Approaches To Increasing Food Security

Question 1

Food security is threatened

Answer 1

By a wide range of physical and human factors from climate change and land degradation to financial crises and unfair global food markets

Some approaches have lead to success

Question 2

Short -term relief

Answer 2

WEP - supplies food aid to most desperate groups such as refugees and those suffering in political conflict ( Syria )
And natural disasters like Nepal

Alleviate emergency situations but are not a long term strategy

Question 3

Long stern system of redesign and capacity building

Answer 3

Capacity building = ability of communities, countries and global institutions to build a resilient food system

Despite progress at a global level ( financial crises, high and fluctuating food prices, conflict and natural events such as droughts and tectonic hazards are at threat to food security

Increase of 15 emergencies per year since 1980’s to 30 per year in 2000’s

Capacity building can be achieved through,

Economic development, government monitoring of food supply and distribution, pricing efficency, fair trade agreement access, food saftey, research and innovation, transport infrastructure, efficient storage and distribution, education

Question 4

Techniques

Answer 4

Large scale technological

GM crops ( higher yield ad greater pest resistance)

Ability for crops to flourish in harsh conditions of global warming

Future development of water conservation and new irrigation schemes - crucial to the improvement of food security

Small scale, bottom up, appropriate tech

Involve local farmers

Self-help schemes

Using manufactured locally tools, rainwater harvesting,sack gardening

FAO Acacia project in the Sahel

Fertiliser deep displacement (FDP) in Niger and Nigeria