Jean-Louis Rastoin, L’Institut Agro Montpellier, France
Key points The market price of food products reflects only a limited share (between a third and half) of their true cost if we take into account the negative externalities associated with their production, distribution and consumption. These harmful impacts pertain to human health (50% of hidden costs on average), the environment (30%), and the economy (20%). These figures vary due to the territorial diversity of food systems. (...)
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19/ Hidden costs and the fair price of our food: between the market, the State and the commons
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2021 /Atelier "Nourrir les imaginaires" - Saison Africa2020
13 avril 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYAfrica2020 est un projet panafricain et pluridisciplinaire, centré sur l’innovation dans les arts, les sciences, les technologies, l’entrepreneuriat et l’économie. Cette Saison inédite a cherché à favoriser les mobilités, à mettre à l’honneur les femmes dans tous les secteurs d’activité et à cibler en priorité la jeunesse.
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All project results in video
22 March 2022, by Mathilde COUDRAYFind here all project results in video
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Limited food availability
3 novembre 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYWhile food security is a major worldwide issue, it is a much more serious problem in Low-Income
(LI) and Lower Middle-Income (LMI) countries. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa is the sub-continent with the highest proportion of undernourished people, the largest gap between current and potential yields, and between cereal consumption and production. Looking to the future, population growth and climate change may worsen the situation, particularly in Africa. African countries are still facing rapid population growth with uncertain prospects about the ability of their agriculture to meet growing food demand. In addition, without sufficient adaptation measures, climate change will negatively impact food production in most African regions. -
2021 / Seminar - Impact assessment of food innovations
2 février 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYSustainable food system innovations are multiplying around the world. In order to better understand these food innovations and how they influence the sustainability of food systems, multiple impact assessment methods have emerged. During the seminar, different evaluation methods will be presented through five projects.
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Sonja Tschirren
25 mars 2020, par Mathilde COUDRAYChoba Choba - la révolution du chocolat
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Resource over-exploitation and running out
3 novembre 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYFood systems around the world are highly dependent on both renewable and nonrenewable resources. Drivers such as population growth, urbanisation and climate change put a lot of pressure on resources that have become core issues for the future of food systems. Cropland availability is limited in most parts of the world, adding pressure for cropping intensification. Fossil energy and phosphorus shortages are expected to occur within a few decades, with particular impact in Low-Income (LI) countries where farmers are more vulnerable to volatile prices. The availability of very unevenly distributed freshwater resources shows a similar picture, with an increasing number of regions reaching alarming levels of water scarcity. Some world fish stocks have been overexploited and are now depleted. But the situation is not without hope. While we need to intensify food systems to meet the challenge of a growing population, new ways to produce with less impact on the environment and more resilience to climate change need to be widely adopted.
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CAP vs Farm to Fork : Will we pay billions to destroy, or to support biodiversity, climate, and farmers ?
27 octobre 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYThe EU’s current model of agriculture directs billions in EU taxpayers’ money to fuel climate change, destroy biodiversity, and even undermine farmers’ livelihoods. While the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is approaching a key vote, freedom of information requests show that farmers and agribusiness lobby group Copa-Cogeca, along with pesticides and food industry giants, are doing their best to stop the CAP reform from aligning with the new Farm to Fork strategy of the Green Deal.
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What’s on the menu ? A global assessment of MUFPP signatory cities’ food strategies. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
23 novembre 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAYIncreased recognition of the persistent and interconnected nature of food system challenges resulted in the creation of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) in 2015. MUFPP signatory cities commit themselves to contribute to a better functioning food system by adopting integrated approaches. This study assesses the number of MUFPP cities that have developed food strategies and the choices local policymakers make in the design of these strategies. The results show surprising similarities between cities across regions in terms of goals and instruments. At the same time, local governments clearly put different emphases and seem to vary in policy styles.
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Conférence–débat sur l’accès à l’alimentation et les déserts alimentaires
10 novembre 2021, par Mathilde COUDRAY"Deconstructing Food Access and Food Deserts in Chicago and Beyond : Public Health, Geographic Information Systems, and the Power of Maps".