Food security criteria for voluntary biomass sustainability standards and certifications

Mohr, Anna; Beuchelt, Tina; Schneider, Rafaël; Virchow, Detlef

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.02.019

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“…Along with legally enforceable treaties such as the ICESCR, voluntary instruments such as the Right to Food Guidelines ensure that citizens' political and social rights are embedded in political and social policy (Gready & Ensor, 2005). Authors like Das and Grant (2014) and Mohr et al (2016) have used the PANTHER principles to assess the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food at the national and sub-national level. In line with Yeshanew (2014, 4), this research argues that these principles should govern decision-making, implementation and monitoring processes within LSLIs in countries like Tanzania.…”

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Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania

2021

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Proponents of large-scale land investments (LSLI) still promote them as a development opportunity, which can lead, among other benefits, to job creation and enhanced food security for local communities. However, there is increasing evidence that these investments often deprive affected communities of their access to land, with multiple negative impacts on livelihoods, food security and on the environment. This paper relies on empirical data to present an analysis of LSLI and food (in)security – crucially at the level of individuals in two villages in the Ruvuma region, Tanzania, over 10 years after the acquisition of village land within the Southern African Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). We introduce an innovative framework that permits an integration of a rights-based approach with the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to explore smallholders’ livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity. Our paper demonstrates how this integration, along with attention we have given to the FAO’s PANTHER principles, adds the missing yet crucial dimension of accountability on the part of national governments as duty bearers. Our findings show that in the case of these two villages, the human rights principles of participation, accountability, transparency and empowerment are severely undermined, with women bearing the brunt in all these domains. This overall state of affairs is, we argue, due to inadequate monitoring and evaluation of LSLI processes themselves and low levels of commitment on the part of institutions in Tanzania to monitor the promises made by investors. This in turn demonstrates an accountability deficit on the part of duty-bearers within LSLIs, and limited capacity of affected community members to claim their rights. Individual food insecurity experience in the two communities correlates, among other characteristics, with lack of land ownership, employment and income-generating activities. The rights-based livelihoods framework applied in this study points to serious deficiencies in the LSLI model as presently endorsed in SAGCOT, and emphasises the fact that access to land in Tanzania is a precondition for the realisation of the right to adequate food and thus a critical requirement for achieving and maintaining food and nutrition security. We conclude by arguing that progressive coalitions within and beyond national states must devise policies and institutions that empower individuals and civil society actors to make demands on their governments to respect, protect and fulfil their obligations regarding the legally enforceable right to food.

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Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania

2021

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“…According to assessments of its impact in 2019 -which, according to CTA, was carried out by an independent entity -Tulaa achieved a significant impact with regard to an increase of farmer revenues and of yields soon after its inception. 143 RAF Learning reports (regrettably without naming the source of the data) that "the farmers using all of Tulaa's services could see their annual net incomes increase by over 165% from US$ 1,044 to US$ 2,803. This is roughly 50% higher than the median-income for the average Kenyan household.…”

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Understanding Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Companies: Six Case Studies of Sub-Saharan African Platforms

Bismarck-Osten¹

2021

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“…Price, availability in outlets, social support, nancial resources, transportation facilities, mobility, nutritional knowledge, storage facilities, varieties, locations of food outlets, promotions, and quality of food, are drawn by George & McKay (2019) within the Indian food security and public distribution channel. Circumstances, price, economic solvency, production, storage & food stock, processing, transport & market, income, distributions, knowledge, food quality, food safety & adequacy, poverty, and purchasing power are set as crucial determinants by Mohr et al (2016). Transportation, the supply of food, productive resources, households stocks, purchasing power, associated resources of purchasing, access to markets, transport, available and accessible basic desirable food, level of knowledge, processing & storage facilities, diverse food, changes in circumstances, and challenges like changing climate can act key factors for determining FS of any country (Gray, 2020, p.;Maniriho and Bizoza, 2018;Santeramo, 2015).…”

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Determinant of Food Security Within the COVID-19 Epidemic Circumstances- A Special Case of Chinese Agriculture Food Production and Distribution Industries

Sarkar

Peau

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PurposeSince the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic rises, it poses a catastrophic effect for the society and its development globally. These pandemic situations put global inhabitants under tremendous pressure to maintain a sufficient supply of nutrition and desirable food security. Agricultural food production and distribution industries may play a vital role in determining the current conditions of any countries food security and sustainable development goals. Design/methodology/approachSince an increasing number of people had been suffering from hunger and malnutrition before even the infection strikes, it could create more dangerous circumstances by creating a global food crisis if the immediate measure is not taken. This paper examines the determinants of food security within three distinct aspects (effective utilization of food, food availability, and food access) within the COVID-19 epidemic situation. For developing and validating the model, the empirical data was collected from the agricultural food supply industry in China (Shaanxi Province). Whereas, the core analytical assumption has made by employing the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modelling (SEM).FindingsAfter analyzing the data collected from 67 agricultural food productions and distribution personnel along with the hypothesis testing, it has found that determinants of the effective utilization if food aspects are positively related to the determinants of food availability and food access aspects, and the determinants of food availability are positively related to the food access determinants. OriginalityThis research will be helpful to the government and industry in developing policies and strategies for the successful implementation of all the associated determinants of food security in terms of the epidemic situation.

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Food security criteria for voluntary biomass sustainability standards and certifications

Cited by 17 publications

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Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania

Broken promises: a rights-based analysis of marginalised livelihoods and experiences of food insecurity in large-scale land investments in Tanzania

Understanding Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Companies: Six Case Studies of Sub-Saharan African Platforms

Determinant of Food Security Within the COVID-19 Epidemic Circumstances- A Special Case of Chinese Agriculture Food Production and Distribution Industries

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