Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Member profile

Per A. Eklund

Organization: independent researcher
Country: Sweden
Field(s) of expertise:
I am working on:

Impact of climate change on maternal and child undernutrition

Food-based anemia in India  with  rising  deficits in dietary intake of iron-rich vegetables, and fruit. Search for polycentric solutions.

This member contributed to:

    • In time of accelerated rate of climate change, relevant concept for human welfare is ensuring that net deficits in dietary intake are avoided. Particularly at an early age.

      Sustainable livelihood systems require adequate net dietary intake. Means availability of clean non-contaminated drinking water, control of water and insect borne diseases, avoiding capability poverty (undeveloped brain circuitry due to stunting) at early age, and balanced dietary intake.

      Sustainable food security- as apparently argued by FAO -  represents an inferior reductionist concept.

      Per A Eklund

      Literature

      Capability poverty by deficits in net dietary intake at early age - Neglected

      by the Rangarajan poverty line

      •  November 2014 Indian

      •   Journal of Community Health 26, Supp S1(5):2,

      Per A Eklund