The Prospects of Food Sovereignty in the Former Yugoslav Republics

Abstract

Abstract. The neoliberal approach taken to the transition from socialism to capitalism in the six former Yugoslav republics has revealed its weaknesses in all spheres of economic activities, including food production. These countries have lost sovereignty with respect to regulating important national policy areas like food trade and production. Liberalisation of the food trade has adversely affected national economies by destroying many small-scale farmers and food producers. Corporate supermarkets have been taking over an ever bigger slice of the retail pie. Social movements are calling for direct democratic control over resources and food production to be regained. The article examines the prospects of these countries to overcome the increasing food insecurity by introducing food sovereignty. Keywords: former Yugoslav republics, food sovereignty, food security, right to food, economic democracy, trade liberalisation

Trauma-informed approach for bridging ethnic distance in post-conflict societies

“…At the end, the events turned violent and reached the point of "no return", when ethnic, religious and/or cultural identities prevailed over the Yugoslav idea. Last, but not least, there have been several examples of pragmatic but solid coexistence (Djordjević & Zupančіč, 2024;Hayden, 2002;-although various longitudinal studies have confirmed a degree of ethnic distance between the groups in the former Yugoslavia (Rašković & Vuchkovski, 2016). Despite intensive peacebuilding efforts in the region, relations between ethnic groups remain highly polarised and conflictual to date (Ajduković & Čorkalo Biruški, 2004;Čorkalo Biruški & Ajduković, 2012;Funk & Berry, 2020).…”