Food security
Alternative labels
Food self-sufficiency
Report
Speaking for ourselves: the truth about what keeps people in poverty from those who live it
This publication reveals the true nature of what it really means to live in poverty in New Zealand. Although each person’s story is unique, what becomes evident is that there are particular experiences and themes surrounding poverty that hold true for the majority.
Report
India’s food and water security
This report argues that India's population growth will bring with it increased demand for water, food and energy requiring significant expansions of current infrastructure and resource availability.
Report
Foodbank hunger report 2014
The Foodbank Hunger Report provides an insight into the largely hidden problem of food insecurity in Australia. The report is a summary of two pieces of research undertaken with Foodbank stakeholders in the first half of 2014.
Conference paper
Rooted: planning and food security in Australian cities
As part of new plans to build greater urban resilience, local food security policies are emerging in some towns and cities. This paper reviews these processes of local food policy development in Australia, compares them with prominent examples from other similar countries and explores the barriers to further policy development and effective implementation.
Conference paper
The food security of the Australian Capital region
Through an examination of what is known about food flows in the Australian Capital Region, this paper argues that current ways of understanding and defining food security should be shifted and expanded to account for numerous factors that are presently neglected.