Community food security: practice in need of theory?
Community food security: practice in need of theory?
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1007580809588
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发表时间：
1999-01-01
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Cook, J. T.
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作者：
Anderson, M. D.;Cook, J. T.
社区粮食安全（CFS）的实践者和倡导者设想的粮食系统是分散的，在很长一段时间内对环境无害，支持集体而不仅仅是个人的需求，有效地确保公平的粮食获取，并通过民主决策创建。这些主题在关于爱幼学校的文献中联系松散，彼此之间没有逻辑联系。要使粮安委有效地指导政策和行动，就需要在理论框架中作出明确阐述。CFS理论应该界定分析的层次（即，“社区”的边界是什么）;说明爱幼学校与个人、家庭和国家粮食安全的关系，并解释在社区一级分析中很重要的新出现的特性;指出爱幼学校的最佳指标或其缺乏;澄清爱幼学校的决定因素;并澄清向爱幼学校发展的阶段。这一理论基础将使研究人员能够制定有效和可靠的措施，并允许从业人员权衡替代方案，以制定战略计划。理论基础还将有助于通过明确反饥饿工作、可持续农业和社区发展的联系，与潜在合作伙伴建立共同点。美国的经验是相关的。
Practitioners and advocates of community food security (CFS) envision food systems that are decentralized, environmentally-sound over a long time-frame, supportive of collective rather than only individual needs, effective in assuring equitable food access, and created by democratic decision-making. These themes are loosely connected in literature about CFS, with no logical linkages among them. Clear articulation in a theoretical framework is needed for CFS to be effective as a guide for policy and action. CFS theory should delimit the level of analysis (i.e., what are the boundaries of "community"); show how CFS relates to individual, household, and national food security and explain emergent properties, which are important at the community level of analysis; point to the best indicators of CFS or its lack; clarify the determinants of CFS; and clarify the stages of movement toward CFS. This theoretical base would allow researchers to develop valid and reliable measures, and allow practitioners to weigh alternative options to create strategic plans. A theoretical base also would help establish common ground with potential partners by making the connections to anti-hunger work, sustainable agriculture, and community development clear. US experience is related.