Stakeholders in food and health
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What is a stakeholder in food and health?
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Any person, group or organisation with an **interest in and influence on** what people eat and how healthy they are.
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Name the four main stakeholder groups.
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**Governments**, **TNCs / agribusiness**, **international organisations & NGOs**, and **individuals & communities**.
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What do governments do as a food/health stakeholder?
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Set **laws, taxes, subsidies and food-safety rules** and run public-health campaigns — e.g. a sugar tax.
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What do TNCs / agribusiness do?
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**Grow, process, price and advertise** food worldwide, shaping diets for profit (e.g. Nestle, supermarkets, fast food).
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Name two international organisations / NGOs in food security.
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The **WFP** and **FAO** (UN bodies) and charities like **Oxfam** and **ActionAid**; the **WHO** for disease.
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Give one example of a global vs a local action.
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**Global:** the WHO issuing worldwide sugar guidance. **Local:** a government sugar tax or a town's food bank.
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Why can international food aid be a drawback?
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It can cause **dependency** (farmers lose the incentive to grow food) and **depress local prices**, harming food security long-term.
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How is the Sahel a stakeholder case study?
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Recurrent drought-famine where the **WFP** and NGOs give aid, but weak governance and aid dependency can deepen the crisis.
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Why is Haiti's 2010 cholera outbreak relevant?
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It shows stakeholders are **double-edged** — NGOs/WHO saved lives, yet the outbreak was linked to poor sanitation around an aid base.
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What was India's Green Revolution?
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1960s government + agribusiness push of **high-yield seeds, fertiliser and irrigation** — big yield gains but widened inequality and harmed soils.
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Why must you cover two SIDES of a stakeholder?
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The same stakeholder can **help and harm** — aid saves lives but causes dependency; agribusiness feeds millions but widens inequality.
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What does a top [10] stakeholder essay need?
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Two+ **developed stakeholders** with **named examples**, a **weighing** of relative power/limits, and a clear **justified judgement**.
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