Transformations of global food systems for climate change resilience: addressing food security, nutrition, and health

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health of Local Communities for Climate Change Resilience -- Introduction to the Volume -- Overview of Chapters -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Native North America -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- North Africa and the Middle East -- North America -- Asia-Pacific -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Climate Change Resilient Livelihoods and Adaptive Strategies Among the Ju/'hoansi San of Nyae Nyae, Namibia -- Introduction -- The Natural Environment in Nyae Nyae -- The Social Environment of the Nyae Nyae Region -- Challenges Facing the Ju/'hoansi -- Nutrition, Health, Well-Being, and Indigenous Livelihoods -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Tribal Sovereignty and the Transformation of Food: Strategies and Practices in Upper Midwest Indigenous Communities -- Indigenous People, Sustainability, and Climate Change: Against "Vulnerability -- Indigenous People and Food: Food (In) Security vs. Food Sovereignty? -- A Note on Methodology -- Ojibwe Food Practices: Histories of Transformation and Innovation -- Great Lakes Indigenous Staple Food: Manoomin -- Food Stamps and "Commods -- Regenerating Farming Practices for Food Sovereignty -- The Message of Indigenous Food-Related Sovereignty: The Opposite of Poverty is Self-Determination -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 "How Decolonized are We?" The Colonial Legacy of Commodity Foods and Food Insecurity Expressed by the Voices of Southwestern Native American Chefs -- Introduction -- Methods -- Commodity Foods and the Continuing Colonization of Native Americans -- Food Systems and Health Disparities in SW Native Americans -- Reclaiming Health and Well-Being.

Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health provides poignant case studies of climate change resilience frameworks for nutrition-focused transformations of agriculture and food systems, food security, food sovereignty, and population health of underserved and marginalized communities from across the globe. Each chapter is drawn from diverse cultural contexts and geographic areas, addressing local challenges of ongoing food and health system transformations. They illustrate forms of resistance, resilience, and adaptations of food systems to climate change. Fourteen chapters present global case studies directly address the United Nation's sustainable development goals and the Food and Agriculture Organization's global call to action for transforming agriculture addressing food security and nutrition, and the health of populations impacted by climate change and public health issues. This edited volume includes research on 1 enhancing food sovereignty and food security for underserved populations, with a particular focus on indigenous peoples 2 improving locally contextualized definitions and measurements of climate change resilience, food security, hunger, nutrition, and health 3 informing public health programs and policies for population health and nutrition and 4 facilitating public and policy discourse on sustainable futures for community health and nutrition in the face of climate change and natural disasters, including ongoing and future pandemics or emergencies. Within this book, readers discover an array of approaches by authors that exemplify the mutually engaged and reciprocal partnerships that are community driven and support the positive transformation of the people with whom they work. By doing so, this book informs and drives a global sustainable future of scholarship and policy that is tied to the intersectionality and synergisms of climate change resilience, food security, food sovereignty, nutrition, and community health--