ryerson university, june 2006 encounter in food security: canada, brazil, angola cecilia rocha, phd...
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Ryerson University, June 2006
Encounter in Food Security: Canada, Brazil, Angola
Cecilia Rocha, PhDDirector, Centre for Studies in Food Security
Associate Professor, School of Nutrition
Ryerson University
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Centre for Studies in Food Security Programs
• Certificate in Food Security• Aboriginal Peoples and Food Security• Africa Connections• Brazil Connections• Caribbean Connections• Civil Society• Gender and Food Security• Urban Agriculture
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Brazil Connections
• Course in Belo Horizonte
• Betinho Project
• CIDA-UPCD Project: "Building Capacity in Food Security in Brazil and Angola"
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Building Capacity in Food Security in Brazil and Angola
• Six year project (2004 - 2010)
• Funded through the University Partnership for Cooperation and Development (UPCD) program of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• $1.6 million
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• The project addresses the human resource needs required to undertake effective strategies to face Brazil's and Angola's increasing challenge of food insecurity.
• It focuses on the formation of social actors in the region around three cities in Brazil (Araçuaí, Juazeiro, and Fortaleza), and one city in Angola (Huambo).
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C I D A - U P C D P R O J E C T P A R T N E R S
CS FSRyerso n University
Ceresan(CPDA/ UFRRJ / UFF/ IBASE)
Araçuaí
FENIXInstitute
FEVALE
J uaz eiro
SASOP UNEB
Huam bo
ADRA UAN
Fo rtalez a
Vida Brasil UECE
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Expected Impacts
Empowerment of local civil society and governments to form effective and sustainable food and nutrition security councils;
Empowerment of women to participate in decision making on food and nutrition security policies and programs;
Greater links between Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries in food and nutrition security initiatives.
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Main Activities
• Online courses in Portuguese
• Local workshops for government and NGO personnel
• Local workshops for community agents
• Pilot projects
• Conferences and seminars
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Some Results (so far)
• Three courses developed and delivered online
Concepts and Principles in Food Security;
Policies and Programs in Food Security;
Gender and Food Security.
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32 Brazilian students (7M/25F) completed the Concepts course.
13 Brazilian students (2M/11F) completed the Policies course.
26 Brazilian students (6M/20F) are now taking the Gender course; and another 26 are taking the Concepts course
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• Three workshops undertaken:37 workshop participants (9M/28F) in
Araçuaí -- two of them from Angola53 workshop participants (12M/41F) in
Juazeiro25 workshop participants (1M/24F) in
Fortaleza
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Seminars and ConferencesSeminar: Diversity in Gender held in Rio de
Janeiro on August 24, 2005 (52 people in attendance).
Seminar: Research Methodologies in Food Security held in Niteroi on November 21, 2005 (over 80 people in attendance)
We have also had public seminars in Fortaleza (March 2005), Luanda (February 2006), and Diamantina (March 2006)
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Questions?
For more information:
Cecilia Rocha ([email protected])
www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity
www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/brazil-angola