Food Sovereignty, Food Security and the Right to Food

Priscilla Claeys; Annette Aurélie Desmarais; Jasber Singh

Food Sovereignty, Food Security and the Right to Food

Priscilla Claeys, Annette Aurélie Desmarais, Jasber Singh

University of Manitoba

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the emergence and evolution of food sovereignty as a vision, political project and social movement. We distinguish food sovereignty from food security and the right to food, while demonstrating that the relationship between these concepts is contested and constantly evolving. We also provide a brief overview of scholarly debates on food sovereignty by summarizing several key critiques and challenging questions that academics and activists are grappling with when analyzing its potential, politics and limitations. We argue that food sovereignty is about a whole lot more than food and agriculture. It is nothing less than an emancipatory political project for radical social change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Editors	A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels, Ben McKay
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages	238-249
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781788972468
ISBN (Print)	978 1 78897 245
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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Publisher Copyright:
© A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels and Ben M. McKay 2021.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Social Sciences(all)
Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
Business, Management and Accounting(all)

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Food Sovereignty, Food Security and the Right to Food

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