Food policy in the Canadian North: Is there a role for country food markets?

Ford, James D.; Macdonald, Joanna; Huët, Catherine; Statham, Sara; MacRury, Allison

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.034

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“…Alaska might also consider other more comprehensive or innovative policy initiatives that strengthen traditional food security in the Arctic such as the recent Nunavut Food Security Strategy and Action Plan [53] or investigating the feasibility of the development of traditional food markets [54]. The Nunavut strategy includes guiding principles and the incorporation of six dimensions of food security: country/traditional food, store bought food, local food, life skills, program and community initiatives, and policy and legislation.…”

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A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska

Walch

Loring

Johnson

et al. 2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Food insecurity is a public health concern. Food security includes the pillars of food access, availability and utilisation. For some indigenous peoples, this may also include traditional foods. To conduct a scoping review on traditional foods and food security in Alaska. Google Scholar and the High North Research Documents were used to search for relevant primary research using the following terms: “traditional foods”, “food security”, “access”, “availability”, “utilisation”, “Alaska”, “Alaska Native” and “indigenous”. Twenty four articles from Google Scholar and four articles from the High North Research Documents were selected. The articles revealed three types of research approaches, those that quantified traditional food intake (n=18), those that quantified food security (n=2), and qualitative articles that addressed at least one pillar of food security (n=8). Limited primary research is available on food security in Alaskan. Few studies directly measure food security while most provide a review of food security factors. Research investigating dietary intake of traditional foods is more prevalent, though many differences exist among participant age groups and geographical areas. Future research should include direct measurements of traditional food intake and food security to provide a more complete picture of traditional food security in Alaska.

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A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska

Walch

Loring

Johnson

et al. 2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…The commodification of country foods (including commercial harvests/fisheries, country food stores/markets) is posed as a strategy to support broader access, particularly in larger settlements and for households that lack hunters or food sharing networks (Duhaime et al, 2002;Ford, Macdonald, Huet, Statham, & MacRury, 2016). Historically, country food commodification programs largely resulted in exports to non-Inuit markets and, despite providing economic benefits to communities (Duhaime et al, 2002;Whittles, 2014), appear to have had negligible impacts on local country food access and food security (Council of Canadian Academies, 2014).…”

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Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

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Wesche

Fillion³

et al. 2018

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Food insecurity among Indigenous Peoples of northern Canada is a significant public health issue that is exacerbated by changing social and environmental conditions. While a patchwork of programs, strategies and polices exist, the extent to which they address all "pillars" of food security (food availability, access, quality, and utilization) remains under-assessed. We respond to this gap by providing a framework for synthesizing and assessing information about food security initiatives, using a case study of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), the westernmost Inuit region of Canada. Our objectives are: (1) to identify existing initiatives in the ISR; (2) to assess the breadth and diversity of these initiatives in addressing the four key food security "pillars"; and (3) to present an analytical framework that will facilitate ongoing data updating and sharing in the ISR and elsewhere. Through a scoping review and direct consultation with 12 key informants, we identified 30 initiatives that support food security in the ISR. These are funded and implemented at a range of national, territorial, regional, and local levels, and include both governmental and non-governmental programs, strategic frameworks, and research and monitoring initiatives. Seven key themes emerged from the cross-scale analysis of these initiatives, including: orientation with respect to food security pillars, scope and scale, demographic targeting, funding, monitoring and evaluation, and implications for food security CFS/RCÉA Kenny, Wesche, Fillion, MacLean, & Chan Vol. 5 No. 2, May 2018 74 strategies. While our framework provides a useful tool for data synthesis and analysis, its outputs can help in identifying gaps and opportunities for both resource allocation and program and policy development for under-served communities. Significantly, this study highlights the importance of engaging local perspectives in the development of coordinated approaches to address Inuit food insecurity.

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“…These include: histories and ongoing pressures of colonialism and land dispossession that have disconnected Indigenous peoples from their land and local knowledge of food practices [21,22], high burden of existing food security challenges [18], structural inequities characterized by lack of access to land and other resources [23][24][25], and habitation in areas undergoing rapid environmental change, biodiversity loss, and competing demands for land for food production [26]. Indeed, Indigenous communities in many countries tend to be more food insecure than their non-Indigenous counterparts [27][28][29]; for example, Indigenous peoples in the United States including American Indians and Alaska Natives were twice as likely to be food insecure compared to non-Indigenous peoples [30]. Around 97% of Indigenous Batwa households in Uganda were found to be food insecure, which was substantially higher than the national Ugandan average of 20% [31].…”

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Community-based monitoring of Indigenous food security in a changing climate: global trends and future directions

Lam

Dodd

Skinner

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Climate change is expected to exacerbate existing food security challenges, especially in Indigenous communities worldwide. Community-based monitoring (CBM) is considered a promising strategy to improve monitoring of, and local adaptation to climatic and environmental change. Yet, it is unclear how this approach can be applied in food security or Indigenous contexts. The objectives of this paper are to: (1) review and synthesize the published literature on CBM of Indigenous food security; and, (2) identify gaps and trends in these monitoring efforts in the context of climate change. Using a systematic search and screening process, we identified 86 published articles. To be included, articles had to be published in a journal, describe a CBM system, describe any aspect of food security, and explicitly mention an Indigenous community. Relevant articles were thematically analyzed to characterize elements of CBM in the context of climate change. Results show that the number of articles published over time was steady and increased more than two-fold within the last five years. The reviewed articles reported on monitoring mainly in North America (37%) and South America (28%). In general, monitoring was either collaborative (51%) or externally-driven (37%), and focused primarily on tracking wildlife (29%), followed by natural resources (16%), environmental change (15%), fisheries (13%), climate change (9%), or some combination of these topics (18%). This review provides an evidence-base on the uses, characteristics, and opportunities of CBM, to guide future food security monitoring efforts in the context of climate change.

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Food policy in the Canadian North: Is there a role for country food markets?

Cited by 23 publications

References 24 publications

A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska

A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

Community-based monitoring of Indigenous food security in a changing climate: global trends and future directions

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