2009: Food Security - World Future Council

Future Policy Award 2009:

Food Security

Celebrating Innovative Policy Solutions to ensure food security

The Future Policy Award 2009 celebrated successful policies for food security –policies that create fair and sustainable food systems, be they regional, national or global. The first Future Policy Award was presented by the World Future Council at Hamburg’s historic town hall on October 1, 2009. The Senator for Science and Research and honorary councillor of the World Future Council, Dr. Herlind Gundelach, welcomed the 250 guests in the town hall’s large ballroom.

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The Winners

Gold Award: Belo Horizonte’s Food Security Programme, 1993, Brazil

With its exemplary Food Security system of 20 interconnected programmes, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte has proven that the Human Right to sufficient and healthy food can be successfully transformed into a reality, and that all it requires is strong political will and 2% of the city’s annual budget. It has eliminated hunger and malnutrition from the city, whilst at the same time boosted the local economy and livelihoods of small-scale agricultural holdings in the region.

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