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The agricultural traditions and food culture of the Mediterranean region have long been looked to as an example of a healthy approach to eating, underpinned by vibrant rural economies. But demographic and environmental pressures — coupled with a changing climate and social and economic challenges — are now raising questions about the future of the region's much-heralded food systems and the implications for sustainable development. |
New book examines shared challenges facing the region's food systems — and options for responding
Figure: Croatia: A pile of pest-damaged oranges, destined for disposal. FAO 5 December 2016, Rome - The agricultural traditions and food culture of the Mediterranean region have long been looked to as an example of a healthy approach to eating, underpinned by vibrant rural economies. But demographic and environmental pressures — coupled with a changing climate and social and economic challenges — are now raising questions about the future of the region's much-heralded food systems and the implications for sustainable development.
A major new book published today by FAO and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) warns of "triple waste" posed by the misuse of natural resources, food waste and losses, and a slow-leaching away of traditional know-how.
These risks need to be countered by shifting to more sustainable approaches to agricultural production and stronger policies based on multisectoral approaches, according to MediTerra 2016 - Zero Waste in the Mediterranean: Natural Resources, Food, and Knowledge.
"The world, including the Mediterranean region, is faced with a number of challenges. Various forms of waste related to food, natural resources and knowledge are embedded in these challenges and pose significant obstacles for the achievement of sustainability," write FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and CIHEAM Secretary General Cosimo Lacirignola in their introduction to this joint-publication.
MediTerra also looks at how human resources and potential in the region — especially among youth — are being wasted, hampering development. This includes unemployment, lack of access to education, "brain drain," and the disappearance of local knowledge and farming traditions.
The task at hand, the book says, is not merely preserving agricultural traditions, but rather re-invigorating them to make them engines of sustainable development and improved nutrition. … See more: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/456243/icode/ |
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