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Scotland’s Food System at a Crossroads David Atkinson Food and Drink Leadership Forum ACTS Rural Committee Food Sovereignty: What is It? Food at the heart of Policy A clear view of where our food will come from now and in the future i.e. Climate change type issues are embedded, leading to food security. An appropriate infrastructure which makes food accessible and affordable to all. It does NOT require all food to be home produced or a production and distribution network under state control Chatham House Pressures Population: Increase demand from a rapidly rising world population Diet: The effect of “nutrition translation.” Energy: Energy dependence of current systems. Land: The potential to increase the amount of land available to agriculture is limited Water: Increase in global stresses on available water. Climate Change: Predicted that world agricultural GDP output will decline by 16% by 2020. Labour: a decreased rural population able to produce primary produce. Chatham House Predictions The absolute level of food production worldwide is rising. Despite this, food prices have been rising Although absolute food production is rising, world population growth is outstripping the increase. Measured in terms of days of consumption, world grain stocks have now fallen to half the levels of the mid-1980s In the short run food prices may well fall or be volatile, but the underlying supply shortfall must be confronted Systemic change will eventually be necessary The Importance of Scottish Food production Food prices have been affected by government actions for most of recent history The gap between increasing world production and world population growth is decreasing An approach to the proportion of our food which we produce based only on economic factors would be unwise The aim of producing approaching two thirds of our food from our own resources would seem to be prudent Climate change and Food security The impact of agriculture on GHG production The i