International frames and initiatives towards sustainable food systems and diets, KU Dr. rer.nat.habil.
01/10/2017 2 Outline of the lecture Global food related problems and goals for solving Sustainable and healthy diets concepts Food system view Summary
01/10/2017 3 Intended learning outcomes Knowledge: describe food from a system view know about concepts on sustainable diets Skills: think in processes and systems according to agriculture, food, sustainability and health Competences: conceptual understanding and critical awareness of current problems and new insights in food systems
01/10/2017 4 Food systems and the 17 SDG s Contribution to the 17 sustainability goals of UNO with special focus on: Nr. 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Nr. 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Nr. 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Nr. 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Nr. 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
01/10/2017 5 Food production linked to loss in biodiversity Food consumption linked to gain in weight Our current global problems related to food: - 795 million people are hungry - 1,9 billion people ar suffering from overweigt and obesity The double burden of malnutrition affects almost every country on the planet.
01/10/2017 6 New healthy diet concept of WHO Food systems, including all components of production, processing and distribution should be sustainable, resilient and efficient in providing more diverse foods in an equitable manner, with due attention to assessing environment and health impacts Recommendations for sustainable food systems promoting healthy diets WHO et al. 2014 FAO et al. 2012 New sustainable diet concept of FAO Sustainable diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy; while optimizing natural and human resources
01/10/2017 7 EU new Food Research Area Objective: Integrated 'food systems' approach Extend our understanding of the complex and interrelated factors involved throughout the food chain. How to do: Research addresses affordable and high quality foods Sustainability: social, environmental, and economic dimension (European Commission. Bioeconomy. 2016)
01/10/2017 8 Food system how to describe? Conceptualize a food system: activities and actors in food value chains Transforming inputs into outcomes, Sustainability dimensions: food and nutrition security, environmental quality, and human well-being. Boundary conditions needs to be defined Working across disciplines, sectors and scales (Grant 2015)
01/10/2017 9 Food systems: visualization Farm input Farm production Manufacturers Wholesalers Retailers Consumers Money & Demand information Social organizations Science & Technology Biophysical Environment Policies Markets Food & Food Service (Nesheim et al. 2015)
01/10/2017 10 Food systems comprise Food system transformation Set of activities ranging from production through to consumption Interactions (deliver the set) Activities (along the food chain) Outcomes (impacts and contributions) Other determinants (whatever ) (Ericksen et al. 2007)
01/10/2017 11 Meadows, System approaches Integrity or wholeness about a system Function with nonhuman system, purpose with human systems Boundaries: depends on the question (Meadows 2009)
01/10/2017 12 FAO/UNEP definition of SFS A food system embraces all the elements activities outputs A sustainable food system delivers food and nutrition security for all in a way that future generations are not compromised. (FAO et al. 2015)
01/10/2017 13 Organic Food System Programme as Core Initiative of 10 YFP-SFS Programme Goal: To accelerate the shift towards more sustainable food systems
01/10/2017 14 Organic Food System Programme (OFSP)..to contribute to global initiatives such as FAO/UNEP SFSP and IFOAM Organic 3.0 Photographers: Susanne Bügel and Networks and cooperation on excellence
01/10/2017 15 Example: direct relationsships 200 farmers and 55,000 families Green bag, here in Denmark with 250,000 organic meals every week (Aarstiderne 2017)
01/10/2017 16 Outcomes of food systems (example OFS)
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