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Food Systems

Food Systems. sets of dynamic interactions between and within the human and biogeophysical environments which result in the production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption of food. (definition based on FAO viewpoint) are based on: 3 major components, each comprising

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Food Systems

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  1. Food Systems • sets of dynamic interactions between and within the human and biogeophysical environments which result in the production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption of food. (definition based on FAO viewpoint) • are based on: • 3 major components, each comprising • 3 key elements, each influenced by • many determinants, which determine how the FS operates

  2. Food System Components & Key Elements FOOD UTILISATION FOOD ACCESS • Affordability • Allocation • Preference • Nutritional Value • Social Value • Food Safety FOOD AVAILABILITY • Production • Distribution • Exchange

  3. Example Food System Determinants

  4. Food Systems • operate through connections between related determinants operating in one or more major components. • fail to deliver food security when determinants, and/or the links between them, are disrupted by GEC or other stresses. • can be adapted to reduce their vulnerability to GEC by: • identifying which determinants are particularly sensitive to GEC • enhancing effective determinants • restoring disrupted determinants

  5. Range of interactive stressors on Food Systems Currency Fluctuations Economic Recession Water Pollution FOOD UTILISATION FOOD ACCESS Floods, Droughts Political Unrest FOOD AVAILABILITY HIV-AIDS War Climate Change Change in Trading Agreements

  6. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (GEC) Change in type, frequency & magnitude of environmental threats Capacity to cope with &/or recover from GEC FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY / VULNERABILITY Exposure to GEC SOCIETAL CHANGE Change in institutions, resource accessibility, economic conditions, etc.

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