CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - ENVISIONING 2015

Three main topics

A list of suggested questions (non exhaustive)

The Conference is organized around three main topics. Interested presenters are invited to submit proposals for oral or poster presentations.

 

The following is a list of suggested subtopics or questions.  By no means is it an exhaustive one and we welcome novel contributions on the subjectmatter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I.- Food Waste: Societal Challenges

 

  • Improving the efficiency of food chains
  • Societal issues arising from Food Waste: Ethical and political analysis
  • Labeling strategies for food waste reduction
  • Food Banking strategies
  • Good Samaritan Laws
  • Food donation models and practices
  • Food production and sustainability
  • Agriculture and sustainability
  • Consumption, consumerism and sustainabiliyu
  • Other issues and challenges
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II. Food Poverty: Societal Challenges

 

  • Concepts and measuremens
  • Human right to food
  • Food sovereignty
  • Organic farming and food security
  • Food inclusion strategies
  • Food security and intellectual property rights
  • Social and Ethical Aspects of intellectual property rights - Agrifood and Health
  • Community resilience strategies (community larders, solidary groceries, community shops, etc)
  • Biotechnologies and food insecurity
  • Other issues and challenges
  • Hunger in Developing Countries
  • Justice, waste and loss
  • First World Hunger
  • Trade-related aspects
  • North and South, Urban and Rural
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III. - Science and Technology serving the Human Right to Food: Corporate Responsibility of Universities.

 

  • Corporate responsibility and sustainability
  • Ethical compromise
  • University Commitment to human development
  • Critical Thinking, Self-Awareness and Social Responsibility, as Learning Goals for Graduates: Teaching Strategies
  • Reclamation, redistribution and reuse
  • Other related issues
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