Food Security

Climate Change & Food Security

• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) works to achieve a food secure Africa through the promotion of sustainable agriculture based on smallholder farmers... Or does it?
• Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (ASFA) challenges African leaders on climate change, Bole Declaration, November 25, 2009.
• Bell-Sheeter, A. (2004). Food sovereignity assessment tool. First Nations Development Institute. (2.17 Mb pdf)
• Conservation Commons is an open access portal encouraging the release of biodiversity information to assist in facilitating biodiversity conservation.
• Fook, A. (2011). Gender, IFIs, and food insecurity. Published by Gender Action. (1.28 Mb pdf)
• Foresight Programme improves how science and technology are used within government and society.
• The Gaia Foundation works against climate change in Africa, South America, Asia and Europe by regenerating ecosystems, enhancing traditional knowledge and practices and strengthening community self-governance.
• Government Office for Science. (2011). The future of food and farming: Challenges and choices for global sustainability: final project report. (8.93 Mb pdf)
• Institute for Food and Development Policy / Food First analyzes the causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and develops solutions.
• Naylor, R. & Falcon. W. (2008). Our daily bread. Boston Review, p. 13-18.
• Naylor, R., et al. (2007). The ripple effect: Biofuels, food security and the environment. Environment 49(9), 31-43. (1.84 Mb pdf) (StFX access only).
• Pettit, J. (2004). Climate justice: A new social movement for atmospheric rights. IDS Bulletin, 35(3), 102-106. (243K pdf) (StFX access only).
• Portier, C.J., et al. (2010). A human health perspective on climate change: A report outlining the research needs on the human health effects of climate change. Published by Environmental Health Perspectives and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (4.85 Mb pdf)
• Reid, H., et al. (Eds.). (2009). Community-based adaptation to climate change. (Participatory Learning and Action 60). Published by IIED.
• Seath, F., et al. (2009). The human impact of climate change in India. Published by Oxfam India and the Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy. (1.11 Mb pdf)
• United Nations. (2010). Climate change: Food and nutrition security implications. SCN News, no. 38. (5.42 Mb pdf)
• United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition. (2010). Progress in nutrition: 6^th report on the world nutrition situation. (2.07 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2011). Health in the green economy: Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: housing sector. (3.13 Mb pdf)
• WHYHunger is a leader in the fight against global hunger and poverty. It strives to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grassroots initiatives that inspire community empowerment.

Food Security / Nutrition

• Bailey, R. (2011). Growing a better future: Food justice in a resource-constrained world. Published by Oxfam.
• Bunting, M. (2011, January 21). How can we feed the world and still save the planet? [Web log].
• FAO. (2010). The state of food insecurity in the world 2010.
• Food security and gender, an Eldis resource guide.
• Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is a community of practitioners who exchange knowledge on food security and nutrition through online discussions.
• IFPRI. (2010). 2010 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: focus on the crisis of child undernutrition. (3.42 Mb pdf)
• Hansen-Kuhn, K. (2011). Making U.S. trade policy serve global food security goals. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). (196K pdf)
• Kickbusch, I., et al. (2010). The food system: A prism of present and future challenges for health promotion and sustainable development. (1.92 Mb pdf)
• Labonte, R. (2004). Fatal indifference: The G8, Africa, and global health. IDRC.
  • Chapter 5: Nutrition, food security and biotechnology
• Mukherjee, A. (2010). Food insecurities faced by women and girl children. (CAPSA Occasional Paper 2). (237K pdf)
• Van de Poel, E. , et al. (2008). Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86(4). (766K pdf)
• Right to Food and Nutrition Watch. (2010). The right to food and nutrition watch: Land grabbing and nutrition: challenges for global governance.
• Save the Children. (2003). Thin on the ground: Questioning the evidence behind World Bank-funded community nutrition projects in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda. (569K pdf)
• Tansey, G., & Rajotte, T. (Eds.). (2008). The future control of food: A guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectural property, biodiversity and food security.
• United Nations. (2010). Climate change: Food and nutrition security implications. SCN News, no. 38. (5.42 Mb pdf)
• United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition. (2010). Progress in nutrition: 6^th report on the world nutrition situation. (2.07 Mb pdf)
• World Food Programme. (2007). World hunger series 2007: Hunger and health. (3.53 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2000). Nutrition for Health and Development: A Global Agenda for Combating Malnutrition. (416K pdf)

Video

• The world according to Monsanto, a documentary about biotech company Monsanto's control over the seed and food chain. (109 min.)