strategy
Improving food self-sufficiency
Context:
Much of the world's resources are currently devoted to the production of crops grown by the third world for sale to the first world. Food crops which can be consumed locally are forgone in favour of cash crops to satisfy the demand for tea, coffee, meat and other products for the developed world. Agribusiness has produced a massive surplus of cheap food, but many in the world still go hungry. Broader:
Organizing local marketingDeveloping better community marketsSecuring food suppliesUpgrading Narrower:
Growing food cropsProducing leaf concentrateProducing leaf concentrateExtending local food supplyUpgrading local food productionIncreasing food crop productivityReducing meat consumption to conserve grainProviding security from future crop uncertaintyProviding security from future crop uncertainty Constrains:
Providing food aid Facilitates:
Increasing basic staple foodsReducing incidence of malnutritionPromoting community self-determinationEnabling poor to achieve sustainable livelihood Facilitated by:
Using local marketsMarketing local agriculture produceBuying locally grown foodControlling locustsImproving access of rural poor to credit Subjects:
Amenities → FoodDevelopment → Reform
Value Redistribution → Cooperative
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
