Sustainable Food Systems Symposium 2024

Session

Power and Governance in Food Systems

18 Sept 2024, 14:10

Lobby 1.302 (Paulinerkirche)

113. Strengthening social perspectives in sustainability transformation of food systems

Felix Bröcker (Max Rubner-Institut)

18/09/2024, 14:35

Oral

Keywords
social sustainability, food systems, cohesion, justice, culture, identity

Introduction
In order to contribute to greater climate-related protection and justice, food systems must be designed in particular to be ecologically sustainable and socially acceptable. While the knowledge regarding ecological aspects is constantly improving and environmental impacts largely can be...

204. Assessing the potential effectiveness and equity of companies’ forest-focused supply chain policies in the cocoa sector of West Africa.

Thomas Addoah (University of Cambridge)

18/09/2024, 14:40

Oral

Keywords
Deforestation, Cocoa, equity, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, supply chain
Introduction
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana lead global cocoa production, but the cocoa sector faces significant challenges related to smallholder poverty, deforestation, and child labour (Fountain and Huetz-Adams, 2022). Over 60% of cocoa from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire is produced by smallholder farmers who...

47. The symptoms of food self-sufficiency ideology in the food system and its effects on food security- water insecurity nexus in Iran

Dr Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani (Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO))

18/09/2024, 14:45

Poster

Propagated by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), and his successor Ayatollah Khamenei, self-sufficiency in food production especially wheat is one of the ideological pillars of the IRI since its creation in 1979. Primarily, self-sufficiency was an attempt for independence from the confronting sides in the Cold War, i.e. the United States, the Soviet Union...

161. Transforming Lebanon's Food System: A Collaborative Approach for SDGs and Agenda 2030

Abed Al Kareem Yehya (University of Kassel)

18/09/2024, 14:50

Poster

Transforming Lebanon's Food System: A Collaborative Approach for SDGs and Agenda 2030

This research proposes a comprehensive national pathway for transforming Lebanon's food system towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030. Building on stakeholder dialogues and the UNFSS+2 summit, the project outlines key action areas for a more sustainable, resilient, and...