters has implications for food production and food security in Indonesia. We examine how natural disasters affect the economic productivity of fishing and farming households in Indonesia by exploring whether flooding and landslide disasters trigger differing migratory behaviors by the type of farming/fishery operation. Methods We assessed farming and fishing households in the 5th Wave of the IFLS survey (2014/2015) adjusting for household survey weighting. Farming and fishing households are described by the presence or absence of migration since the previous IFLS survey (IFLS4: 2007/2008). Next, we further evaluated households by the type of disaster experienced (flooding or landslides) and other characteristics (region, urban/rural, type of operation). Logistic regression models were used to explain the likelihood of migration, assessing effect modification between the type of disaster (flooding or landslide) and type of farm business to better understand their joint influence on migration. Results Since IFLS4, approximately 33% of farming households migrated and predominantly moved within the same village or sub-district. Flooding and landslides impacted 8% of households and rice was the most common farm business type (45%). A higher percentage of fishing households were affected by flooding or landslides compared to non-fishing households (23% and 7%, respectively). There were lower odds of migration among rice (OR: 0.75 [95% CI: 0.63,0.89]), corn (0.67 [0.48,0.93]), cassava (0.49 [0.34,0.71]), coffee (0.44 [0.28,0.68]), and cattle (0.49 [0.34,0.70]) farming operations. Migration likelihood was not significantly affected by the joint effect of disaster type and operation type. Conclusions Understanding how climate change is impacting agricultural lands and fisheries must coincide with responsive efforts to encourage food production and ensure food security in Indonesia. Our results suggest that farming households may be adapting rather than migrating in response to flooding or landslide disasters. The IFLS provides a tool for examining response efforts of farm and fishing businesses in relation to natural disasters. Funding Sources NSF IRES US-Indonesian Research Experience #1,826,939.

Stakes of The Right to Food in the Politics of Transnational Law

2021 ◽  
pp. 910-930
Author(s):  
Naoyuki Okano
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
Right To Food ◽  
Transnational Law ◽  
The Right

This chapter explores stakes, viabilities, and politics of transnational law through case studies of practices and struggles of the right to food. This chapter first explores the emergence and particularities of transnational legal politics in a field of food security and discusses a changing meaning and renewed importance of locality. Then, case studies of private regulations of food production and food sovereignty movements are presented to illustrate how the politics of human rights unfolds with different spatiality and processes. The case studies illustrate that while transnational legal politics makes a question of political agency difficult to solve in a normatively satisfactory way, human rights have a potential to provide a ground to organize and network different sites of struggles. This chapter submits that, in transnational legal politics, human rights should be seen as being open to shift their meaning and normative contents in response to actual local struggles.

RESTRICTIONS OF EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN CHINA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Li ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Food Insufficiency ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization

Being over-dependent on imports, China has been faced with the problem of food insufficiency in recent years.This paper, with the adoption of the indicators of agricultural development and relevant models, aims to explore factors affecting food security in China, in particular, technological elements. The findings demonstrate that technology plays a vital role in improving food production. It is recommended to increase the input of science and technology and improve agricultural mechanization.

Phosphorus: Past History and Contributions to the Global Food Supply

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Past History ◽  
Phosphate Fertilizer ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

Since its early rudimentary forms, phosphate fertilizer has developed in step with our understanding of successful food production systems. Recognized as essential to life, the responsible use P in agriculture remains key to food security.

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