My first presentation (out of three) in the Master on European and Global Governance by the Institute for European Global Studies (University of Basel, Switzerland). An analysis of the global food system (production, consumption and crisis) and the two different sub-systems that conform it: the industrial food systema and the peasant's food web.

1. The Global
Food System
Driver of Planetary Havoc
Vital for human flourishing
JOSE LUIS VIVERO POL
Course on Advanced Studies “Europe 2050: Trends & Challenges”
Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel (05-04-16)

2. An Alien´s snapshot of
humanity
How are
we living
on planet
Earth?
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3. OUR HOME
Anthropocene (Crutzen, 2010)
Capitalocene (Moore, 2014)

4. •Humans
are part
of Earth’s
diversity
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5. Planetary Boundaries
Steffen et al., 2015
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8. Why & How do we
call them poor?
The world is POOR8

9. The world is UNEQUAL 9

10. Net wealth 60,400 Euro to be 10% richest
Net wealth 667,000 Euro to be 1% richest10

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12. •Food-wise,
how is the
global food
system
doing?
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14. Hunger in Africa
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15. Hunger in Latin
America
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16. Hunger in Spain
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17. HUNGER DAMAGES
THE BRAIN
Malnourished
child brain
Well nourished
child brain
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STUNTINGduringfirstthre
yearsisIRREVERSIBLE
Well-
nourished
child
neurone
Malnourished
Child
Neurone

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HUNGER GAMES:
PLAYING WITH NUMBERS

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795 MILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE

21. According to “The State fo
Food Insecurity in 2015”
(FAO-WFP-IFAD, 2015),
hunger affects 795 million
people now, 216 millon less
that in 1990 (from 23.3% a
12.9%)
Out of those, 155 millon
correspond to China (72%)
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22. Africa is doing badly
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25. Although Food pikes reduced caloric
intake in poor households…
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26. …no effect was detected by FAO statistics
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27. A tale of two hungers
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28. 17 M households
7 M households
Food price effect
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30. HUNGER IN UK
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EU Food Charity
Non universal
Non accountable
Non demandable
No right holders
and duty bearers
Money-restricted
3.8 Billion € in
7 years
US opposes to the
Right to Food
EU has a vague,
non-complying
attitude
Vivero & Schuftan (in
press)

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33. Two value-based
food-producing
subsystems
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The INDUSTRIAL
FOOD
SUB-SYSTEM
Foto: Patty´s Flickr
Creative Commons

35. The food sector is the 2nd biggest: A BIG CAKE
(10% GDP & 7 trillion USD in 2015)

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160 million chronically
malnourished
19 million severely
wasted children
HUNGER is largest
contributor (35%)
to child mortality
1.4 BILLION OVERWEIGHT
(300 MILLION OBESE)
2.3 BILLION MALNOURISHED PEOPLE – WE EAT BADLY

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39. Humans keep eating more and more
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Food System Paradoxes
FOOD PRODUCERS STAY HUNGRY
70% are food producers
FOOD KILLS PEOPLE
6.5 M deaths per year
FOOD IS (INCREASINGLY) NOT FOR
HUMANS
FOOD IS WASTED
Foto: Fringe Hoj Flickr
Creative Commons

41. 1.3 billion tonnes
(to feed 600
million hungry
people)
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43. Global Food Trade:
not so relevant for humans
essential to corporate control
• Food crossing borders: 23% (15% 20 yrs ago)
• 13 food products make 80% of total trade
• Big Corporations control 80% of food exports
(D’Odorico et al., 2014)
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44. Industrial
Food
System
produces
30-40% of
total food
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45. Small farming
Systems
produce 60-70%
of total food
THE
PEASANTS’
FOOD WEB
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46. Small farms
occupy less
than 25% of
world's
farmland
today 46

47. Agro-ecology
Climate Cooling
Socially resilient
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52. Food system is the greatest driver
of Earth transformation
• Food systems accounts for 48% of land use
• 70% of water use
• 33% of total GHG emissions
• 40% relies on agriculture for their livelihood
• Phosphorus & Nitrogen exceeded Planetary
Boundaries
(Ivanova et al., 2015, Clapp, 2012)
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The actual way of
producing & eating
(western diets &
industrial food system)
is unsustainable
It cannot be maintained
for the next 50 years
IAASTD (2008)
UNEP (2009)
UNCTAD (2013)UK Foresight (2011)

54. The way we produce
and eat food will
greatly determine
the likelihood of
human presence on
this planet
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