FOOD SUSTAINABILITY

Your employer has been invited to pitch for a presentation-slot at a forthcoming, high-profile food summit. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, is convening the “2021 Food Systems Summit”, to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, and thereby deliver on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). The UN argues that transforming food systems is crucial for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems. Rebuilding global food systems will also enable us to ‘build back better’ from COVID-19. Requirements: Your task then is as follows. Students will use various resources, including academic and professional journals and websites of repute, to produce a portfolio which contains both a Management Report and screen capture (screencast) presentation on a specific aspect of sustainable food production and consumption presenting the key challenges and their solution, based primarily on recent scientific sources, as follows: o Management report: Review the latest scientific literature (i.e. produce a literature review and present as a management report) on what is needed to transform global food systems (2500 words max); o Screen capture (screencast) presentation: Produce a brief videocast presentation that fulfils the precise screencast/videocast requirements below, which recommends bold new actions to transform food systems in a country of your choice and thereby deliver on their Sustainable Development Goal commitments (10 minutes and 10 PowerPoint slides – or equivalent). You will be assessed on your ability to construct an argument using appropriate academic references and journal articles, models, theory and practical case examples to illustrate your points. It is expected that you will incorporate most if not ALL the resources listed below as well as find more to support your argument. The use of web-based sites and information should be kept to minimum. Wikipedia references are inappropriate for an academic piece of work and should not be used under any circumstances. Format: o For the management report, adhere to the standards outlined by the Chartered Management Institute’s Report Writing Checklist (although please note three important distinctions: 1. You do not need to provide an executive summary/summary; 2. Avoid headings such as ‘main body of the report – instead, use relevant chapter headings; 3. Do not present a bibliography – as your report is a review of the literature, it must be appropriately referenced (see below); o MMU standard Harvard referencing is essential (A PDF copy can also be found on Moodle); o Use headings and subheadings to structure your argument; o Use referenced evidence, facts and figures where necessary; o Use images and pictures if appropriate; o In the report, every page must be numbered in the footer. In the header of every page you must put your student number only. Do not include your name in the assignment – your coursework will be marked anonymously; o All figures and tables must be numbered and have a title. The number and title should be present above the tables and beneath the figures;