International Conference on Global Food Security 2020 is the 4th session of the conference. The conference addresses the topic of food security at all spatial levels from local to global, and from an interdisciplinary and systemic food systems perspective. Likewise, it aims to better understand environmental, nutritional, agricultural, demographic, socio-economic, political, technological and institutional drivers, costs and outcomes of current and future food security. Moreover, interactions with contextual factors including climate change, urbanisation, greening the economy and data-driven technologies will be central.

The conference addresses the triple burden of malnutrition: hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity. Above all, it aims to reconcile the competing environmental, economic or social objectives and outcomes towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at different levels across spatial and temporal scales.

Benefits

• Chance to showcase and present your research papers to the experts
• Similarly, emphasis on integrated analyses and perspectives on food security related topics
• Learn about the dimensions of food security, i.e.:

1. Availability: production, distribution and exchange of food
2. Access: affordability, allocation and preference of food
3. Utilisation: nutritional value, social value and safety of food
4. Stability and dynamics of food security aspects

Topics for Sessions and Abstracts

• Food security and the Sustainable Development Goals: synergies, tensions and trade-offs
• Also, circularity of food systems at local, regional or global levels
• Food security and policy, governance, institutions and trade
• In addition, transitions to post-carbon food systems in a post-carbon economy
• How to assess future food security: on foresight, forecasting, projecting, predicting and exploring the future
• Likewise, influencing and moderating food consumption and demand (considering the food environment)
• Furthermore, novel technologies based on robotics, data from omics, farms and personal health: efficiency, resilience, socio-economic impact and ethics

Registering

• Access to conference oral sessions and posters
• Conference materials, for instance, a programme booklet and access to the abstracts
• Refreshments as detailed in the conference programme