Food Sovereignty is one of the emerging concepts in present-day debates on food security and the right to food. Different than the Right to Food, which is a legal framework, Food Sovereignty is a political and policy framework that requires that states regain the necessary policy space to conduct their fight against food insecurity. The political challenges include the following elements: the implementation of the right to food; the realization of the right of peoples and nations to decide on their own agricultural and food policies; access of smallholder farmers to productive resources to produce food; and the development of sustainable local food networks.
We are very proud to announce a
Symposium on Food Sovereignty: promoting or undermining food security?
to be held in Wageningen, March 20, 2007.
Venue: Kleine Veerzaal, WICC
Time: 09:30 - 17:30
The symposium is co-organised by Wageningen International, ICCO and Graduate School VLAG
The programme provides more information.
You can attend by sending the registration form to Mrs Titia Magendans (titia.magendans@wur.nl)
Should you require more information, you can obtain this from Mrs Magendans or from Marianne van Dorp (marianne.vandorp@wur.nl)