Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding
Achieving food security in a ‘perfect storm’ scenario is a grand challenge for society. Climate change and an expanding global population act in concert to make global food security even more complex and demanding. As achieving food security and the millennium development goal (MDG) to eradicate hun...
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| author | Poppy, GM Chiotha, S Eigenbrod, F. Harvey, Celia A. Honzak, M Hudson, MD Jarvis, Andy Madise, NJ Schreckenberg, Kate Shackleton, Charlie M. Villa, F. Dawson, T.P. |
| author_browse | Chiotha, S Dawson, T.P. Eigenbrod, F. Harvey, Celia A. Honzak, M Hudson, MD Jarvis, Andy Madise, NJ Poppy, GM Schreckenberg, Kate Shackleton, Charlie M. Villa, F. |
| author_facet | Poppy, GM Chiotha, S Eigenbrod, F. Harvey, Celia A. Honzak, M Hudson, MD Jarvis, Andy Madise, NJ Schreckenberg, Kate Shackleton, Charlie M. Villa, F. Dawson, T.P. |
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| description | Achieving food security in a ‘perfect storm’ scenario is a grand challenge for society. Climate change and an expanding global population act in concert to make global food security even more complex and demanding. As achieving food security and the millennium development goal (MDG) to eradicate hunger influences the attainment of other MDGs, it is imperative that we offer solutions which are complementary and do not oppose one another. Sustainable intensification of agriculture has been proposed as a way to address hunger while also minimizing further environmental impact. However, the desire to raise productivity and yields has historically led to a degraded environment, reduced biodiversity and a reduction in ecosystem services (ES), with the greatest impacts affecting the poor. This paper proposes that the ES framework coupled with a policy response framework, for example Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR), can allow food security to be delivered alongside healthy ecosystems, which provide many other valuable services to humankind. Too often, agro-ecosystems have been considered as separate from other natural ecosystems and insufficient attention has been paid to the way in which services can flow to and from the agro-ecosystem to surrounding ecosystems. Highlighting recent research in a large multi-disciplinary project (ASSETS), we illustrate the ES approach to food security using a case study from the Zomba district of Malawi. |
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| spelling | CGSpace422772025-03-13T09:44:25Z Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding Poppy, GM Chiotha, S Eigenbrod, F. Harvey, Celia A. Honzak, M Hudson, MD Jarvis, Andy Madise, NJ Schreckenberg, Kate Shackleton, Charlie M. Villa, F. Dawson, T.P. ecosystem services food security models agroecosystems servicios de los ecosistemas seguridad alimentaria modelos agroecosistemas Achieving food security in a ‘perfect storm’ scenario is a grand challenge for society. Climate change and an expanding global population act in concert to make global food security even more complex and demanding. As achieving food security and the millennium development goal (MDG) to eradicate hunger influences the attainment of other MDGs, it is imperative that we offer solutions which are complementary and do not oppose one another. Sustainable intensification of agriculture has been proposed as a way to address hunger while also minimizing further environmental impact. However, the desire to raise productivity and yields has historically led to a degraded environment, reduced biodiversity and a reduction in ecosystem services (ES), with the greatest impacts affecting the poor. This paper proposes that the ES framework coupled with a policy response framework, for example Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR), can allow food security to be delivered alongside healthy ecosystems, which provide many other valuable services to humankind. Too often, agro-ecosystems have been considered as separate from other natural ecosystems and insufficient attention has been paid to the way in which services can flow to and from the agro-ecosystem to surrounding ecosystems. Highlighting recent research in a large multi-disciplinary project (ASSETS), we illustrate the ES approach to food security using a case study from the Zomba district of Malawi. 2014-04-05 2014-09-09T17:01:10Z 2014-09-09T17:01:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42277 en Open Access Royal Society Poppy, GM; Chiotha, S; Eigenbrod, F; Harvey, CA; Honzák, M; Hudson, MD; Jarvis, Andrew; Madise, NJ; Schreckenberg, K; Shackleton. CM; Villa, F; Dawson, TP. 2014. Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 369 (1639). |
| spellingShingle | ecosystem services food security models agroecosystems servicios de los ecosistemas seguridad alimentaria modelos agroecosistemas Poppy, GM Chiotha, S Eigenbrod, F. Harvey, Celia A. Honzak, M Hudson, MD Jarvis, Andy Madise, NJ Schreckenberg, Kate Shackleton, Charlie M. Villa, F. Dawson, T.P. Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title | Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title_full | Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title_fullStr | Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title_short | Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| title_sort | food security in a perfect storm using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding |
| topic | ecosystem services food security models agroecosystems servicios de los ecosistemas seguridad alimentaria modelos agroecosistemas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42277 |
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