ENV118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Environmental Degradation
27 Nov 2018
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Declaration of the world summit on food. Part of a post-productivist framework for understanding global agrifood systems (not just about production) The roman declaration in 1996 put the issues of food security in a human"s right perspective. 22 years later, food security issues remain at all scales. Catastrophic rises in world prices for basic grains in 2008 sent shock waves through developing countries and led to food riots in mostly cities. The price of wheat, rice, and maize more than doubled from 2006 to 2008. This drove a lot of further production and investment in the industry. The price rises and civil disturbances re- focused the uno/fao (food and agriculture. Organisation of the united nations) food programs, development ngos and governments not only on the persistence of world hunger but also on longer-run sustainability and social justice in now- globalised food provision systems.
