[Geo4All] ... food poverty alleviation

[Franz-Josef Behr]

Regarding rising food insecurity in Europe the NY Times just published 
an interesting article:


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/business/hunger-food-insecurity-europe.html 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/business/hunger-food-insecurity-europe.html>


Best regards - Franz-Josef



Am 19.03.2021 um 10:57 schrieb Suchith Anand:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> In the UK, not everyone lives in a state of food security. Its 
> opposite, food insecurity, is a reality for many. [1]
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> Hidden hunger is a growing issue in developed economies. According to 
> UK food policy charity Sustain, an estimated 8.4 million people in the 
> UK struggle to get enough to eat, a situation that will likely worsen 
> due to the effects of the current global pandemic. With growing 
> hunger, malnutrition, and climate uncertainty across the 
> globe, research and community action are becoming increasingly 
> important factors to relieving food poverty in developed economies.
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> For those unable to attendGODAN Webinar on the collaborative research 
> and community work going on between the University of York and the 
> York Food Justice Alliance, the Webinar is now available to watch 
> online at
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> https://www.godan.info/news/collaborative-community-and-research-led-food-poverty-alleviation 
> <https://www.godan.info/news/collaborative-community-and-research-led-food-poverty-alleviation>
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> Part of the UK Food Poverty Webinar series 
> <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwhYI2qtSJ3PNtprbF_WAWPJqxL1HkWzZ>, 
> an output of the GODAN Working Group on Food Poverty 
> <https://www.godan.info/working-group-food-poverty>; this 
> Webinar focuses on a community-based research and community action 
> collaboration between the University of York, food aid organisations, 
> public health and social care professionals, and volunteers. Drawing 
> on the example of collaborative work between the University of York 
> and the York Food Justice Alliance, our panellists describe how the 
> collaboration worked in practice; including the initial development, 
> the process of co-developing and co-conducting research, as well as 
> the challenges that were experienced as part of the collaboration.
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> Joining Dr Maddy Power, from the University of York, are experts by 
> experience and co-Chairs of the York Food Justice Alliance, Sydnie 
> Corley and Mary Passeri, giving their perspective on the 
> collaboration. The Alliance is a community-based organisation that 
> aims to relieve food poverty at a local level; in and around the city 
> of York in the UK. Details athttps://yorkfoodpoverty.org/ 
> <https://yorkfoodpoverty.org/>
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> The short video from York Community Reporters at 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ovY6ihmEw&t=2s 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ovY6ihmEw&t=2s>
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> Read more on the initiative at 
> https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151502/1/Seeking_Justice_How_to_understand_and_end_food_poverty_in_York.pdf 
> <https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151502/1/Seeking_Justice_How_to_understand_and_end_food_poverty_in_York.pdf>
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> I am interested to know more of any other examples of Universities in 
> the UK and globally working closely working with local organisations 
> on  food poverty alleviation initiatives in their local 
> communities. As there are over 100 universities in the UK,  there 
> might be other examples (similar to the work of University of York) 
> that I am not aware of . Please  share any examples, good practices 
> and contribute your expertise for our collective mission to end hunger 
> and poverty, both locally and globally.[2]
>
>
> The pain of hunger is the same for everyone, everywhere. We cannot 
> ignore food poverty issues faced by economically poor families in the 
> UK and globally. We need to find solutions to alleviate food poverty 
> everywhere.
>
>
> I am grateful to everyone, everywhere working for Zero Hunger Aim.
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> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
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> Dr Suchith Anand
>
> Chief Scientist
>
> Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
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> https://www.godan.info <https://www.godan.info/>
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> [1] 
> https://www.yhphnetwork.co.uk/links-and-resources/healthier-resilient-food-systems/webinar-phe-regional-teams-food-insecurity-11-march-21/ 
> <https://www.yhphnetwork.co.uk/links-and-resources/healthier-resilient-food-systems/webinar-phe-regional-teams-food-insecurity-11-march-21/>
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> [2] https://www.godan.info/working-group-food-poverty 
> <https://www.godan.info/working-group-food-poverty>
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