Food sovereignty: an alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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 d...

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Veröffentlicht in:F1000 research 2013, Vol.2, p.235-235
Hauptverfasser: Chappell, M Jahi, Wittman, Hannah, Bacon, Christopher M, Ferguson, Bruce G, Barrios, Luis García, Barrios, Raúl García, Jaffee, Daniel, Lima, Jefferson, Méndez, V Ernesto, Morales, Helda, Soto-Pinto, Lorena, Vandermeer, John, Perfecto, Ivette
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2046-1402
2046-1402
DOI:10.12688/f1000research.2-235.v1