Food Sovereignty

Windfuhr, Michael; Jonsén, Jennie

doi:10.3362/9781780441160

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“…Organizations such as NCPAH are crucial actors for the widespread use of soil solarization among farmers and drive its development in Indian rural policy, with positive contribution in achieving food sovereignty. Food sovereignty model cannot be yet firmly defined by set of policies ( Windfuhr and Jonsén, 2005 ) but it represents an essential topic to current discussion of strategies to achieve food security in rural areas. India is anything that unrelated to this debate and associations of farmers linked to La Via Campesina are present, such as the Karnataka State Farmers association which is the most visible organization in South Asia ( Borras, 2008 ).…”

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The Role of Soil Solarization in India: How an Unnoticed Practice Could Support Pest Control

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Plant protection represents one of the strategies to fill the yield gap and to achieve food security, a key topic for India development. Analysis of climate risks for crops indicates that South Asia is one of the regions most exposed to the adverse impact on many plants that are relevant to inhabitants exposed to food safety risks. Furthermore, accumulation of pesticide residues in the aquatic and other ecosystems is becoming a significant threat in India. These perspectives require to develop programs of crop protection that can be feasible according to Indian rural development and pollution policy. Here we review the research works done on soil solarization in India. Soil solarization (also called plasticulture) is an eco-friendly soil disinfestations method for managing soil-borne plant pathogens. This is the process of trapping solar energy by moist soil covered with transparent polyethylene films and chemistry, biology and physical properties of soil are involved in pest control. So far, this technique is applied in more than 50 countries, mostly in hot and humid regions. India has 29 states and these states fall under five climatic zones, from humid to arid ones. We report pest management application in different climatic zones and their effects on production, weeds, nematodes, and pathogenic microorganisms. The analysis of soil temperatures and crop protection results indicate as environmental requirement for soil solarization fits in most of Indian rural areas. Soil solarization is compatible with future Indian scenarios and may support Indian national food security programs.

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“…Here we are focusing on aspects of food sovereignty that are grounded to local context of ecological and cultural systems as well as Indigenous or local knowledge capacity arising from relations between these systems. We are not concentrating on the social governance component because a large part of the literature on food sovereignty already addresses the political dimension (Alkon & Mares, 2012 ; Boyer, 2010 ; Edelman, 2014 ; McMichael, 2010 ; Patel, 2009 ; Windfuhr & Jonsén, 2005 ). However, political rights, while clearly very important, are not sufficient because there are other systemic components to food injustice.…”

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Role of Biodiversity in Ecological Calendars and Its Implications for Food Sovereignty: Empirical Assessment of the Resilience of Indicator Species to Anthropogenic Climate Change

Kassam

Bernardo

2022

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Ecological calendars are knowledge systems based on close observation of one's habitat to measure and give meaning to time, thereby providing anticipatory capacity for livelihood activities and contributing to food sovereignty. They rely upon seasonal indicators that integrate biophysical and ecological phenomena (e.g., first snowfall, last frost, blossoming of a tree species; seasonal appearance of an animal or plant) with locally grounded cultural meaning and value systems. These context‐specific relationships have enabled Indigenous and rural societies to anticipate weather and other seasonal processes in their environment. However, anthropogenic climate change could undermine ecological calendars due to adverse impacts on specific indicators species, but this issue remains unexplored. We address this knowledge gap by examining how anthropogenic climate change might affect selected species (birds, fish, and mammals) that are seasonal and key to Indigenous food systems in two Western Arctic communities. We leverage existing dietary animal datasets to which we apply a novel methodology for assessing organismal vulnerability to climate change. The methodology uses intrinsic species traits such as physiological tolerances, genetic variability, and life history traits to generate an empirical and integrative assessment of vulnerability for any given species. Subsequently, an aggregate view of vulnerability across calendar species is achieved through comparative statistical analysis across species both within and between communities. This exercise permits the first quantitative assessment of the continued relevance and effective use of an ecological calendar, thus demonstrating that food sovereignty and livelihood security is enhanced by biodiversity of indicator species.

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“…When food security is related to political demands, the emphasis shifts- Windfuhr and Jonsén (2005) stated that "food security is more of a technical concept, and the right to food a legal one, food sovereignty is essentially a political concept." Food sovereignty calls for local control and self-sufficiency and has inspired many food movements-typically putting smallholders, sustainable and short food chains in the center (Holt-Giménez, 2011).…”

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Food and nutrition security and sustainability transitions in food systems

Bilali

Callenius

Strassner

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Food and Energy Security

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The concepts of food security and food sustainability are two main paradigms in the food system discourse—however, they are often addressed separately in the scientific literature. We argue that this disconnect hinders a coherent discussion of sustainability transitions, which will be necessary to solve problems (environmental, social, economic, and health) generated by conventional food systems. Our review highlights linkages between sustainability transitions and food and nutrition security using the perspective of sustainable food systems. We explore the diversity of food security narratives and food sustainability paradigms in the agro‐food arena, analyze relations between food security and food systems sustainability, and suggest options to foster a transition toward sustainable food systems. It is widely acknowledged that food systems sustainability must entail long‐term food and nutrition security in its availability, access, utilization, and stability dimensions. For food systems to deliver food and nutrition security for present and future generations, all their components need to be sustainable, resilient, and efficient. These linkages between food sustainability and food and nutrition security intersect at global, national, local, and household levels. Different strategies can be pursued to foster sustainability transitions in food systems: efficiency increase (e.g., sustainable intensification), demand restraint (e.g., sustainable diets), and food systems transformation (e.g., alternative food systems). Creating sustainable food systems requires moving from an agriculture‐centered to a food system policy and research framework. This will be fundamental to foster the complex and holistic transformation necessary to achieve sustainable food systems, which is, in turn, a prerequisite to achieving sustainable food and nutrition security.

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Food Sovereignty

Cited by 139 publications

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The Role of Soil Solarization in India: How an Unnoticed Practice Could Support Pest Control

The Role of Soil Solarization in India: How an Unnoticed Practice Could Support Pest Control

Role of Biodiversity in Ecological Calendars and Its Implications for Food Sovereignty: Empirical Assessment of the Resilience of Indicator Species to Anthropogenic Climate Change

Food and nutrition security and sustainability transitions in food systems

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