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Supplementation

It is important for citizens to supplement their own food security and contribute towards the overall food sovereignty. Minimally, each household and community should be able to grow some green vegetables, or even fish or poultry, to provide partially for the family consumption and needs.

Another key strategy for supplementation is to develop a store room within each home and a storehouse in every community. The family and community store must have essential supplies and be able to support members of the household or community for a minimum of 3 months, and preferably, for 6 months to a year.

Storehouse

Maintaining a store of food near you is essential for survival. Buying quality essential food by bulk and as direct as possible from source would enhance the quality and shelf life of the goods. This adds value and savings for the community.

The value proposition from JHI is expertise and experience in modelling a sustainable home or community ecosystem including a mixture of aquaponics and hydroponics, and storehouse complete with racks and inventory system. Training and preparation workshops provide hands on instructions to maintain the food production and sustained food recycling and storage.

Launch of JHI

Joyous Harvest International soft launch was on 15 Jan 2023. We are developing our sales and product platforms and working in collaboration with local and overseas civic and business organizations.

Networking and MOUs with various organizations are underway.

Good Harvest International and Joy Foundation as partners of JHI will source for nutritious food in Thailand and various countries. We are also exploring collaboration with Circle of Blessing in Indonesia.

JHI supports Food Security and Sustainability conferences and seminars. One was held at JHI premises in October, 2022. We will inform members of forthcoming events.

Global Food Crises Drivers of acute Food Insecurity

Marked increase from 2020, when 99 million people in 23 conflict-affected countries/ territories were in Crisis or worse. Driven by multiple, integrated drivers that are often mutually reinforcing, conflict/insecurity remains the main driver. Across 24 countries/ territories where conflict/ insecurity was primary driver.

The Global Food Crisis

Global Report on Food Crises, 2022 by World Food Programme revealed that levels of hunger all across the world remain alarmingly high. 2021 broke all previous records since close to 193 million people across 53 countries were acutely food insecure: number of people has risen by 80 percent since 2016, when around 108 million people across 48 countries were acutely food insecure.

2022 saw a rapid increase in food prices and shortages of food supplies around the world due to geopolitical, economic, and natural causes, such as extreme heat, flooding, famines and drought caused by climate change.

Impending Gloom over the World Economy

IMF warns of 'gloomy' economy rife with uncertainty and high inflation https://www.devex.com/news/imf-warns-of-gloomy-economy-rife-with-uncertainty-and-high-inflation-103660 By Shabtai Gold // 26 July 2022

IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. warns that the International Monetary Fund issued about the global economy just months ago are starting to come true, the fund said Tuesday, as it sharply downgraded its growth forecast and cautioned that “gloomy developments” were overtaking 2022.

Climate Change and Food Shortage

Survey of Essential Food Items

Thank you for completing the JHI Food survey:

Total 88 responded to the survey.

Essential Foods

According to the survey, the top 10 essential food were:

1. Rice

2. Oil

3. Salt

4. Bottled water

5. Flour

6. Instant Noodles

7. Nuts

8. Honey

9. Beans

10. Sugar

Other essentials were canned preserve vegetables, canned sardines, fish, canned meat, and corn.

14 (16%) who completed the survey were willing to volunteer their time to help JHI, and 17 had referred their friends to join JHI.

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Good to Have Foods

These are good to have items:

Coffee, tea, biscuits, crackers, milo, ovaltine, vitamins, peanut butter, chocolates and others.

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Doomsday clock:

World scientists move the world's doomsday clock to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest the clock has ever been to midnight, according to CNBC report.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/2023-doomsday-clock-1.6724181