The 2009 conference is hosted by The Science Shop, Queen's University Belfast

Workshop 3.2: Global food security and sustainable development

Saturday 29^th August 2009 

 10:00 – 11:00 

Venue: to be confirmed

Chair:

Dr John Barry, Institute for the Sustainable World, Queen’s University Belfast, NI

Presenters:

Linda Geggie and Maeve Lydon

“Global food security and sustainable development”  University of Victoria, Canada

Sujit Kumar Paul

“Sustainable development and social change: a study on the impact of agricultural modernization among the tribals”  Department of Social Studies and Rural Development, Visva-Bharati, India

Format:

This workshop has been structured to encourage the involvement of all the participants.   The presentations will last for 10 minutes maximum and the Chair will then facilitate discussion for the remainder of the session.

Questions:

Discussion will focus on the following 4 questions:

• What are the barriers to academics more effectively engaging with civil society organisations and communities in relation to enhancing food security?  How might these be overcome?
• How can indigenous/traditional/lay knowledges around food production, processing and consumption be better integrated into academic research on food security and its place within sustainable development?
• What institutional changes might be needed within universities to encourage more effective links between academics and scientists working on food security and sustainable development and civil society organisations and communities?
• Does future sustainable food security lie in a greater emphasis on localised, low-carbon and more organic forms of food production, processes and consumption?