Foreningen af Udviklingsforskere i Danmark (FAU) - The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark

FAU CONFERENCE 2010

'Development that matters: Religion, Livelihoods, Social Movements and Community Development'

The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark (FAU) Annual Conference 2010 - 17-19 March 2010 at Danhostel Gjerrild

Theme 3: Livelihood, Food and Nutrition.

A key issue in reducing poverty and seeking to obtain sustainable livelihood is food.
All too many people in particular in rural areas in developing countries experience
daily insecurities with regard to daily food supplies. Many attempts to address this
have failed in the sense that little change has occurred and presently it is yet highly
unsure if the MDGs will be fulfilled. However, addressing food insecurity is not only
about increasing the amount of food produced and/or consumed, but also food with
the correct nutritional content, as well as food with the nutritional content that can
provide a healthy diet for people in different age-groups. Food also has to be
culturally acceptable and well tasting. Quantity can't replace quality and preferences.
The challenges are related to the many actors involved, whether be the local
population, the direct producers, and particularly women who often prepare the food
and nurse the children, agricultural extension officers, providers of seeds and inputs,
traders, local government, health workers (governmental and NGO).

Convenors: Irene Nørlund (Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen) and Aase
Mygind Madsen (VIA University College, Aarhus)
Resource persons: Kirsten Havemann (UFT, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)),
Chhoden Blau (former UNDP Bhutan), and Anders Baltzer Jørgensen (UFT, MFA)

Keynote Presenter: Kanchan Lama, WOCAN, Nepal.