La souveraineté alimentaire paysanne : solution de justice sociale, économique et environnementale ? Regard croisé Rhône-Alpes, Chiapas et Ixcàn
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The establishment of food sovereignty is a demand advocated by the alter-globalization movement, particularly by the association La Via Campesina, for over 30 years now. However, the fight to assert this concept with major international institutions (WTO, World Bank, etc.) has quickly resulted in numerous failures and an inability to establish a dialogue. Indeed, the modern agricultural model functions as a true "agro-industrial complex," which has developed through land grabbing, control of seeds, and the development of chemical inputs. In short, this model has been built on the denial of peasant agriculture, and its liberal organization makes any form of food sovereignty impossible. Nevertheless, this model is now reaching its limits. The poor distribution of food, leading to obesity in some places and famine in others, as well as the pollution generated by agricultural activities, is driving more and more actors to seek more sustainable solutions elsewhere. Food sovereignty, apparently impossible to achieve at national and regional levels, is becoming the work of local actors who are rehabilitating peasant practices and inventing new relationships with the land in France, Mexico, and Guatemala. Through agroecology, Lekil Kuxletal ich’el tamuk, seed preservation, and self-construction, today’s peasants are becoming sovereign over their activities. Moreover, the creation of AMAPs, the experiments in Food Security, farmers' markets, and associations defending peasant rights are creating the networks and structures necessary for the emergence of true food democracy. Concerned with their socio-environmental quality, these practices are promoting the development of local food sovereignty, which could be a response to the current agro-food crisis.
Source: HAL
Author: Delabaere, Clément
Institution: Sciences Po Grenoble
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7048356879