Peasant Women in Latin America: Transnational Networking for Food Sovereignty as an Empowerment Tool

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Pinheiro Machado Brochner
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Transnational Networking ◽  
Peasant Women

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.

Gender and Ethnic Identities Against Neoliberalism in Bolivia

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-192
Author(s):  
Jorgelina Loza ◽  
Agustina Garino
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
Peasant Workers ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Peasant Women ◽  
External Powers ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter will address the relevance of social movements as promoters of change in Latin America since the crisis of neoliberalism. The case of Bolivia will be studied specifically, since it is a country that has gone through one of the most remarkable political and social transformation processes in the region. Indigenous-peasant social movements alongwith Bolivian trade unions have opposed to the neoliberal policies applied in their country for more than four decades, to dictatorial governments, to the interference of external powers, and they have mainly claimed for their ethnic and class identity. In this context, the National Confederation of Indigenous Peasant Women of Bolivia - Bartolina Sisa (CNMCIOB-BS) was founded in 1980 within the Central Union of Peasant Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB).

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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