Food Security and Transition towards Sustainability

Abstract

In the light of linkages in various scales and targets, the complex and nuanced design of the sustainable development goals (SDG) raises more challenges in their implementation on the ground. This paper reviewed 25 food security indicators, proposed improvements to facilitate operationalization, and illustrated practical implementation. The research focused on three essential blind spots that arise from the potential interactions between sustainable food production, consumption, and domestic material consumption (DMC). Projection of latent structure regression was applied to link food security and sustainable development goals. Findings revealed that the key target in reducing trade-offs was the integration of DMC with sustainable food production and consumption. DMC was positively correlated with the creation of coherent SDG strategies and sustainable food security. Practical implications were discussed by highlighting how to achieve food security across contrasting development contexts and the challenges of addressing the links between targets and indicators within and beyond SDGs 2 and 12. The results are useful for setting a proper strategy for sustainable production and consumption that can improve the efficient use of resources in the eight Central European countries.

Sustainable Nutrition for Increased Food Security – Case Study Romania

“…Conscious consumption of these resources is an important determinant of future food security, as we must learn to efficiently use scarce resources to fulfil current demands and consider the needs of future generations. Efficient use of resources requires adjusting production and consumption to the real needs, while minimizing loss and waste, to ensure sustainable food production, for current and future food security [26]. Not only are we not currently equipped to ensure sustainability for future generation, but we are far from ensuring food security in present, at a global level.…”

“…National food guides, both from Romania and from other countries, were also consulted to determine the availability of nutritional information and the population's level of access to nutritional information. [22,23,24,25] Other studies have highlighted the correlation between diet and health [35,45,46,47,51], nutrition and environment [48,49,51,52,53], nutrition, environment, and food security [10,11,12,15,19,26].…”

Global and Indonesia Blue Economy Knowledge Map

“…Figure 3 shows that the countries with the fifth highest number of authors in the world are the United Kingdom, USA, Australia, China, Canada. The number of single-country publications (SCP) is more dominant than multi-country publications (MCP), as seen in the graph and table above Figure 3 shows the fifteen countries of origin of the corresponding authors and whether the research was conducted in collaboration with researchers from the same country (singlecountry publications (SCPs) or with researchers from other countries (multi-country publications (MCPs) [7]. The fifteen countries of origin of the main authors in this list also play an important role in producing documents on the topic of the blue economy.…”

Balancing the scales: Achieving food security and environmental sustainability in Malaysia through integrated approaches and collaborative governance

“…A lack of coordination and integration among various government departments and sectors in Malaysia can obstruct the creation and implementation of comprehensive programs. Besides, disparate methods can result in contradictory policies and fragmented decision-making, resulting in a lack of coherence between food security and environmental sustainability goals [12].…”