The emerging concept of food sovereignty refers to the right of communities, peoples, and states to independently determine their own food and agricultural policies. It raises the question of which type of food production, agriculture and rural development should be pursued to guarantee food...

La situacion alimentaria mundial s ha agravado desde los anos 2007-2008 con una brutal elevacion de los precios de los productos alimentarios que ha incrementado sensiblemente el numero de personas que sufren sintomas de hambre. El analisis de los factores coyunturales y estructurales de esta...

Originally created by the international peasant movement La Vía Campesina, the concept of “food sovereignty” is being used with increasing frequency by agrifood activists and others in the Global North. Using the analytical lens of framing, I explore the effects of this diffusion on the...

Dominant development discourse and policy are based on crucial misconceptions about peasants and their livelihoods. Peasants are viewed as inherently poor and hungry and their farming systems are considered inefficient, of low productivity, and sometimes even environmentally degrading....