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GECAFS Southern African Food Systems Adaptations and Feedbacks Workshop

Gaborone, Botswana

4th - 6th July 2005

 

 

 

Workshop Objectives

  1. To determine research questions relating to options for adapting southern African food systems to GEC. 
  2. To determine research questions relating to potential feedbacks from options for adapting southern African food systems to GEC. 
  3. To consider research implementation, probably by identifying a number of comparative case study sites across the region.
  4. To organise research proposal preparation.

 

Acknowledgements

The meeting organisers gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from the UK's Natural Environment Research Council. 

Participants

 

Programme

(Detailed timings and breaks have been deleted for this web report version)

Monday 4th July - Recap and Adaptation Issues

Welcome and Introductions - John Ingram

 

Scene-setting papers:

  1.  Introduction and Summary of GECAFS progress - John Ingram
  2. Update on GECAFS developments in food systems research - Polly Ericksen
  3. Outcomes of the December 2004 workshop (Gaborone) relating to regional food systems vulnerability (GECAFS Theme 1) - John Ingram

 

Adaptations

Coping strategies vs. adaptations - Polly Ericksen

3 Working Groups each to address the general question: “How can we adapt food systems to cope with global environmental change and improve food security?” (GECAFS Theme 2)

Report back

 

Tuesday 5th July - Feedback issues

Discussions

Tradeoffs and why are they inevitable - Reneth Mano

The role of decision support systems - Arvin Mosier

 

Feedbacks

3 Working Groups each to address the general question: “How will various adaptation options feedback on environmental and socioeconomic conditions?” (GECAFS Theme 3)

Report back

Plenary: Bringing the Theme 1, 2 & 3 Questions together.

Research implementation: possibility of set of case study sites across the region.

 

 

Wednesday 6th July – Synthesis

Implementation

2 Workshop Groups to address

  1. case study sites
  2. potential regional collaborators and roles.

Workshop follow up and GECAFS SAF Project Phase I Plan.

Next Steps.

 

 

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