Transcript The U in RUK: News and Views on the Ukraine Grain Economy

by Willi Meyers
KWANALU-MU Conference
Aug 5-6, 2014
Food Security Dimensions
Food security exists when all people, at all
times, have physical, economic and social
access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
which meets their dietary needs and food
preferences for an active and healthy life.
 Millennium Development Goal
hunger target is to halve the
proportion of hungry people in the
total population between 1990 and
2015. http://www.fao.org/mdg/en/
 World Food Summit target is to
halve the number of hungry people
in the same period.
Dimensions of food security
Global
National
Community
Household
Dimensions of food security
Household
Community
National
Global
Determinants of hunger and
malnutrition
 Availability – production, trade, local markets, WASTE
 Affordability – income and price
 Health status - First 1000 days of child nutrition,
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healthcare,
Gender inequality
Culture and customs
Consumer’s knowledge
Stability – conflict, political, economic and social
Policy - agr, food, and macroeconomic
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Choice and Voice
 Not just latest technology, but appropriate technology
 Livelihood diversity, resilience and security
 “Engaging farmers with scientific inquiry”
 “Collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in
experience and social history”
 “community of practice”
 Process is important
 Institutions are important to empower farmers and
engage them in their own livelihood enhancement
Knowledge systems we saw
Ngiyabonga!