Health and Sustainability: conceptual challenges and alternatives methodology for the analysis of analysis of local systems of Food and Nutritional Security.

Abstract

Sustainable development processes involve cooperative strategies, interdisciplinary dialogue and intersectoral coordination. The exclusive focus on individual sectors or aspects of social dynamics is unlikely to be able to support the formation of systems of governance capable of facing new challenges. Seeking to analyze experiences and learning rescue around the implementation of intersectoral public’s actions, this paper presents the methodological assumptions of the systems approach in analyzing the implementation of Local Systems of Food Security and its relation to the debate on sustainable development models. In defining these assumptions, it takes into account the context (biome, density, socio-organizational, socioeconomic reproduction of families and institutions), the conditions of Food Security families and the food system, taking into account four dimensions of analysis: intersectionality, decentralization, participation and equity. It explores the interfaces and relationships between the promotion of decentralized Food Security Systems and sustainable models of development. Finally, we propose a reference model for the monitoring of processes of decision making and shaping of organizational designs that promote dialogue and solving conflicts of interest.