Opportunities and Challenges for Food Sovereignty Policies in Latin America: The Case of Nicaragua

2014 ◽  
pp. 53-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saulo Araújo ◽  
Wendy Godek
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Sovereignty

scholarly journals Food sovereignty: an alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America

F1000Research ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Jahi Chappell ◽  
Hannah Wittman ◽  
Christopher M Bacon ◽  
Bruce G Ferguson ◽  
Luis García Barrios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
The Face

Strong feedback between global biodiversity loss and persistent, extreme rural poverty are major challenges in the face of concurrent food, energy, and environmental crises. This paper examines the role of industrial agricultural intensification and market integration as exogenous socio-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss and poverty traps in Latin America. We then analyze the potential of a food sovereignty framework, based on protecting the viability of a diverse agroecological matrix while supporting rural livelihoods and global food production. We review several successful examples of this approach, including ecological land reform in Brazil, agroforestry,milpa, and the uses of wild varieties in smallholder systems in Mexico and Central America. We highlight emergent research directions that will be necessary to assess the potential of the food sovereignty model to promote both biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction.

Does indigenous and campesino traditional agriculture have anything to contribute to food sovereignty in Latin America? Evidence from Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 326-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvis Parraguez-Vergara ◽  
Beatriz Contreras ◽  
Neidy Clavijo ◽  
Vivian Villegas ◽  
Nelly Paucar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Traditional Agriculture

Scaling up Agroecological Approaches for Food Sovereignty in Latin America

Development ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A Altieri ◽  
Clara I Nicholls
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Scaling Up
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