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Food First, the Glossary

Index Food First

Food First, also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, US.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Eric Holt Giménez, Food security, Food sovereignty, Food system, Frances Moore Lappé, Free market, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Green Revolution, Human rights, International Monetary Fund, Oakland, California, Pat Roy Mooney, Right Livelihood Award, Self-determination, Subsistence agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Think tank, United States, Walden Bello, World Bank, World Trade Organization.

  2. Food sovereignty

Eric Holt Giménez

Eric Holt Giménez is an agroecologist, political economist, lecturer and author.

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Food security

Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

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Food sovereignty

Food sovereignty is a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution.

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Food system

The term food system describes the interconnected systems and processes that influence nutrition, food, health, community development, and agriculture.

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Frances Moore Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé (born February 10, 1944) is an American researcher and author in the field of food and democracy policy.

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Free market

In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers.

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Free Trade Area of the Americas

The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA, or in Spanish-speaking countries the Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas, ALCA) was a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas, excluding Cuba.

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Green Revolution

The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw greatly increased crop yields.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Pat Roy Mooney

Pat Roy Mooney, for more than thirty years, has worked with civil society organizations on international trade and development issues related to agriculture, biodiversity and emerging technologies.

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Right Livelihood Award

The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexküll, and is presented annually in early December.

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Self-determination

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

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Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.

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Sustainable agriculture

Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs.

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Think tank

A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Walden Bello

Walden Flores Bello (born November 11, 1945) is a Filipino academic who served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.

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See also

Food sovereignty

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_First

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