Food Security Indicators

Research Paper # 101624

Agricultural Studies
Medical and Health > Nutrition and Exercise
Nutrition > Food

A report to determine the nature of food security within the Chinese international community in Vancouver.

1,020 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper aims to examine whether the Chinese international students of Vancouver face serious food security concerns within their community. The paper discusses an interview that was conducted with a sample of the population and relates the general finding that although the students felt that the safety of Vancouver food itself was not compromised, their lack of knowledge regarding their food items and their poor English meant that the safety of their own diets were compromised. The paper discusses how changes should be implemented in government action. The paper concludes that as all people have the right to live with food security, so must the international students in Vancouver have a right to safe food choices and practices. The paper includes a sample of the questionnaire as well as interviewee responses compiled in table form as appendices.

Outline:
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The issue of food security, even in a country as advanced and westernized as Canada, is a cause for growing concern amongst Canadian citizens. Though a series of federal government initiatives and international meetings have resulted in the development of federal guidelines requiring certain food security standards, local and provincial action concerning these guidelines has been called into question. Vancouver, though it is not the capital of British Columbia, is the most populous city in the province. The city is a thriving urban centre which provides food for almost 2.2 million Vancouverites, including a large minority of international travelers and students. For those migrating to Vancouver, food security concerns and practices are a potential problem."

Sample of Sources Used:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Food Security Bureau. Canada's Action Plan for Food Security: A Response to the World Food Summit. http://www.agr.ca/misb/fsec-seca/pdf/action_e.pdf. Visited February 2, 2007.
Food and Agriculture Organization. 1996. Rome Declaration on World Food Security. http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/w3613e/w3613e00.htm. Visited February 2, 2007.
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Fourth Session, Thirty-sixth Parliament. 2000. Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, First Report. http://qp.gov.bc.ca/cmt/36thParl/cmt08/reports/report000516.htm. Visited February 2, 2007.