Bi-regional Scientific Cooperation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract

This chapter argues that Africa-Europe cooperation still faces two significant challenges: first, the practical implementation of innovative solutions to the challenge of assuring food security is still lagging behind;

Enhancing food and nutritional security through Gender-Disaggregated Analysis: A case study of Lake Victoria Shore, Tanzania

“…Both Food and Nutritional security are essential for maintaining the good health status of an individual 11 . While food security emphasizes access to adequate food by all people, at all times, nutritional security on the other hand demands the intake of a wide range of foods that provide the essential nutrients according to age, gender, occupation, and health status of an individual 12 .…”

“…The 2019 baseline survey conducted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with the Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) in lake zone areas observed a high prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition among households in lake zone areas despite exposure to numerous opportunity that could be exploited to overcome the situation. The literature attributes such a situation as a result of low technological capability, inefficient production, highly prevalent poverty levels, increasing populations, and climate variability that affect food production, leading to either stagnation or modest gains in food and nutrition security 11,14 .…”

“…Similarly, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had a similar orientation. There has been plenty of evidence from literature suggesting that the current food crises facing the world aren't food access only but also the nutritional quality of food consumed 11,14,17 .…”

Digital Spaces and Bi-Regional Interaction within the Paradigm of Scientific Cooperation

“…Regional organizations act as independent participants in relations with other subjects of international law, including with organizations of their own kind. In connection with the need to obtain scientific results of general interest, the development of interregional interaction is of particular relevance, especially since it is already in the focus of certain areas of international relations [10] and it has manifested itself as a promising form of scientific and technical cooperation [11]. The legal model of the interregional scientific space for new entities can be based on the practice of regional relations in this area, taking into account the characteristics of the interacting subjects.…”

Introduction to the special issue “scaling up of agroforestry innovations: enhancing food, nutrition and income security”

“…At the same time, although there is a mix of experiences of increasing and decreasing tree cover in agricultural land in recent years (Zomer et al 2016), there is a significant decrease, even where agroforestry is still currently practiced (mainly in developing countries), everywhere where rapid population growth, related urbanisation, and agriculture intensification based on mechanized monocultures occur. Similar to other agroecological options, despite the significant number of research and innovation programmes, the volume of mobilized funds and the number of participating organizations, innovations coming from research have more often failed to reach most of the beneficiaries (Albergel et al 2018). This could be attributed to short-term perspective of governments and development agencies, often focusing on promoting technical innovations to solve immediate needs and not considering a full range of social and environmental objectives.…”