Thanks for this very important conversation.
As long as 'hunger' remains the problem, increased production remains the solution, blocking research on equity, distribution, fair access to culturally appropriate foods. Happy to see CGIAR writing about this.
"by always framing things in the negative, we may find solutions to those problems but we won’t change the system in which the problems arose. Improving seed varieties may solve aspects of world hunger, but it won’t change the system which makes hunger pathological. We can use food as a lens to talk about global food problems: 1) Food frames problems in the positive..."
A blog response to a plenary at EAT forum 2 years ago which includes a reflection on the need for more positive stories to incite action: https://jamilathelorax.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/695
Thanks for this very important conversation.
As long as 'hunger' remains the problem, increased production remains the solution, blocking research on equity, distribution, fair access to culturally appropriate foods. Happy to see CGIAR writing about this.
"by always framing things in the negative, we may find solutions to those problems but we won’t change the system in which the problems arose. Improving seed varieties may solve aspects of world hunger, but it won’t change the system which makes hunger pathological. We can use food as a lens to talk about global food problems: 1) Food frames problems in the positive..."
A blog response to a plenary at EAT forum 2 years ago which includes a reflection on the need for more positive stories to incite action: https://jamilathelorax.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/695