Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level

Global pressures on food security such as climate change, rising food prices and rising populations demand collaborative action from actors governing food systems across all levels and scales. This paper describes concerted efforts in East Africa, West Africa and South Asia to build capacity for foo...

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Main Authors: Vervoort, Joost M., Ingram, J., Ericksen, Polly J., Chaudhury, M., Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42121
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author Vervoort, Joost M.
Ingram, J.
Ericksen, Polly J.
Chaudhury, M.
Förch, Wiebke
Thornton, Philip K.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
author_browse Chaudhury, M.
Ericksen, Polly J.
Förch, Wiebke
Ingram, J.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Thornton, Philip K.
Vervoort, Joost M.
author_facet Vervoort, Joost M.
Ingram, J.
Ericksen, Polly J.
Chaudhury, M.
Förch, Wiebke
Thornton, Philip K.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
author_sort Vervoort, Joost M.
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description Global pressures on food security such as climate change, rising food prices and rising populations demand collaborative action from actors governing food systems across all levels and scales. This paper describes concerted efforts in East Africa, West Africa and South Asia to build capacity for food system governance at the regional (sub-continental) level where key environmental and socio-economic change processes play out. The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program is a partnership between the global agricultural development institutes (CGIAR) and the global environmental change community (ESSP). CCAFS uses multi-actor scenarios development processes to bring together regional actors from civil society, NGOs, the private sector, national governments, regional governance institutions, media and research. Together, these actors use exploratory scenarios of the future to consider radically different, plausible socio-economic development pathways for their regions. These alternate futures explore different roles for state and nonstate actors and interactions between national and regional governance efforts in terms of food security, environmental management and livelihoods. The scenarios also explore the consequences of reactive and proactive modes of governance and the focus on short term priorities versus long term priorities. This paper reports on how developing these socioeconomic scenarios creates collaborative multi-sector networks in East and West Africa and South Asia that together focus on key regional uncertainties. Furthermore, we discuss the subsequent use of the scenarios to test strategies, policies and technologies with state and non-state actors to build capacity for regional governance.
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spelling CGSpace421212020-08-07T10:21:10Z Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level Vervoort, Joost M. Ingram, J. Ericksen, Polly J. Chaudhury, M. Förch, Wiebke Thornton, Philip K. Kristjanson, Patricia M. agriculture climate food security stakeholders Global pressures on food security such as climate change, rising food prices and rising populations demand collaborative action from actors governing food systems across all levels and scales. This paper describes concerted efforts in East Africa, West Africa and South Asia to build capacity for food system governance at the regional (sub-continental) level where key environmental and socio-economic change processes play out. The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program is a partnership between the global agricultural development institutes (CGIAR) and the global environmental change community (ESSP). CCAFS uses multi-actor scenarios development processes to bring together regional actors from civil society, NGOs, the private sector, national governments, regional governance institutions, media and research. Together, these actors use exploratory scenarios of the future to consider radically different, plausible socio-economic development pathways for their regions. These alternate futures explore different roles for state and nonstate actors and interactions between national and regional governance efforts in terms of food security, environmental management and livelihoods. The scenarios also explore the consequences of reactive and proactive modes of governance and the focus on short term priorities versus long term priorities. This paper reports on how developing these socioeconomic scenarios creates collaborative multi-sector networks in East and West Africa and South Asia that together focus on key regional uncertainties. Furthermore, we discuss the subsequent use of the scenarios to test strategies, policies and technologies with state and non-state actors to build capacity for regional governance. 2012 2014-08-15T12:13:26Z 2014-08-15T12:13:26Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42121 en Open Access Vervoort J, Ingram J, Ericksen P, Chaudhury M, Foerch W, Thornton P, Kristjanson P. 2012. Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level. Conference proceedings from the Earth System Governance conference, held in Lund, Sweden, April 18-20 2012.
spellingShingle agriculture
climate
food security
stakeholders
Vervoort, Joost M.
Ingram, J.
Ericksen, Polly J.
Chaudhury, M.
Förch, Wiebke
Thornton, Philip K.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title_full Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title_fullStr Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title_full_unstemmed Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title_short Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
title_sort multi actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub continental level
topic agriculture
climate
food security
stakeholders
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42121
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