Journal of Food Processing & Technology

How to ensure environmental sustainability and food security through the use of payments for environmental services in developing countries

Global Food Security and Sustainability Conference

September 05-07, 2016 Beijing, China

Carlos Alves

University of Guelph, Canada

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

My research paper demonstrates how payments for environmental services (PES) can be an effective mechanism to combat food insecurity and be a sustainable mechanism to reduce environmental degradation in developing countries, where the majority of their population depend on the use of the land to survive. The paper begins by discussing how environmental services affect each one of the pillars of food security: availability, access, utilization of food and stressing the problem related to agriculture. However, due to numerous global environmental challenges, a new pillar of food security based on environmental sustainability is proposed and discussed. An argument is made that PES (Payments for Environmental Services) can usefully combat food insecurity, bringing sustainable agricultural practices to the local community. PES can provide extra income to those who take on environmental services and help them to have better access to food. In order to be successful in addressing food insecurity, PES schemes should target the poor and re address issues that can prevent their effectiveness. Finally, the research paper presents a case study that discusses how several developing countries addressed problems and successfully developed PES programs focused on the poor.

Biography :

Email: carlos.borborema@gmail.com