Chaire UNESCO Alimentations du monde

21/ Child undernutrition in Guatemala: aggravating factors and levers

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-09-29T18:21:24Z

– Juliana Yael Milovich, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, United Kingdom Elena Villar, Department of Economics and Finance, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Key points The aggressive expansion of African palm farming in Guatemala is exacerbating chronic child undernutrition by jeopardizing families' access to sufficient food. Nutritional health programmes that operate at local level and involve all community members are particularly effective in reducing child (...)

- Policy Briefs / Policy brief, Gouvernance/politique, Biologique, Anglais, Ressources de la Chaire, Depuis 2020, Milovich Juliana Yael, Villar Elena

20/ Does weight status increase vulnerability to the food environment?

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-09-16T11:21:46Z

– Marine Mas, UMR CSGA, INRAE, Dijon, France Stéphanie Chambaron, UMR CSGA, INRAE, Dijon, France Marie-Claude Brindisi, CHU Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Key points All individuals tend to “go towards” food automatically, especially food that is energy-dense. This potentially explains the obesogenic effect of the Western food environment. Some individuals have a cognitive vulnerability to the food environment. This vulnerability is driven by more than conscious factors, and challenges the “lack of (...)

- Policy Briefs / Policy brief, Consommation, Biologique, Anglais, Ressources de la Chaire, Depuis 2020, Mas Marine, Chambaron Stéphanie, Brindisi Marie-Claude

19/ Hidden costs and the fair price of our food: between the market, the State and the commons

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-09-15T16:20:42Z

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. (...)

- Policy Briefs / Rastoin Jean-Louis, Policy brief, Système alimentaire, Économique, Anglais, Ressources de la Chaire, Depuis 2020

18/ The social stratification of sustainable food practices

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-07-04T13:57:18Z

– Carla Altenburger, L'Institut Agro Montpellier, UMR Innovation and UMR IRISSO, Paris, France
Key points Looking at sustainable food practices, understood here as the purchase of products labelled as “organic” or “fair trade” or that refer to a geographical origin, the French population can be split into consumers and non-consumers of such products. All the consumers surveyed fit one of four typical profiles, the comparison of which shows that sustainable food practices are strongly shaped by (...)

- Policy Briefs / Policy brief, Consommation, Culturelle, Anglais, Ressources de la Chaire, Depuis 2020, Altenburger Carla

Food environments and EU Food Policy

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-06-28T08:55:34Z

The aim of this policy brief is to further sharpen understanding about food environments and what a ‘food environment approach' entails for EU food policy and the transition to sustainable food systems.

- Reports / Rapport/synthèse, Gouvernance/politique, Holistique, Anglais, Ressources hors Chaire, Depuis 2020

All project results in video

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2022-03-22T13:35:07Z

Find here all project results in video

- Foodscapes / Bricas Nicolas, Soulard Christophe, Perrin Coline, Tharrey Marion, Cheyns Emmanuelle, Méjean Caroline, Vidéo, Système alimentaire, Holistique, Anglais, Ressources de la Chaire, Depuis 2020

Urban governance for food security : the alternative food system in Belo Horizonte

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2021-11-23T12:59:28Z

With a population of 2.5 million people, the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is a world pioneer in tackling food consumption, distribution and production as components of an integrated urban policy for food security. The paper gives a description of the main programmes and features of this policy arguing that over 15 years the city and its Municipal Secretariat for Food Policy and Supply have built a particular alternative food system. Marked by the comprehensive scope of its programmes ; its urban/rural focus ; the flexibility of the initiatives and, above all, by its commitment to social justice and equitable access to food, Belo Horizonte has developed a distinct mode of governance for food security. The unique ‘alterity' of this food system is set further apart from those being attempted in Europe and in North America because it is government-driven. The paper discusses its strengths and current challenges.

- L'alimentation en politiques / Article scientifique, Gouvernance/politique, Anglais, Ressources hors Chaire, Avant 2014, Rocha Cecilia, Lessa Iara

Towards a common food policy for the European Union : the policy reform and realignment that is required to build sustainable food systems in Europe

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2021-11-23T12:55:35Z

This report argues for a Common Food Policy for the European Union : a policy setting a direction of travel for the whole food system, bringing together the various sectoral policies that affect food production, processing, distribution, and consumption, and refocusing all actions on the transition to sustainability. The Common Food Policy vision draws on the collective intelligence of more than 400 farmers, food entrepreneurs, civil society activists, scientists and policymakers consulted through a three-year process of research and deliberation.

- L'alimentation en politiques / Rapport/synthèse, Gouvernance/politique, Holistique, Anglais, Ressources hors Chaire, De 2017 à 2020

The governance of city food systems : case studies from around the world

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2021-11-23T12:51:37Z

This book brings together eight papers on the governance of city food systems. As case studies, they examine the governance of city food systems in Milan, Belo Horizonte, Vancouver, Edinburgh, Bristol, Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore.

- L'alimentation en politiques / Ouvrage, Système alimentaire, Holistique, Anglais, Ressources hors Chaire, De 2014 à 2017, Deakin Mark, Diamantini Davide , Borrelli Nunzia

What's on the menu ? A global assessment of MUFPP signatory cities' food strategies. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Mathilde COUDRAY — 2021-11-23T12:50:52Z

Increased 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.

- L'alimentation en politiques / Article scientifique, Gouvernance/politique, Holistique, Anglais, Ressources hors Chaire, Depuis 2020, Candel Jeroen J.L.