Page 1. EXPLORATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Contributors: Rajeev Patel, Radhika Balakrishnan, and Uma Na... more Page 1. EXPLORATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Contributors: Rajeev Patel, Radhika Balakrishnan, and Uma Narayan ... II. EXPLORING COLLABORATIONS: HETERODOX ECONOMICS AND AN ECONOMIC SOCIAL RIGHTS FRAMEWORK2 Radhika Balakrishnan ...
This paper reviews the concept of food sovereignty as an alternative to failing conventional food... more This paper reviews the concept of food sovereignty as an alternative to failing conventional food policies. Using the Ghanaian economy as a case study, it investigates the implications of food sovereignty for attaining the ambitious Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of combating poverty and hunger in developing economies. The need for social shaping of (bio)technologies have been emphasized. It has also been recommended that policies on support for small holder farmers in developing countries will have to be defensive and responsive to price-distorting subsidies. Not only should government be committed to promoting, defending and protecting the rights of local farmers and agricultural employees. Such policies should also consider technology-programs from food sovereignty perspective.
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Jan 1, 2009
In this article, agrofuels are examined in the context of the world food price crisis and the "fo... more In this article, agrofuels are examined in the context of the world food price crisis and the "food sovereignty" proposal for addressing the crisis. Both short-and long-term causes of the crisis are examined, and while agrofuels are presently not a prime causal factor they are clearly contraindicated by the crisis. Food sovereignty, including a moratorium on agrofuels, is argued to offer the best option for managing the crisis.
Peter Rosset examines the current global food price crisis, identifying both long-and short-term ... more Peter Rosset examines the current global food price crisis, identifying both long-and short-term causes. He argues that to escape the crisis, countries must rebuild and protect domestic peasant and family farmer food production and public inventories. The 'food sovereignty' paradigm put forth by the global peasant and farmer alliance, La Via Campesina, may well offer our only way out of the current conundrum.
Page 1. EXPLORATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Contributors: Rajeev Patel, Radhika Balakrishnan, and Uma Na... more Page 1. EXPLORATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Contributors: Rajeev Patel, Radhika Balakrishnan, and Uma Narayan ... II. EXPLORING COLLABORATIONS: HETERODOX ECONOMICS AND AN ECONOMIC SOCIAL RIGHTS FRAMEWORK2 Radhika Balakrishnan ...
This paper reviews the concept of food sovereignty as an alternative to failing conventional food... more This paper reviews the concept of food sovereignty as an alternative to failing conventional food policies. Using the Ghanaian economy as a case study, it investigates the implications of food sovereignty for attaining the ambitious Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of combating poverty and hunger in developing economies. The need for social shaping of (bio)technologies have been emphasized. It has also been recommended that policies on support for small holder farmers in developing countries will have to be defensive and responsive to price-distorting subsidies. Not only should government be committed to promoting, defending and protecting the rights of local farmers and agricultural employees. Such policies should also consider technology-programs from food sovereignty perspective.
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Jan 1, 2009
In this article, agrofuels are examined in the context of the world food price crisis and the "fo... more In this article, agrofuels are examined in the context of the world food price crisis and the "food sovereignty" proposal for addressing the crisis. Both short-and long-term causes of the crisis are examined, and while agrofuels are presently not a prime causal factor they are clearly contraindicated by the crisis. Food sovereignty, including a moratorium on agrofuels, is argued to offer the best option for managing the crisis.
Peter Rosset examines the current global food price crisis, identifying both long-and short-term ... more Peter Rosset examines the current global food price crisis, identifying both long-and short-term causes. He argues that to escape the crisis, countries must rebuild and protect domestic peasant and family farmer food production and public inventories. The 'food sovereignty' paradigm put forth by the global peasant and farmer alliance, La Via Campesina, may well offer our only way out of the current conundrum.
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