Securing Food from Field to Table: What Can We Do?

10.6133/apjcn.2011.20.2.01

Duo Li；Mark L Wahlqvist

ecosytems ； FIHS network ； agriculture ； health systems ； food systems

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

20卷2期（2011 / 06 / 01）

149 - 150

英文

Food security has emerged as one of the most pressing socio-economic and health issues of our time. While the formal processes of international and national governance are short-changing the need for action, an increasing number of professional science-based organisations are rallying to reduce the presence and risks of food insecurity. Examples are the Food in Health Security Network (FIHS) for the Asia Pacific region and the ‘Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People’ initiative of the World Council on Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health. The common denominator is the threat to ecosytems which are intrinsic to food and health systems. To increase their prospects for sustainability and health promotion, coordinated partnerships between agriculture and health as well as other sectors are imperative.