Independiente Diálogo
Enfoque geográfico:
Estados Unidos de América
Main findings
Hunger must be recognized as an equity issue and in order to do so, researchers must get to the root causes of food insecurity. These issues include poverty, systemic racism, income levels, gender disparities, age gaps, and many other societal factors. By addressing these and increasing access to resources, through a holistic and multidimensional approach to equity that takes into consideration people and their vulnerabilities, food insecurity is likely to decline. Increasing multidimensional efforts at the community level will ensure that local buy-in is supported. Community efforts can inclu
... Leer másde grassroots advocacy, community gardens, local health centers and locations where people are able to safely gather and learn about food systems. In order to promote resilience, our response to COVID-19 requires a systems thinking approach concerning the investment in sustainable communities in the United States. Efforts need to be taken to ensure we don’t just recover to pre-pandemic levels of food security, but rather are able to create systems that are sustainable and resilient long term and can anticipate shocks like COVID-19, extreme drought or natural disasters from climate change, etc. There is room to improve health education by highlighting food as medicine and teaching about the health effects of food insecurity. Identify who the “story tellers” are to create effective science policy communication. The best storytellers are not the academics and experts of the field, but the people who live within and experience the systems. Ensure that stories encompass the whole system, and answers the question of why this problem persists. In addition to identifying storytellers, interdisciplinary researchers also play a role, in close coordination with cross-sectoral stakeholders, in developing evidence to support informed decision making by policy makers. Leer menos
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Palabras clave: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment