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Food Security And Conflict: Stabilisation Forces And Agricultural Awareness
Dr Richard Byrne
Rural Security Research Group
Harper Adams University
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All opinions expressed in this presentation are my own and do not reflect that of any other organisation
Acknowledgements
Military Stabilisation
Support Group
Maj JPAD Davies (RW) MSSG
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What is food security
Why should the military care about Impacts of food insecurity
Developing agricultural awareness
In practice
Issues
Overview
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Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for and active and healthy life
FAO (2006) defined World Food Summit 1996
Defining Food security
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Population
Land degradation Urban expansion Disease Energy crops/ industrial crops Climate change* Conflict*
*key focus
Food Security Influences
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Increased volatility of food prices
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48 Countries affected by food shortages
civil unrest
link - hunger and political instability
conflict - populations react with coping strategies impacts food consumption and nutrition
Post 2008
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Availability - production, supply, trade
Access - ability to buy or produce
Utilisation - being able to cook/ prepare
Stability - ability to access at all time, in all seasons
Four Dimensions of Food Security
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Interruption of farming, herding activities
average drop in Africa 12%
Angola - 44%
Changes farmer behaviour - risk management
- farmers feed themselves first
Disruption of food systems by conflict
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60% reduction in dams and nursery facilities
80% loss of cattle
40% rural facilities destroyed - schools etc
loss of meteorological data, pest data
loss of seed stock
Mozambique
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Afghanistan
US Agri-Business Development Teams (ADTs)
Task specific
ID need for more general information
Stabilisation and Agriculture
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Why agriculture matters;
Boko Haram/ Al – Shabaab (socio-economic cohesion and influence)
Ebola (comprehensive approach)
Climate change (security)
The imperative to understand
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Civil Affairs- CIMIC
Cultural awareness training
Operator personality key – ‘can do’
Baseline survey – ‘expeditionary economics’
Adding to the skill set
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Not turning soldiers into;
Farmers
Farm advisors
Agricultural business experts
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Providing Stabilisation Forces with a framework to;
understand rural socio-economic, security and geographical interactions and issues affecting ability to maintain livelihoods
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RRA (Rapid Rural Appraisal)
What, When, How and Who
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Gender
Survey Methods
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Burundi Pilot
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Burundi Pilot
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Identified;
Lack of fertilizer
Crop pests
Gender issues – access to markets (security)
Outcomes
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Feeding information into;
Civ-Mil planning (main client)
Academia
NGOs
IOs
Reach Back
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Blurred lines- CIMIC activity NOT aid
Personnel skill set
Personnel rotations
Need to maintain data as ‘Unclassified’
How to get data out there
Issues
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Dr Richard Byrne
Rural Security Research Group, Land, Farm and Agri-Business Development,
Harper Adams University Shropshire, TF10-8NB
[email protected]@UKruralsecurity