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| Trade and people’s food sovereignty |
| Food and water are peoples’ most basic needs. Agriculture is therefore critical for all people. There is also an urgent need to consider the implications of war for food sovereignty and food security. The protection of and equitable access to productive resources is especially important in regions where there are wars since the redistribution and strategic control of resources is often both an effect and a cause of the conflict. This briefing considers some of the potential conflicts between these priorities and trade liberalization and suggests policy changes to counter these trends. The second part of the paper also examines issues relating to industrialised corporate-controlled agriculture and again outlines policy changes that could deliver sustainable food and agriculture. The level of hunger and malnutrition currently experienced in the world is not caused by lack of food. There is sufficient food being produced at a global level to provide everyone with enough food. Rather it is the inequitable distribution of food land and other resources that are the main causes of hunger and malnutrition in the world today. Trade liberalisation in food as promoted by the WTO - particularly through the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) – exacerbates this situation by undermining food sovereignty and food security in countries around the world. |
Auteur: various authors
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Publisher: Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) Année: 2003
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| Mot clef: Policy , Économie . |
| Catégorie de document: Études | Langue: Anglais |