Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book uses various other concepts, such as food resilience and traditional and local knowledge in food practices and in traditional food systems. It defines food resilience as ‘capacity over time of a food system and its units at multiple levels, to provide sufficient, appropriate and accessible food to all, in the face of various and even unforeseen disturbances’. The book analyses issues related to Indigenous Peoples, livelihood practices, and traditional knowledge in the context of food production, consumption, and diversity. It explores the value of stockfish for strengthening the local food system and the role of stockfish in enhancing local food security. The book investigate the potential of Indigenous knowledge-based traditional pasture management and a rotational grazing system. It highlights the food insecurity of reindeer herders after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.