IFCH professor participates in exchange in China

In October, the professor of the Department of Sociology at IFCH, Sérgio Schneider, was in Beijing, at the China Agricultural University (CAU), together with a small delegation from the university, to celebrate the institution's 125th anniversary and was present at the World AgriFood Innovation (WAFI) Conference. WAFI is a global agricultural event, focused on promoting cutting-edge innovations in transforming the global agri-food system, fostering interaction between industry, academia and research, and strengthening international exchange and cooperation.

Since 2019, Schneider has worked as a visiting professor in the disciplines of Sociology of Rural Development, Rural Social Theory and Sociology of Food, on the doctoral course in International Development Studies at the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) at CAU, an institution that also has an agreement with UFRGS. While in China, the professor participated in Sociology of Food classes, which he taught together with a professor from COHD. 

The professor also shared his recent experiences in China, with reflections on contemporary transformations in food and rural systems in a conversation circle of the GEPAD Dialogues and Discussions cycle, promoted by the Postgraduate Program in Rural Development (PGDR/UFRGS) and the Study and Research Group in Agriculture and Development (Gepad), last Tuesday (4/11).

COP30 - IFCH professors, Sérgio Schneider, Catia Grisa and Paulo Nierdele, participate in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, which takes place until November 21, in Pará. This Wednesday (12), the professor was at the launch of the book ‘THE FUTURE AT THE TABLE: the Food and Nutrition Security Policy in the face of the climate emergency’. The publication was organized by the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger (MDS), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

GEPAD researchers, professors Catia Grisa, Sérgio Schneider, Fernanda Castilhos França de Vasconcellos, Potira Preiss contributed to the chapter “Solidarity kitchens and the climate emergency in Rio Grande do Sul: between civil solidarity and the importance of public policies”, co-authored with Juliano Ferreira de Sá, Márcia Muchagata, Patricia Chaves Gentil and Ana Carolina Silva and Souza.

The text was organized into three parts, contextualizing and illustrating with data the performance of solidarity kitchens during the climate emergency experienced in the State in May 2024, in addition to presenting the MDS Solidarity Kitchen Program, with the purpose of supporting these initiatives and reporting lessons learned about the climate emergency, SAN and solidarity kitchens.

The publication features another 13 chapters of texts by 46 authors, including public managers, researchers and representatives of civil society, and discusses from different perspectives the connections and challenges for confronting the climate crisis and guaranteeing the human right to adequate and healthy food. The material is available free of charge aqui.