Changing a dysfunctional food system: Towards ecological food provision in the framework of food sovereignty

Patrick Mulvany; Jonathan Ensor

doi:10.3362/2046-1887.2011.004

Changing a dysfunctional food system: Towards ecological food provision in the framework of food sovereignty

The dysfunctional food system that results in a billion hungry people and more than a billion obese people needs fundamental change. This includes a different governance structure and a model of production and consumption that at its centre has the provision of healthy food, produced sustainably and as locally as possible. The paper describes options, including governance by the reformed Committee on World Food Security, that include the implementation of the findings of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development and the call for ecological food provision in the framework of food sovereignty, as called for by social movements including Vía Campesina.

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