Food Security What is it & what does

PWRDF do?

What does ‘Food Security’ mean?

The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food

security as existing “when all people at all times have access to

sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy

and active life.”

How do we measure Food Security?

THREE PILLARS OF FOOD SECURITY:

FOOD AVAILABILITY sufficient and consistent quantities of

food

FOOD ACCESS sufficient resources to obtain appropriate

foods for a nutritious diet

FOOD USE education of basic nutrition and care, as

well as adequate water and sanitation

Food Security VS Food Aid

Food Security

Changing the root causes of hunger

Allowing for consistency in food consumption and

production

Education

Food Aid

Food Banks

Giving hungry people something to eat

immediately

Short term solution to a long term problem

PWRDF & TANZANIA

55 farmers will raise crops and provide 20% of their crops to the program that will provide

seeds to others to start a farming movement within the

community.

Not only will the pass along of seeds see a large number of farmers reaping the rewards

but will also feed into the program. Those new farmers will provide 20% to keep the cycle going. By the end of a five year cycle over 90 000

farmers will have benefited!

Seeds for the Future

How to Guide… PWRDF’s aims for ending hunger globally

1.Local Production of Food

2.Diversity of Food We Eat

3.Policy Supporting Small Holding Farmers & Agro-Ecology

How to Guide… PWRDF’s aims for ending hunger globally

4. Safe Food Production & Seed Preservation

5. Recognition & Support of Women Farmers

6. Farmer Ownership – Land, Water, Seeds

How to Guide… PWRDF’s aims for ending hunger globally

7. Skills & Education of Small Holding Farmers

8. Promotion of Food Enterprises

10. Environmental Sustainability and Food Production

PWRDF is preparing to launch a three year Food

Security Campaign focused on education and fundraising. The

official launch will take place in November 2013 at the Forum meetings. We are looking forward

to animating and engaging our networks

and beyond in this exciting project in the

coming months. Stay tuned!!

What is happening now… The entire Food Campaign Committee

met on April 4 to look at three marketing proposals

The Food Campaign Committee authorized staff to engage in a conversation with Public Inc around setting budget for the Campaign

The Board will make a decision in early May.

“In a world of plenty, no one, not a

single person, should go hungry.

But almost

1 billion still do not have enough

food to eat. I want to see an end to

hunger everywhere within my life

time.”

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General