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Food and Democracy: Introduction to Food Sovereignty

Food and Democracy: Introduction to Food Sovereignty

Marcin Gerwin
4.3/5 ( ratings)
This publication was created as part of the Feed The World campaign for food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture, run since 2010 by Alliance of Associations Polish Green Network.

This book underlines the interrelation between the present problem of hunger and development, lack of access to appropriate resources or means of production, in few words the currently dominant global food system. Lack of democracy and transparency, unjust distribution of food, land and production resources, and inappropriate agricultural policies are the primary reasons for such a scandalous situation to occur. Challenges related to fighting hunger can be best addressed by involving local communities and adhering to the principles of food sovereignty, based on the necessity of democratic participation in shaping agricultural and food policies.

Food and democracy: Introduction to food sovereignty is a collection of articles on different aspects of food sovereignty, presenting the biggest challenges related to feeding the world in XXI century. It explains the need for participatory democracy in fighting hunger problems. Moreover, it includes analysis of how the principles of food sovereignty could be realized along the food chain .
Language
English
Pages
168
Format
ebook
Publisher
Alliance of Associations Polish Green Network
Release
May 11, 2022

Food and Democracy: Introduction to Food Sovereignty

Marcin Gerwin
4.3/5 ( ratings)
This publication was created as part of the Feed The World campaign for food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture, run since 2010 by Alliance of Associations Polish Green Network.

This book underlines the interrelation between the present problem of hunger and development, lack of access to appropriate resources or means of production, in few words the currently dominant global food system. Lack of democracy and transparency, unjust distribution of food, land and production resources, and inappropriate agricultural policies are the primary reasons for such a scandalous situation to occur. Challenges related to fighting hunger can be best addressed by involving local communities and adhering to the principles of food sovereignty, based on the necessity of democratic participation in shaping agricultural and food policies.

Food and democracy: Introduction to food sovereignty is a collection of articles on different aspects of food sovereignty, presenting the biggest challenges related to feeding the world in XXI century. It explains the need for participatory democracy in fighting hunger problems. Moreover, it includes analysis of how the principles of food sovereignty could be realized along the food chain .
Language
English
Pages
168
Format
ebook
Publisher
Alliance of Associations Polish Green Network
Release
May 11, 2022

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