Universal Food Security: How to End Hunger While Protecting the Planet

To achieve a food-secure world, we must transform how our food is grown, managed, and distributed, focusing on sustainable intensification, market infrastructure, postharvest stewardship, healthy diets, and social protection. Glenn Denning's book provides an accessible guide to making healthy diets from sustainable food systems available to all, identifying the education and development of practitioner-leaders as the critical trigger of change.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 03 January 2023
Publisher: Columbia University Press

Achieving a genuinely food-secure world—one devoid of hunger and malnutrition, where every individual has access to sufficient and nutritious food to lead a healthy, active, and productive life—is a formidable challenge that requires a comprehensive transformation of our food systems. From cultivation to consumption, our food systems must be sustainable, mitigating environmental degradation and actively repairing the damage we have inflicted. This comprehensive guide aims to make healthy diets derived from sustainable food systems accessible to all.

Glenn Denning, a renowned expert with over four decades of experience in diverse countries, has skillfully bridged the gap between science, policy, and practice. He has synthesized the most relevant literature, coupled with personal perspectives and insights gained from his extensive work, and collaborated with hundreds of leading experts. Universal Food Security: Transforming Our Food Systems presents key priorities and strategies for achieving food systems transformation. It identifies sustainable intensification, market infrastructure, postharvest stewardship, healthy diets, and social protection as critical components. Denning emphasizes the importance of educating and developing practitioner-leaders as the driving force for change.

Universal Food Security provides valuable insights and inspiration for these leaders, empowering them to work independently and in collaboration with institutions to create a food-secure world. Whether working at individual, organizational, or societal levels, this book serves as an essential handbook for students and practitioners seeking to transform our food systems. By adopting sustainable practices, promoting equitable distribution, and fostering a culture of food awareness, we can strive towards a future where no one goes to bed hungry or suffers from malnutrition. Let us unite our efforts and strive towards a world where food security is a universal right, and every person can enjoy the nourishment and vitality necessary to thrive.

Weight: 806g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780231197601