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Call for abstracts: “Future solutions for a food secure world”

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Deadline for abstracts 31 July 2015

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Future solutions for a food secure world

The challenges ahead to feed 9 billion people by 2050 are well articulated (and contested), but innovative solutions remain elusive and time is of the essence. One possible reason that solutions are slow to surface is the generally homogenous pool of ideas from which to draw inspiration: neoliberal and patriarchal ideologies continue to dominate the discourse on global solutions. A platform for diverse perspectives on these problems and for proposals of solutions, can identify potential solution pathways that are key to operationalizing timely strategies for a just and sustainable food future.

In this Special Issue of Solutions, young thinkers (under 40 years of age) from around the globe are invited to propose innovative solutions for a food secure world. The Special Issue will provide a platform for emerging scholars to contribute to solutions…

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Global Food Security Governance: Capita Selecta course Period 1 (2015-2016)

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There are just a few spots left in the new RSO Capita Selecta course on Global Food Security Governance: Linking Theory and Practice.

This Capita Selecta course will examine global food security governance from theory to practice. Making use of the key themes for research on food security as identified by the Expo 2015 EU Scientific Steering Committee, this course will give students the opportunity to:

  1. Explore the complexity of global food security governance;
  2. Focus on a key challenge that threatens global food security;
  3. Attend two international events (i.e., the 42nd Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome) and Expo 2015 (Milan)) to see, first hand, how global food security governance plays out.

More information about the course can be found here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoodGovernance/

If you want to follow what we are doing but do not what to attend the course, you are most welcome to join the Facebook Group as well.

If you do not have facebook and want more details, email the logistics coordinator Wouter van den Hengel: wouter.vandenhengel@wur.nl Global Food Security Governance

Summer School Development Studies at Kyoto University, Japan

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In September the Kyoto University (Faculty of Economics) will organize a summer school on East Asia Sustainable Development Studies. The summer school will be composed of lectures and field trips. Professors from various units ofIMG_2253 - Copy Kyoto University will give lectures on themes like: culture and history, corporate governance, political economy, and development and sustainability issues. The focus will be on Japan and the ASEAN region. The schedule of the lectures and field trips are synchronized in order to allow students to examine both theory and practise. Kyoto University has funds for covering the travel expenses of 1-2 students who are interested in participating. Students must have an interest in development studies. Want to know more? Contact Joost Jongerden at joost.jongerden@wur.nl

 

Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 29 – special issue on City region food systems

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Today the 29th issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine has been published online, featuring a special issue on city region food systems.

UAM29 coverThis issue addresses the growing attention for policy and practice approaches that focus on food issues in urban areas from a city-regional perspective, taking into account possible contributions from urban and periurban agriculture and a strengthening of urban-rural relations. It is largely based on our EC funded research programme SUPURBFOOD but also features articles from other projects and initiatives.

The Magazine will be officially launched in hardcopy at the ICLEI Resilient Cities Congress on 10 June 2015 in Bonn, Germany, during which event three Urban Food Forum sessions are held in collaboration with the SUPURBFOOD consortium together with policymakers and SMEs from the SUPURBFOOD city regions.

Breakfast presentation about Local food initiatives and sustainable diets

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Everyone is invited to learn more about a local food initiative in Tilburg. The presentation is based on the MSc research of Nicole van Riel.

Date:     Wednesday May 27

Time:     9:00-9:30

Where: Room 3011

What:  For the last six months I have been working on my master thesis, where I studied if participation in a local food initiative contributes to more sustainable diets. To answer my research question, I have done participant observations and semi-structured interviews at one particular initiative: ‘Goei Eete’ in Tilburg. To put the results in perspective, I have made use of transition theory. If you are interested in the findings, you welcome to join the final presentation next Wednesday.

If you are planning to attend in advance, please let me know via Nicole.vanriel@wur.nl so there will be enough croissants (and little food waste!).