Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health provides poignant case studies of climate change resilience frameworks for nutrition-focused transformations of agriculture and food systems, food security, food sovereignty, and population health of underserved and marginalized communities from across the globe. Each chapter is drawn from diverse cultural contexts and geographic areas, addressing local challenges of ongoing food and health system transformations and illustrating forms of resistance, resilience, and adaptations of food systems to climate change.
Fourteen chapters present global case studies, which directly address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Food and Agriculture Organization’s global call to action for transforming agriculture, addressing food security and nutrition, and the health of populations impacted by climate change and public health issues.They also integrate reflections, insights, and experiences resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
This edited volume includes research on (1) enhancing food sovereignty and food security for underserved populations with a particular focus on indigenous peoples; (2) improving locally contextualized definitions and measurements of climate change resilience, food security, hunger, nutrition, and health; (3) informing public health programs and policies for population health and nutrition; and (4) facilitating public and policy discourse on sustainable futures for community health and nutrition in the face of climate change and natural disasters, including ongoing and future pandemics or emergencies.
Within this book, readers discover an array of approaches by the authors that exemplify the mutually engaged and reciprocal partnerships that are community-driven and support the positive transformation of the people with whom they work. By doing so, this book informs and drives a global sustainable future of scholarship and policy that is tied to the intersectionality and synergisms of climate change resilience, food security, food sovereignty, nutrition, and community health.
Author(s): Preety Gadhoke, Barrett Brenton, Solomon H. Katz
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 298
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health of Local Communities for Climate Change Resilience
Introduction to the Volume
Overview of Chapters
Sub-Saharan Africa
Native North America
Latin America and the Caribbean
North Africa and the Middle East
North America
Asia–Pacific
Summary
Chapter 2 Climate Change Resilient Livelihoods and Adaptive Strategies Among the Ju/'hoansi San of Nyae Nyae, Namibia
Introduction
The Natural Environment in Nyae Nyae
The Social Environment of the Nyae Nyae Region
Challenges Facing the Ju/'hoansi
Nutrition, Health, Well-Being, and Indigenous Livelihoods
Conclusions
Recommendations
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3 Tribal Sovereignty and the Transformation of Food: Strategies and Practices in Upper Midwest Indigenous Communities
Indigenous People, Sustainability, and Climate Change: Against "Vulnerability"
Indigenous People and Food: Food (In) Security vs. Food Sovereignty?
A Note on Methodology
Ojibwe Food Practices: Histories of Transformation and Innovation
Great Lakes Indigenous Staple Food: Manoomin
Food Stamps and "Commods"
Regenerating Farming Practices for Food Sovereignty
The Message of Indigenous Food-Related Sovereignty: The Opposite of Poverty is Self-Determination
Recommendations
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 4 "How Decolonized are We?" The Colonial Legacy of Commodity Foods and Food Insecurity Expressed by the Voices of Southwestern Native American Chefs
Introduction
Methods
Commodity Foods and the Continuing Colonization of Native Americans
Food Systems and Health Disparities in SW Native Americans
Reclaiming Health and Well-Being
Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in a Changing Climate
Impacts of COVID-19 on Native American Food Security
The Future of Traditional Food Systems
Recommendations
References
Chapter 5 Food Insecurity and Resilience in a Rapidly Warming Arctic
Introduction
Background
Demography
Food Insecurity
Subsistence Harvests
Poverty
Employment
Income
Climate Change Threats to Marine and Terrestrial Mammal Harvests
Status of the Arctic Sea Ice
Impacts of Sea Ice Reduction
Arctic Indigenous Communities and Climate Change
Traditional Resilience Strategies
Resilience – Sharing Through Extensive Social Networks
Methods
Food Security Questions
Preliminary Results and Comparison to U.S. National Parameters
Other Processes and Variables that May Contribute to Food Insecurity
Subsistence Foods
Detailed Community Analysis
Community One: "Not Enough to Eat" – Very Low Food Security
Climate Change Impacts on Caribou Herds
Unable to Obtain Healthy Foods – Low Food Security
Community Three: "Unable to Obtain Healthy Foods" – Low Food Security
Not Enough to Eat – Very Low Food Security
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2019 Report
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG 1.2 Reduce Poverty by at Least 50% by 2030
SDG 2.1 – Universal Access to Safe and Nutritious Food by 2030
SDG 2A – Invest in Rural Infrastructure
Recommendations
SDG 3.8 Achieve Universal Health Coverage
SDG 13B Promote Mechanisms to Raise Capacity for Planning and Management
Conclusions/Summary
Summary: Community One
Summary: Community Three
COVID-19 Impact on Northern Alaskan Inupiaq Communities
Historic Epidemics and Alaska Natives
Contemporary COVID-19 Impacts
19-Feb-21
References
Chapter 6 Food Sovereignty for Food Security, Nutrition, and Climate Resilience: How Food Security Has Failed Haiti, and Why Peasants Want Food Sovereignty
Introduction
Methodology
Food Sovereignty and Food Security
More of the Same: Food Security and Climate Resilience Planning in the Wake of the Earthquake
Glimmers of Hope: Food Sovereignty(?) in the Wake of the Earthquake
Conclusions
Recommendations
Notes
References
Chapter 7 Constraints on Family Poultry Systems in Guatemala
Introduction
Poultry Systems in Low- to Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Background
Livelihood Support and Poultry Systems' Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Importance in Guatemala
Stressors and Constraints on Family Poultry Systems
Discussion
Limitations of Research
Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 8 Community-Led Change: Building Food Security, Gender Equity, and Climate Change Resilience in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
Introduction
Methods
Climate Change and Food Security in the Dry Corridor
Rural Economy, Gender Roles, and Food Security in the Dry Corridor
Challenging Gender Norms to Address Food Security
Case Study: Women Organize for Change in Pitahaya, Chiquimula Region of the Dry Corridor
Background
Project Expansion
Project Goals
Quantitative Project Results
Qualitative Project Results
Conclusions
Recommendations
References
Chapter 9 Food Security and the Viability of Yucatec Maya Sustainable Traditional Subsistence Strategies
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion and Recommendations
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 10 Agrochemicals, Health, and Environment on the Coast of Oaxaca: The Role of Agriculture in Climate Change
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Food Risk and Environmental Risk
The Process of Agrarian Modernization: The Use of Pesticides in Mexico
Social Representation of the Risk of Agrochemicals
Scientific Evidence
Alternatives to the Industrial Agricultural Model
Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 11 Decolonizing Puerto Rico's Foodscape
Introduction
SDG 2 (End Hunger)
Political Roots of Hunger and Food Insecurity
SDG 3 (Ensure Healthy Lives …)
SDG 8 (Promote Sustained, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economic Growth)
SDG 13 (End Climate Change)
SDG 16 (Promote Peace and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development)
Conclusions
References
Chapter 12 Rooftop Farming: A Sustainable Food Production Initiative in Cairo, Egypt
Introduction
Rooftop Gardening as an Innovative Form of Urban Food Production
Methodology
The "Urban Commercial Farm" Model – Turning Rooftops Into Profitable Production Sites
Community-Based, Noncommercial Urban Farming
Discussion and Conclusions
Recommendations
References
Chapter 13 The Bee City Movement in Canada
Introduction
Crisis in the Anthropocene
The Bee City Movement
Methods
Why the Concern for Bees?
Climate Change, Pollinators, and Food
Important Ecological Landscapes
Stakeholder Perceptions of Benefits
Leadership and Education
Beyond Local – Creating Networks
Implications
Note
References
Chapter 14 Walking the Middle Path of Food Sovereignty, Food Security, Nutrition, and Health in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Introduction
Background and Context
Methods
Farming in the Highlands
UN Sustainable Development Goals to Reduce Poverty and Hunger and Improve Health
Climate Change Resilience in Indigenous Populations
COVID-19 Impact on Thailand's Food System, Nutrition, and Health
The Right to Food and Food Sovereignty
Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Communities
Sovereignty, Food and Nutrition, and Community Health
Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for Sustainable Development
Farmer Expressions of Local Climate Change Resilience
UN Sustainable Development Goals to Reduce Inequality, Address Climate Change, and Promote and Protect Terrestrial Ecosystems
Conclusions
Recommendations
Acknowledgments
References
Index
