Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
Learning outcomes
HLPE 2020 Report - Food Security and Nutrition – Building A
Global Narrative Towards 2030
è The HLPE aims to facilitate policy debates and policy
making by providing independent, comprehensive
and evidence-based analysis and advice, at the
request of the CFS – Committee on Global Food
SecƒufFƒrity.
è The HLPE reports serve as a common, evidence-based
starting point for the multi-stakeholder processes of
policy convergence in the CFS.
è The HLPE strives to provide in its reports a
comprehensive overview of the topics selected by
the CFS, based on the best available scientific
evidence and considering different forms of
knowledge.
è It strives to clarify contradictory information and
knowledge, to elicit the backgrounds and rationales
of controversies and to identify emerging issues.
Practicalities for the course
è Look at the course schedule -> all 4 pillars will be Lecture 1 – Global Food Security – Introduction 1
covered by experts The farmer is central in this course
- Availability = Slingerland, van Ittersum,
Frankema Aramyan, Van Loon, Oosting, The backbone of this course – Introduction, pillars and scales
- Access = Vellema, van Uffelen, Duncan - Definition of food security: All people, at all
- Utilisation = Talsma, Slingerland, Vellema, times, have physical, social and economic
Oosting access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
- Sustainability = van Loon, Slingerland, Van to meet their dietary needs and food
Ittersum, de Vos preferences and is supported by an
environment of adequate sanitation, health
Special attention for consumption (Talsma, Aramyan), for services and care allowing an active and
governance (Vellema, de Vos), Politics (Duncan) healthy life.
Examination and grading All food security definitions have four common elements ->
Participation in all elements compulsory also recognized within legal interpretations – either
è Exam = 70% (>5.5) explicitly or implicitly - of the right to food = (1999) General
è Debate = preperation & presentation (15%) Comment specifically mentions food availability and
è Own project = preperation & presentation (15%) accessibility, including both economic and physical access.
! Open book exam! Not about theoretic facts, but about 1. Availability
applying your knowlegde 2. Access
3. Utilisation -> referring to dietary needs and
4. Stability -> referring to the constancy of the
other 3 dimensions; the need for states to
ensure vulnerable population groups and
individuals to receive adequate food even in
times of severe resource constraint
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 1
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
- Preference = social, religious or cultural
Four pillars (=dimensions) of food security norms and values that influence consumer
demand for certain types of food.
- Physical Access through own production
- Economic Access through purchasing
- Social Access through networks,
exchange, gifts, social security
- There is enough food available yet there are
about 800 million people hungry.
3. Utilisation
1. Availability (sufficient supply)
è Having an adequate diet, clean water, sanitation and
è Having a quantity and quality of food sufficient to health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being
satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from where all physiological needs are met.
adverse substances and acceptable within a given - Nutritional value = how much of the daily
culture, supplied through domestic production or requirements of calories, vitamins, protein,
imports. and micronutrients are provided by the food
- Production = how much and which types of people consume.
food are available through local production. - Food safety 1 = free from toxic
- Distribution = how food is made available contamination introduced during producing,
(physically moved, trade), in what form, processing and packaging, distribution or
when and to whom. marketing food;
- Exchange = how much of the available food is - Food safety 2 = free from food-borne
obtained through exchange mechanisms such diseases such as salmonella and CJD related
as barter, trade, purchase, or loans. to hygiene, access to clean water and food
- Quantity is expressed in energy (Kcal, joules) preservation technologies .
or in grain equivalent (200 kg - Social value = the social, religious and
cereals/person/year) cultural functions and benefits food provides.
- Currently there is enough food produced in - Having an adequate diet, clean water,
the world when we look at calories sanitation and health care to reach a state of
needed/person or in grain equivalent. nutritional well-being where psychological
needs are met (HLPE)
2. Access
è Having personal or household financial means to 4. Stability here (Sustainability)
acquire food for an adequate diet at a level to Having the ability to ensure food security in the event of
ensure that satisfaction of other basic needs are not sudden shocks (e.g. an economic, health, conflict or climatic
threatened or compromised; and that adequate crisis) or cyclical events (e.g. seasonal food insecurity).
food is accessible to everyone, including vulnerable - Having the ability to ensure food security in
individuals and groups. the event of sudden shocks (e.g. an
- Affordability = the purchasing power of economic, health, conflict or climatic crisis) or
households or communities relative to the cyclical events (e.g. seasonal food insecurity).
price of food (HLPE).
- Allocation = the economic, social and political - For anticipated/cyclical events = such as
mechanisms governing when, where and how seasonal shortages coping strategies are
food can be accessed by consumers. storage of food when there is abundance or
saving funds to buy food.
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 2
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
- Effective coping strategies to deal with 2. Agency
risks/shocks = è Individuals or groups having the capacity to act
· Short-term = less meals/day, borrow money, independently to make choices about what they eat,
sales of (non-productive) assets, social capital. the foods they produce, how that food is produced,
· Longer-term = diversified sources of income, processed, and distributed, and to engage in policy
seasonal migration, insurance systems, national processes that shape food systems. The protection
food reserves, social security system. of agency requires socio-political systems that
uphold governance structures that enable the
Vital dimensions of food security that flow from the achievement of FSN for all.
principle of the right to food = deserves to be further - Widely accepted as key aspect of the
elevated within conceptual and policy frameworks. development process.
- “What a person is free to do and achieve in
1. Sustainability the pursuit of whatever goals or values
è Food system practices that contribute to long-term he/she regards as important” = this includes
regeneration of natural, social and economic exercise of voice in shaping policies.
systems, ensuring the food needs of the present - Governments have an important role to play
generations are met without compromising the food in providing institutional context and in
needs of future generations. developing public policies that enable the
è More about the production of food over time exercise of agency.
- Vital to incorporate in FSN because growing - Most is situated = constrained by local power
trends such as climate change and dynamics, wealth disparities, gender norms
degradation of natural resources, as well as and governance structures.
growing social and economic inequality - Societal inequalities often reflect differences
- Imperative to ensure that ecological, social in agency among different individuals,
and economic systems work together in ways groups and government institutions, which
that are regenerative and provide FSN into in turn can affect development
the long future. opportunities and outcomes = historically
- Concept and metric of ecological footprint disadvantaged individuals and communities
provides a useful representation of the (women, small-scale agricultural practices,
sustainability dimension in that it considers indigenous peoples, et cetera) often lack
not only what people consume but also how agency with respect to food security and food
it is produced, processed, transported and systems and often experience
used -> encourages practices that disproportionate levels of food insecurity.
maintain/enhance natural capital and - Exercising agency that allows one to be
discourages those that deplete it. spared of deprivation = basic human right
A) No long-term adverse effects of food productions and leads to better development outcomes.
and processing on the planet -> no effect on the: - Also vital for food security = capacity of
1) Resource base through pollution, degradation & individuals/groups to make their own
depletion (soils, water and air). decisions about what foods they eat, what
2) Climate through GHG emissions foods they produce, how that food is
B) Food production, access and utilisation for all are produced, processed and distributed within
maintained in view of trends such as: food systems and their ability to engage in
1) Population growth processes that shape food system policies
2) Climate change and governance.
- Achieving agency implies = the need for
access to accurate information, the right to
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 3
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
Learning outcomes
HLPE 2020 Report - Food Security and Nutrition – Building A
Global Narrative Towards 2030
è The HLPE aims to facilitate policy debates and policy
making by providing independent, comprehensive
and evidence-based analysis and advice, at the
request of the CFS – Committee on Global Food
SecƒufFƒrity.
è The HLPE reports serve as a common, evidence-based
starting point for the multi-stakeholder processes of
policy convergence in the CFS.
è The HLPE strives to provide in its reports a
comprehensive overview of the topics selected by
the CFS, based on the best available scientific
evidence and considering different forms of
knowledge.
è It strives to clarify contradictory information and
knowledge, to elicit the backgrounds and rationales
of controversies and to identify emerging issues.
Practicalities for the course
è Look at the course schedule -> all 4 pillars will be Lecture 1 – Global Food Security – Introduction 1
covered by experts The farmer is central in this course
- Availability = Slingerland, van Ittersum,
Frankema Aramyan, Van Loon, Oosting, The backbone of this course – Introduction, pillars and scales
- Access = Vellema, van Uffelen, Duncan - Definition of food security: All people, at all
- Utilisation = Talsma, Slingerland, Vellema, times, have physical, social and economic
Oosting access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
- Sustainability = van Loon, Slingerland, Van to meet their dietary needs and food
Ittersum, de Vos preferences and is supported by an
environment of adequate sanitation, health
Special attention for consumption (Talsma, Aramyan), for services and care allowing an active and
governance (Vellema, de Vos), Politics (Duncan) healthy life.
Examination and grading All food security definitions have four common elements ->
Participation in all elements compulsory also recognized within legal interpretations – either
è Exam = 70% (>5.5) explicitly or implicitly - of the right to food = (1999) General
è Debate = preperation & presentation (15%) Comment specifically mentions food availability and
è Own project = preperation & presentation (15%) accessibility, including both economic and physical access.
! Open book exam! Not about theoretic facts, but about 1. Availability
applying your knowlegde 2. Access
3. Utilisation -> referring to dietary needs and
4. Stability -> referring to the constancy of the
other 3 dimensions; the need for states to
ensure vulnerable population groups and
individuals to receive adequate food even in
times of severe resource constraint
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 1
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
- Preference = social, religious or cultural
Four pillars (=dimensions) of food security norms and values that influence consumer
demand for certain types of food.
- Physical Access through own production
- Economic Access through purchasing
- Social Access through networks,
exchange, gifts, social security
- There is enough food available yet there are
about 800 million people hungry.
3. Utilisation
1. Availability (sufficient supply)
è Having an adequate diet, clean water, sanitation and
è Having a quantity and quality of food sufficient to health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being
satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from where all physiological needs are met.
adverse substances and acceptable within a given - Nutritional value = how much of the daily
culture, supplied through domestic production or requirements of calories, vitamins, protein,
imports. and micronutrients are provided by the food
- Production = how much and which types of people consume.
food are available through local production. - Food safety 1 = free from toxic
- Distribution = how food is made available contamination introduced during producing,
(physically moved, trade), in what form, processing and packaging, distribution or
when and to whom. marketing food;
- Exchange = how much of the available food is - Food safety 2 = free from food-borne
obtained through exchange mechanisms such diseases such as salmonella and CJD related
as barter, trade, purchase, or loans. to hygiene, access to clean water and food
- Quantity is expressed in energy (Kcal, joules) preservation technologies .
or in grain equivalent (200 kg - Social value = the social, religious and
cereals/person/year) cultural functions and benefits food provides.
- Currently there is enough food produced in - Having an adequate diet, clean water,
the world when we look at calories sanitation and health care to reach a state of
needed/person or in grain equivalent. nutritional well-being where psychological
needs are met (HLPE)
2. Access
è Having personal or household financial means to 4. Stability here (Sustainability)
acquire food for an adequate diet at a level to Having the ability to ensure food security in the event of
ensure that satisfaction of other basic needs are not sudden shocks (e.g. an economic, health, conflict or climatic
threatened or compromised; and that adequate crisis) or cyclical events (e.g. seasonal food insecurity).
food is accessible to everyone, including vulnerable - Having the ability to ensure food security in
individuals and groups. the event of sudden shocks (e.g. an
- Affordability = the purchasing power of economic, health, conflict or climatic crisis) or
households or communities relative to the cyclical events (e.g. seasonal food insecurity).
price of food (HLPE).
- Allocation = the economic, social and political - For anticipated/cyclical events = such as
mechanisms governing when, where and how seasonal shortages coping strategies are
food can be accessed by consumers. storage of food when there is abundance or
saving funds to buy food.
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 2
, PPS31306
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course
Global Food Security | Period 2 | 2025-2026
- Effective coping strategies to deal with 2. Agency
risks/shocks = è Individuals or groups having the capacity to act
· Short-term = less meals/day, borrow money, independently to make choices about what they eat,
sales of (non-productive) assets, social capital. the foods they produce, how that food is produced,
· Longer-term = diversified sources of income, processed, and distributed, and to engage in policy
seasonal migration, insurance systems, national processes that shape food systems. The protection
food reserves, social security system. of agency requires socio-political systems that
uphold governance structures that enable the
Vital dimensions of food security that flow from the achievement of FSN for all.
principle of the right to food = deserves to be further - Widely accepted as key aspect of the
elevated within conceptual and policy frameworks. development process.
- “What a person is free to do and achieve in
1. Sustainability the pursuit of whatever goals or values
è Food system practices that contribute to long-term he/she regards as important” = this includes
regeneration of natural, social and economic exercise of voice in shaping policies.
systems, ensuring the food needs of the present - Governments have an important role to play
generations are met without compromising the food in providing institutional context and in
needs of future generations. developing public policies that enable the
è More about the production of food over time exercise of agency.
- Vital to incorporate in FSN because growing - Most is situated = constrained by local power
trends such as climate change and dynamics, wealth disparities, gender norms
degradation of natural resources, as well as and governance structures.
growing social and economic inequality - Societal inequalities often reflect differences
- Imperative to ensure that ecological, social in agency among different individuals,
and economic systems work together in ways groups and government institutions, which
that are regenerative and provide FSN into in turn can affect development
the long future. opportunities and outcomes = historically
- Concept and metric of ecological footprint disadvantaged individuals and communities
provides a useful representation of the (women, small-scale agricultural practices,
sustainability dimension in that it considers indigenous peoples, et cetera) often lack
not only what people consume but also how agency with respect to food security and food
it is produced, processed, transported and systems and often experience
used -> encourages practices that disproportionate levels of food insecurity.
maintain/enhance natural capital and - Exercising agency that allows one to be
discourages those that deplete it. spared of deprivation = basic human right
A) No long-term adverse effects of food productions and leads to better development outcomes.
and processing on the planet -> no effect on the: - Also vital for food security = capacity of
1) Resource base through pollution, degradation & individuals/groups to make their own
depletion (soils, water and air). decisions about what foods they eat, what
2) Climate through GHG emissions foods they produce, how that food is
B) Food production, access and utilisation for all are produced, processed and distributed within
maintained in view of trends such as: food systems and their ability to engage in
1) Population growth processes that shape food system policies
2) Climate change and governance.
- Achieving agency implies = the need for
access to accurate information, the right to
COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 3
