This article advocates for a transformative approach to food and agriculture that challenges market-driven practices, promoting a more equitable, sustainable, and locally controlled food system. It emphasizes the role...This article advocates for a transformative approach to food and agriculture that challenges market-driven practices, promoting a more equitable, sustainable, and locally controlled food system. It emphasizes the role of grassroots movements in reclaiming agricultural practices that prioritize human and environmental needs over corporate interests. Key concepts include agroecology, a holistic farming approach that enhances resilience and social equity, and critical agroecology, which critiques the mainstream focus on food security and promotes food sovereignty to ensure local control. The article also discusses the recognition of agroecology by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) since 2014, yet highlights the constraints imposed by market frameworks that limit its effectiveness in addressing hunger and climate change. It identifies the paradox of increased food production alongside rising hunger, attributing this to access issues rather than availability, and critiques the capitalist agricultural model for fostering environmental degradation and social inequity. Methodologically, the study involved a comprehensive literature search across multiple databases, focusing on peer-reviewed works from the last 10-15 years to explore themes related to market logic, food sovereignty, and agroecology. Findings were organized into three main areas: the impact of market-driven practices, principles of food sovereignty, and community-led transitions to agroecological practices. The article concludes by calling for a shift towards critical agroecology and food sovereignty, recommending policy reforms, and highlighting the importance of grassroots initiatives for building resilient food systems.展开更多
More than 20 countries including Nepal have the right to food enshrined in their constitutions.The article 36 of the constitution of Nepal-2015 broadly enlivens the essence of all the past,present and future policies ...More than 20 countries including Nepal have the right to food enshrined in their constitutions.The article 36 of the constitution of Nepal-2015 broadly enlivens the essence of all the past,present and future policies of Nepal related to food security,food sovereignty,and food rights.The article and the essence of the constitution are in perfect synergy with the United Nations sustainable development goals-2015.Nepal’s policies on food,when implemented,are sufficient to guide the agricultural development to end hunger,achieve food security,improve nutrition,and promote sustainability.The challenge has been to learn a lesson from the past and focus on the implementation of the numerous guiding policies to achieve the goals of the constitution.展开更多
As a fundamental right,the right to adequate food entitles everyone to live with dignity by having access to adequate food that is safe and nutritious However,the current food system features unequal food production a...As a fundamental right,the right to adequate food entitles everyone to live with dignity by having access to adequate food that is safe and nutritious However,the current food system features unequal food production and distribution To remedy this situation,certain concepts have been proposed to realize the right to adequate food,including food security,food safety,food sovereignty,food democracy and food exception This paper analyses these concepts from the perspective of the right to adequate food and how they can be incorporated into legislation to help realize and protect this right展开更多
文摘This article advocates for a transformative approach to food and agriculture that challenges market-driven practices, promoting a more equitable, sustainable, and locally controlled food system. It emphasizes the role of grassroots movements in reclaiming agricultural practices that prioritize human and environmental needs over corporate interests. Key concepts include agroecology, a holistic farming approach that enhances resilience and social equity, and critical agroecology, which critiques the mainstream focus on food security and promotes food sovereignty to ensure local control. The article also discusses the recognition of agroecology by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) since 2014, yet highlights the constraints imposed by market frameworks that limit its effectiveness in addressing hunger and climate change. It identifies the paradox of increased food production alongside rising hunger, attributing this to access issues rather than availability, and critiques the capitalist agricultural model for fostering environmental degradation and social inequity. Methodologically, the study involved a comprehensive literature search across multiple databases, focusing on peer-reviewed works from the last 10-15 years to explore themes related to market logic, food sovereignty, and agroecology. Findings were organized into three main areas: the impact of market-driven practices, principles of food sovereignty, and community-led transitions to agroecological practices. The article concludes by calling for a shift towards critical agroecology and food sovereignty, recommending policy reforms, and highlighting the importance of grassroots initiatives for building resilient food systems.
文摘More than 20 countries including Nepal have the right to food enshrined in their constitutions.The article 36 of the constitution of Nepal-2015 broadly enlivens the essence of all the past,present and future policies of Nepal related to food security,food sovereignty,and food rights.The article and the essence of the constitution are in perfect synergy with the United Nations sustainable development goals-2015.Nepal’s policies on food,when implemented,are sufficient to guide the agricultural development to end hunger,achieve food security,improve nutrition,and promote sustainability.The challenge has been to learn a lesson from the past and focus on the implementation of the numerous guiding policies to achieve the goals of the constitution.
文摘As a fundamental right,the right to adequate food entitles everyone to live with dignity by having access to adequate food that is safe and nutritious However,the current food system features unequal food production and distribution To remedy this situation,certain concepts have been proposed to realize the right to adequate food,including food security,food safety,food sovereignty,food democracy and food exception This paper analyses these concepts from the perspective of the right to adequate food and how they can be incorporated into legislation to help realize and protect this right
