GFG - SYNTHESIS - Thinking forward in global food governance

Auteurs-es

  • Michelle Metzger University of Northern British Columbia

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.120

Mots-clés :

governance

Résumé

Global food governance is ever evolving as political leaders become increasingly aware of the complexity and dynamic nature of managing the global food system in a sustainable manner. Calls for reform of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the early 2000s (McKeon, 2009) were reinforced by the severity of the 2007–08 global food crisis, which prompted the reform to the Committee for World Food Security (CFS) in 2009. A related (and novel) development was the establishment of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) at the CFS to provide policymakers with interdisciplinary academic knowledge (Duncan, 2015). These developments mark an important step towards more inclusive and evidence-based global food governance. Now is an excellent time to critically assess the progress made at the CFS in the first five years and evaluate the role that these institutions may come to play in the coming years.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Michelle Metzger, University of Northern British Columbia

Michelle Metzger is a candidate for a Master of Arts in International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Her research interests include food sovereignty, social movements, and ideas in public policy. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo with minors in International Development as well as Environment and Resource Studies. Michelle has worked overseas with Mennonite Central Committee (a relief and development NGO) in N’Djamena, Chad, and she currently volunteers with the United Nations Association of Canada (UNAC) in Prince George, BC. 

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Publié-e

2015-09-08

Comment citer

Metzger, M. (2015). GFG - SYNTHESIS - Thinking forward in global food governance. La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation Canadian Food Studies, 2(2), 345–349. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.120