Developing a Sustainable Food Security Program for an Urban Coastal City
Presented by: Mr. Julien L. Carandang, Political Science Department, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University
Date of presentation: 13 November 2015
Venue: Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, Room 903 (AGH 903), DLSU
Abstract
Urban coastal cities are most vulnerable to the impacts brought about by climate change. However, very little attention had been given to the role of coastal cities to the achievement of food security in urban centers in the vicinity of the sea coast. The proposed project looked into developing a sustainable food security program for urban coastal cities designed to mitigate the impacts brought about by climate change to food availability, access, utilization and stability and how these affects food security. Data from literature reviews and agency reports were validated by key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
About the Author/s:
Mr. Julien L. Carandang is a lecturer at the Political Science Department of De La Salle University. He is also a program associate of the Yuchengco Center where he represents the center in the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN). Mr. Carandang has previously written on the topics of church and state relations and on reproductive health policies in the Philippines. His current research is on food security policies and community food systems for urban and coastal cities.
Dr. Mary Jane F. Cruz-Flores is an Associate Professor and currently the Chair of the Biology Department, De La Salle University, Manila. She finished her masters and doctoral degrees in Biology in De La Salle University. She was awarded academic chairs in Science education in 2013-2014 and in Ecology in 2014-2015. Her research interests in parasitology include tick infestation in livestock and biocontrol, soil-transmitted helminths and other zoonotic infections. She has been elected as President of the Philippine Society of Parasitology, Inc. from 2015-2017. Her community engagement activities range from volunteer teaching and teacher training to health education and health promoting activities involving schoolchildren and their communities in the mission schools of DLSU. She is also involved in research regarding sustainable urban development in relation to climate change.
Dr. Jose Santos R. Carandang VI is a full professor of Biology at De La Salle University where he is currently the Dean of the College of Science. His recent research involvement is on food security in collaboration with Dr. Robert Taylor of Montclair State University, New Jersey in the USA, as well as in the management and biological control of invasive species affecting food production. Dr. Carandang is a product of the University of Wuerzburg in Germany where he earned his doctorate in Natural Science and where he did a number of his post-doctoral researches. He also has a Master in National Security Administration degree from the National Defense College of the Philippines and a Master of Science in Biology from De La Salle University. Dr. Carandang was the founding director of the De La Salle Food Institute. He also was the Member for Biology of the Commission on Higher Education – Technical Panel for Science and Mathematics.