Farming Matters | 27.3 | September 2011
There are strong arguments in favour of regional food systems. There are fewer intermediaries involved, with lower transportation costs and less risky transactions. Producers and consumers can exert a greater degree of control.
As the articles in this issue show, regional food systems can contribute to increasing food security, while at the same time benefiting the environment and increasing the autonomy of farmers. Read about the "Food Circle" in Ecuador and about Brazil's PAA, or about the work of the Island Food Community in Micronesia.
FEATURES
Ecuador
England
Micronesia
Global
Nepal
Neglected no more by Bed Prasad Khatiwada, Bhim Chaulagain, Surendra Osti, Dinesh Gurung, Man Bahadur Dangi, Krishna Thapa
Brazil
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial – Green choices by Edith van Walsum
Opinion: And now, José? by Francisco Roberto Caporal
Aiming at more sustainable diets by Jessica Fanzo
Breaking down barriers to intra-regional trade by José Filepe Fonseca, Thérèse Burke
Learning about … Going Local by Nicola Piras
Opinion: The potential of food reserves by Peter Gubbels
Brazil’s PAA: Policy driven food systems by Cláudia Job Schmitt, Catia Grisa, Lauro Fransisco Mattei, Renato Sérgio Maluf, Sérgio Pereira Leite
San Isidro’s “Food Circle” by Tristan Partridge