The new frontiers of food security. A prospective review

Janin, Pierre; Dury, Sandrine

doi:10.1684/agr.2012.0585

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“…Third, some new frontiers in food security are burgeoning. Rather than only establishing a quantified target and standards, the food security problem gradually becomes a process consisting of uncertainties, trials, and errors, as well as interwoven administrative powers [39]. Nevertheless, similar to the explanation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the U.S., most important are the four pillars of food security, namely: availability, access, utilization, and stability [40].…”

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Does Fallowing Cultivated Land Threaten Food Security? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Pilot Provinces

Yang

Wang

et al. 2019

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Facing worsening problems, including the decreasing amount, quality, and deterioration of land ecosystems, cultivated land needs protective measures. China has been conducting an experimental fallow policy to deter these problems in five pilot provinces since 2016. However, inadequate and inconclusive studies of the impacts of fallow policy on food security have motivated the authors to fill this knowledge gap and to provide evidence for policy-making. Using the modified cultivated land pressure model, this study explores the cultivated land pressure at three scales (nation, province, and prefecture) to determine the capacity of feeding people using cultivated land, and examines the impact of fallowing cultivated land. There are three main findings. First, the cultivated land pressure in China continually decreased during the period of 2000–2016, and would remain in a decreasing trend during 2017–2020 even if the measures implemented doubled the fallowing scale every year. Second, the spatial patterns of the cultivated land pressure between the provincial and prefectural scale show a similar overview, with some nuanced disparities. Finally, the five pilot provinces show various amplitudes of variation in cultivated land pressure, ranging from 0.017% to 9.027% under three fallow scale scenarios. Thus, the results of this research support the argument that fallow policy will not threaten food security at a national and provincial scale, based on the current fallow scale and enlargement pace. The deeper understanding of the impact of fallow policy provides a scientific reference for policymaking and calls for further studies focusing on a more comprehensive measurement of cultivated land pressure and optimization fallow scale.

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Does Fallowing Cultivated Land Threaten Food Security? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Pilot Provinces

Yang

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L’intégration des concepts de résilience dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire : regards croisés

Vonthron

Dury

Fallot³

et al. 2016

Cah. Agric.

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Résumé -On observe depuis les années 2000 la volonté des acteurs de la sécurité alimentaire de rapprocher résilience et sécurité alimentaire. Ce rapprochement n'apparaît cependant pas si évident au vu de la diversité d'éléments de langages utilisés pour les associer. Cet article vise donc à faire un état des lieux de l'association de ces notions, voire de leur intégration mutuelle. L'application de la résilience à la sécurité alimentaire metelle en avant les mêmes dimensions que lorsqu'elle est appliquée aux systèmes socioécologiques ? Y aurait-il ainsi plusieurs concepts de résilience ? Quels sont les apports en termes programmatique et analytique dans le champ de la sécurité alimentaire ? Quels difficultés ou défis posent cette intégration ? Une analyse de la littérature a été menée à partir de références scientifiques ainsi que de documents de cadrage, de projets et programmes produits par des institutions, bailleurs de fonds et ONG. Deux enjeux se dégagent de ce rapprochement : la mesure de la résilience et les apports de cette approche en comparaison d'autres telles que la gestion des risques et la réduction de la vulnérabilité. Par ailleurs, alors qu'elle n'a pas de portée normative concernant les trajectoires des systèmes socioécologiques, la résilience est intrinsèquement considérée comme positive dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire. Cette acception de la résilience soulève alors des problèmes politiques de définition de ce qu'est une trajectoire favorable. L'accent mis, avec la résilience, sur les trajectoires du système, permet toutefois de relier court terme et long terme, tant pour comprendre les perturbations que pour concevoir des interventions. Enfin, les caractères holistique et multiscalaire de la résilience se retrouvent dans l'ensemble de la bibliographie étudiée, constituant une « avancée » dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire.Mots clés : résilience / sécurité alimentaire / système socioécologique / aide humanitaire / développement Abstract -An integrated perspective on resilience and food security. Since the beginning of the 2000s, resilience and food security have become associated in literature. However, the diversity of terminology shows that this association is not so easy. This paper objective is to assess the state of the art concerning the different forms of associations between food security and resilience. Does using resilience in the food security field and in the social-ecological system field, highlight the same features? Therefore, do several resilience concepts exist? What does it bring to programs and analysis carried out into food security field? What difficulties and challenges does this integration cause? We carried out a review using scientific literature as well as policy, projects and programs documents from the United Nations, funding agencies, or NGOs. We raise two specific issues: the resilience metrics in the food security scope, and the contribution of resilience in comparison with other approaches such as risk management and vulnerability reduction. In...

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Food securitization and urban agriculture in Hanoi (Vietnam)

Pulliat¹

2015

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Based on a qualitative study of Hanoi underprivileged households’ livelihoods, this article addresses the role of urban and periurban agriculture in the food securitization process. It begins by showing that the spatial dynamics occurring in the emerging metropolis induce strong competition for the various uses of land. The urbanization process is based on a tremendous land-seizure policy, and officials seem to regard farmland as a land reserve instead of as a source of food. However, as a source of cheap, diversified, and safe food, and as a component of households’ livelihoods, urban agriculture plays a specific role in food-securitization strategies, especially for low-income households by reducing their food vulnerability in both short- and long-term; hence, it is a factor of resilience. Because the urbanization process that jeopardizes access to land seems particularly damaging for those households, urban planning is reconsidered from a spatial justice perspective. The food securitization approach, focusing on actors’ strategies, indicates how urban planning generates rising inequalities in the emerging metropolis. This study proposes that the current pattern of urban development induces spatial injustice in access to urban resources and land, thereby increasing inequalities in urban dwellers’ ability to manage their food security situation.

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The new frontiers of food security. A prospective review

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

Does Fallowing Cultivated Land Threaten Food Security? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Pilot Provinces

Does Fallowing Cultivated Land Threaten Food Security? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Pilot Provinces

L’intégration des concepts de résilience dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire : regards croisés

Food securitization and urban agriculture in Hanoi (Vietnam)

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